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London trip 2013Research Project
Pau Benito, Natàlia Castejón and Guillem Sabatés
OBJECTIVESLearning about the
English culture and the most important places
to visit
Providing information about:• The Houses of
Parliament• Big Ben• Westminster Abbey• Buckingham Palace• Downing Street• Camden Town
HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT
House of Commons House of Lords
Two institutions
Be careful! Smoking, drinking, eating and entering animals is not allowed!
PALACE OF WESTMINSTER (History)
Origin of the name:
Westminster Abbey
Old Palace:• Built in the 11th
century• Historical building• Destroyed by fire in
1834
New Palace:• Reconstruction
by Charles Barry and Augustus Pugin
• Conservation work
PALACE OF WESTMINSTER
(Location)Located in the City of Westminster, in central London.
Grade I listed building since 1970 and part of the UNESCO World Heritage site since 1987
PALACE OF WESTMINSTER (Distribution)Queen’s Robing Room
Prince’s chamber
Lords’ chamber
Commons’ chamber
Peers’ lobby
Central lobby
Members’ lobby
Norman Porch
Royal Gallery
Westminster Hall
BIG BEN (Symbology)One of the symbols of
both London and England
A name with a history
The importance of its
bells
BIG BEN (The Queen)The Queen and
the towerWhy was the tower built?
“DOMINE SALVAM FAC REGINAM NOSTRAM VICTORIAM PRIMAM”
(“O Lord, keep safe our Queen Victoria the First”)
BIG BEN (History)
The Clock Tower becomes the
Elizabeth Tower
Charles Barry and Augustus W. N. Pugin,
two architects with their own
style
Big Ben, a tourist
attraction
WESTMINSTER ABBEY
(Meaning)
Real name: the
Collegiate Church of St
Peter at Westminster
Located in the City of
Westminster, in Central London
Westminster School
and Westminste
r Abbey Choir
School
WESTMINSTER ABBEY (History)9
60s or 970s
• Community of Benedictine monks thanks to Saint Dunstan and King Edgar1
042-1052
• Reconstruction of St Peter’s Abbey• Royal burial church for King Edward the Confessor
1245
• Reparation of the church• Royal burial church for Henry III1
539-1540
• Henry VIII made the abbey become cathedral and the Diocese of Westminster was founded1
722-1745
• Enlargement thanks to Nicholas Hawksmoor
WESTMINSTER ABBEY (Royalty)
Function: royal coronations and
burials of the Commonwealth
realms
An abbey with its own foundational
legend
Wedding of Prince William and Miss Catherine
Middleton
BUCKINGHAM PALACE (What is it?)
The official London residence
and principal workplace of the British monarch
Located in the City of
Westminster, in central London
BUCKINGHAM PALACE (History)
1705
• Buckingham House• Residence of the Duke of Buckingham
1761
• The Queen’s House• Private residence of Queen Charlotte
1837
• Buckingham Palace• Since Queen Victoria came to power
BUCKINGHAM PALACE (Construction)
19t
h century
• Enlargement by architects John Nash and Edward Blore
Late
19t
h and
early 20t
h centuries
• Incorporation of the principal balcony
World War II
• Construction of the Queen’s Gallery
BUCKINGHAM PALACE
(Curiosities)The Buckingham
Palace garden is the largest
private garden in London
There’s a Palace’s Summer Opening
between August and September
Historically, there were presentations of debutantes in the Throne Room, which
were replaced by Garden Parties in
1958
There are banquets and investitures in the palace’s
Ballroom
DOWNING STREET (Importance)
Built in the 1680s by Sir George Downing, its importance lays on its meaningful buildings
An iconic street and a well-known
site visited by lots of tourists
DOWNING STREET (Location)
It is located in Central London, in the Whitehall
road
DOWNING STREET (History)
By 1857…
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
DOWNING STREET (Security)
Nowadays…
CAMDEN TOWN (Location)
London City Borought of Camden
CAMDEN TOWN (History)
Laid out in 1791, it was part of the
parish of St Pancras, Middlesex
CAMDEN TOWN (Importance)
Importance of Camden Town: Railways and location
Railway engine house in Camden Town,
London, 1847
Camden Town’s railway, 1851
CAMDEN TOWN (Basis)
Commercial activities: radical
change
Economic basis
Alternative markets and
tourism
CAMDEN TOWN (Activities)
What can I do
in Camden Town?
CAMDEN TOWN (Famous people)
Charles Dickens
Amy Winehouse
Walter Sickert
Alan Bennett Oliver Heaviside
Dylan Thomas
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
BIBLIOGRAPHY (1)O Cover:http://tinyurl.com/cg5g47r
O Houses of Parliament:http://tinyurl.com/c5n6oophttp://tinyurl.com/dyxzptyhttp://tinyurl.com/c7c83xdhttp://tinyurl.com/c23cuq2
O Buckingham palace:http://tinyurl.com/bnwxd8whttp://tinyurl.com/c6es3xo
O Big Ben:http://tinyurl.com/cxp46kkhttp://tinyurl.com/brm89cuhttp://tinyurl.com/cdsyobuhttp://tinyurl.com/d9f4o5hhttp://tinyurl.com/ckrsk39
BIBLIOGRAPHY (2)O Westminster Abbey:http://tinyurl.com/bhvpmzhttp://tinyurl.com/ck6mqt4
O Downing Street:http://tinyurl.com/3xqp2hthttp://tinyurl.com/cyvkhgmhttp://tinyurl.com/cywd2xrhttp://tinyurl.com/c85ub4hhttp://tinyurl.com/bthczo8Google Earth
BIBLIOGRAPHY (3)O Camden Town:http://tinyurl.com/gnrgk
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