English heritage. The journey through England 1st day – Canterbury & GreenwichCanterburyGreenwich...

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English English heritage heritage

Transcript of English heritage. The journey through England 1st day – Canterbury & GreenwichCanterburyGreenwich...

English English heritage heritage

The journey through The journey through EnglandEngland

• 1st day – Canterbury & Greenwich• 2nd day – Windsor & Madame Tussaud´s

Museum• 3rd day – Cambridge & London Eye• 4th day – Buckingham Palace, the British

Museum, Oxford Street etc...• our host family

Canterbury CathedralCanterbury Cathedral• mother Church of the

Anglican Communion and the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury

• it remains one of the most visited places in the country and important

living community

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Greenwich ParkGreenwich Park• the world-famous Meridian

Line is the Prime Meridian of the world,Longitude 0° 0´0´´,at the home of Greenwich means time

• the red time ball on the top of Flamsteed House is one of the world´s earliest public time signals. It continues to fall at 13:00 (local time) every day.

• Visitors can try their hand at being an astronomer, talking telescope and they can visit Peter Harrison´s Planetarium, The Queen´s House, The National Maritime Museum, etc.

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Windsor CastleWindsor Castle

• The oldest and largest occupied castle in the world • It is the one of the official residences of Her Majesty The Queen,

whose personal standard flies from the Round Tower when she is in the residence

• The castle's floor area is approximately 484,000 square feet wide

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Madame Tussaud´s MuseumMadame Tussaud´s Museum

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The University of Cambridge The University of Cambridge

• Has been in existence since the early 13th century when scholars moving from Oxford and from Paris formed a school here

• It has currently 31 colleges, of which three admit only women. The remaining 28 are now mixed, though most were originally all-male.

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London EyeLondon Eye

• It is the biggest Ferris wheel in Europe, and has become the most popular paid tourist attraction in the United Kingdom

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Buckingham Palace & Trafalgar Buckingham Palace & Trafalgar square with The National square with The National

GalleryGallery

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British Museum & Piccadilly British Museum & Piccadilly CircusCircus

• The British Museum is the museum of human history and culture.

• Piccadilly Circus is a famous road junction and public space of London's West End in the City of Westminster, built in 1819 to connect Regent Street with the major shopping street of Piccadilly.

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Oxford StreetOxford Street• With over 300 shops, it is

Europe's busiest shopping street, as well as the most densely visited.

• It is 2 km long.

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Authors: A. Bieliková, D. Križáková, I. Chmurovičová /2.G/