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1 Sightseeing in England

2 Kensington Undoubtedly, the interest is a visit to Kensington Palace (Metro station High Street Kensington), which are open to the public state apartments of Queen Victoria and a collection of costumes of the royal court. Among the priceless treasures of the palace - the work of early Gregorian and Victorian eras.

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4  Westminster Abbey It begins and ends with the king's fate: in the walls of the crown of British monarchs, here they find eternal rest. In addition, Westminster Abbey is famous for his "Poets Corner". In honor of entering into the history of British artists - Shakespeare, Chosera, Milton, Vordsvorta, Dickens and many others are memorial plaques. But this is far from the graves of all the poets are right here.

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6 Parliament In Westminster Castle on the banks of the Thames with 13-century English Parliament meets - for the medieval walls, forbidding and majestic, as if symbolizing the sanctity of one of the oldest democratic institutions in Europe.

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8  Big Ben You can not pass by the famous Big Ben (Big Ben), which are hours from the time of In fact, Big Ben - the name is not the tower itself, and not hours, and the time the bell

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10 Tower of London Firm stands on the bank of the Tower - an ancient fortress and prison, sullen walls seen a lot of blood, including the Queen. Be sure to pay attention to the guards Tower - Beefeaters - in magnificent uniforms

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12 Buckingham Palace England - a country of traditions, which are supported by its people with love and sometimes funny meticulous. Probably, the most ancient and beloved national tradition - it is the monarchy. Her character - Buckingham Palace - the residence of Queen Elizabeth II, is now open for the inspection of the public.

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14 St. Paul's Cathedral In the western part of London is one of the most famous monuments in London - St. Paul's Cathedral (architect Christopher Rehn). This Protestant church was conceived and built as opposed to the Catholic Church of St. Peter's in Rome in gg.

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16 British Museum At the world famous British Museum, founded in 1763 initially as a collection of antiquities. It finds there svozilis British archaeologists from Egypt, Greece and Turkey. Today it is a huge repository of ancient Egyptian and rarities, as well as the heritage of medieval, Renaissance and later eras.

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18 Museum of London More of this museum on the history of the city, no one will tell. In the permanent exhibition among other things - leather swimming pool, I found a well-century BC, death mask of Oliver Cromwell and the bell, which at the time of the plague of the early warning of the collection of dead bodies. One of the main representatives of the XX century - a lift in the style of Al Deco department store Selfridge `s.

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20 Victoria and Albert Museum
Victoria and Albert Museum (Victoria & Albert Museum) was founded in 1852, but the name of the English Queen was only in 1899 It is no accident: the name of Queen Victoria is linked whole epoch in the history of design, a museum, bearing the name, is devoted to namely, the decorative arts. Now, the Victoria and Albert Museum possesses the world's largest exhibition of design - glass, porcelain, ceramics, precious metals, textiles. In addition, the museum displays large collections of paintings, sculptures, and masterpieces of photography.

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22 Madame Tussaud's You are interested in well-known personality? Madame Tussaud's (Art. metro Baker Street) is open for you until You'll learn how to make first wax figure, and you will see many celebrities.

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24 Sherlock Holmes Museum
Near Madame Tussauds Museum in the two hundred meters - Sherlock Holmes Museum, where the British tried to reproduce the atmosphere in which he lived literary hero.

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26 Tate Gallery Lovers of painting and sculpture will bring true pleasure national collections of sculpture and paintings of the 20 th century British artists represented in the Tate Gallery.

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28 London National Gallery
The largest gallery in London and one of the largest in the world. Here are stored more than 4500 works of art, of which about 2000 are in the permanent exhibition. The most important collection of Dutch and Flemish schools, as well as representatives of the Italian Schools XV-XVI centuries. Do not miss the self-portrait by Rembrandt, masterpieces by Leonardo da Vinci (room number 11), X. Golbeyna (room number 10), a collection of French Impressionists (hall № 40-46).

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