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Houses of Parliament

国会大厦

Officially known as the New Palace of Westminster,this forest of towers,turrets and chambers,stands on the site of a palace which was a royal residence from the time of Edward the Confessor until the region of Herry .Ⅷ

Big BenAt the northern end of the Houses of Parliament is the magnificent gilded Clock Tower universally known as Big Ben

Buckingham Palace 白金汉宫

Originally built in 1703 for the Duke of Buckingham,this most famous of royal homes was purchased by George in 1762.When she came to the throne in 1837,Queen Victoria Ⅲmoved the Court here from the Palace of St James,and it has been the London home of the reigning monarch ever since.

The Tower of London 伦敦塔

William the Couqueror built the Tower of London as a reminder to the citizens of the Citizens of the City of his unassailable power.At the heart of the complex is the White Tower,looking much as it has done for the last 900 odd years,

Westminster Abbey 西敏寺

The church contains the bones of St Edward the Confessor as well as the remains of many other famous persons. These include Ben Jonson, Geoffrey Chaucer, Edmund Spenser, John Dryden, Dr Samuel Johnson, Charles Dickens, Robert Browning, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Rudyard Kipling, Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Lord Kelvin, Ernest Rutherford,George Friderich Handel, Henry Purcell, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Laurence Olivier, William Pitt the Elder, William Pitt the Younger, William Ewart Gladstone, Clement Attlee, and David Livingstone. Oliver Cromwell was buried in the abbey but Charles II ordered his remains removed.

Hyde Park 海德公园

One of London's finest historic landscapes covering 142 hectares (350 acres). There is something for everyone in Hyde Park. With over 4,000 trees, a lake, a meadow, horse rides and more it is easy to forget you're in the middle of London.

The British Museum

大英博物馆

The collection which began one of the world’s largest and most varied treasure house was founded in 1753 and ,since then,has grown to include every conceivable kind of artifact from all over the world.

St Paul’s Cathedral 圣保罗大教堂

Sir Christopher Wren drew up plans for a new cathedral on this site almost before the ashes of the old cathedral had grown cold.The building that rose from those ashes is Wren’s masterpiece and has a dignity which the surrounding tower blocks cannot diminish.

Greenwich 格林尼治天文台

Edinburgh 爱丁堡

Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland and is its second largest city after Glasgow. It is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas.Located in the south-east of Scotland, Edinburgh lies on the east coast of the Central Belt, along the Firth of Forth, near the North Sea. Owing to its rugged setting and vast collection of Medieval and Georgian architecture, including numerous stone tenements, it is often considered one of the most picturesque cities in Europe.