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1 London sightseeing tour

2 The most famous splendid church in London
Westminster Abbey was founded many years ago, it’s a place were crowned and buried all English kings and queens. There are lots of treasures of English history and royal treasures in it. Let’s see…

3 The front view of Westminster Abbey.

4 Towers of the Abbey

5 The view on the Abbey from the Thames

6 Westminster Abbey was built in the form of cross
Westminster Abbey was built in the form of cross. Let’s look at it’s plan

7 And now let’s come inside… It’s the main hall of the Abbey

8 Wonderful colored widows with icons

9 English Queen Elisabeth was crowned here too… Lets see the coronation procession.

10 The coronation chair. It’s one of the Abbey’s treasures

11 The queen’s portrait

12 Well, the next London place of interest is Buckingham Palace
Well, the next London place of interest is Buckingham Palace. It’s the residence of Queen and her family

13 Let’s see the view up of the palace

14 And now, let’s see closer

15 Let’s continue our tour and come to the palace

16 Well, from this balcony the Queen and her family congratulate people on holidays

17 The changing of the guards is at the Palace every day at 11

18 And these are horse guards – the traditional English ceremony

19 Garden around the Buckingham Palace is the favourite place where the Queen usually walks

20 The next point of our tour is Tower of London

21 London Tower was a prison in the middle ages, but now, it is a great museum of English history

22 Englishmen think, that the Tower is full of ghosts

23 And one more Tower’s legend is about its ravens
And one more Tower’s legend is about its ravens. Ravens live in Tower from its founding. Englishmen think if ravens will disappear from the Tower, the Tower will be ruined. That’s why Tower’s serves cut features on their wings

24 The guards of London Tower

25 London Tower even has its own coat of arms

26 Tower Bridge is the oldest bridge over the Thames, it’s the “enter” to the London Tower

27 Well, the last rout of our tour is the main London Square

28 Trafalgar Square is the favourite place of Londoners and tourists

29 Nelson Column is in the middle of the square
Nelson Column is in the middle of the square. Admiral Nelson with his army had the victory in naval battle in English-French war

30 There are four bronze lions in the base of column

31 Our sightseeing tour is finished


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