LONDON ATTRACTIONS. THE SYMBOL AND THE FLAG. THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND USES AS ITS NATIONAL FLAG KNOWN AS THE UNION FLAG. - презентация

1 LONDON ATTRACTIONS

2 THE SYMBOL AND THE FLAG. THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND USES AS ITS NATIONAL FLAG KNOWN AS THE UNION FLAG OR UNION JACK. THE SYMBOL OF ENGLAND IS RED ROSE.

3 TRAFALGAR SQUARE IT IS THE CENTRAL SQUARE OF LONDON AND TRADITIONAL PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO MEET.

4 THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT IT IS A PLACE WHERE THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT SITS. IT CONSISTS OF THREE PARTS: THE ROYAL APARTMENTS, THE HOUSE OF LORDS AND THE HOUSE OF COMM

5 BIG BEN ITS A CLOCK IN THE TOWER AND IT IS A BIG BELL. YOU CAN HEAR IT EVERY HOUR. IT WEIGHS 13.5 TONS.

6 TOWER BRIDGE IT IS THE OLDEST AND FAMOUS BRIDGE ACROSS THE THAMES. IT WAS MADE OF WOOD BY THE ROMANS, BUT IT WAS OFTEN BURNT DOWN. LATER IT WAS MADE OF STONE.

7 THE TOWER OF LONDON IT HAS A LONG HISTORY. IN THE PAST IT WAS A FORTRESS, A PRISON, A CASTLE AND A ZOO. IT WAS BUILT TO PROTECT THE CITY FROM THE ENEMIES. THERE ARE A LOT OF RAVENS AT THIS PLACE. NOWADAYS THIS BUILDING IS A VERY POPULAR MUSEUM.

8 BUCKINGHAM PALACE ITS THE LONDON HOME OF THE QUEEN. BUCKINGHAM PALACE WAS BUILT BETWEEN 1702 AND THE PALACE IS OPEN TO PUBLIC.

9 OXFORD STREET IT IS THE BIGGEST SHOPPING STREET IN LONDON. THERE ARE 548 SHOPS IN OXFORD STREET.

10 OXFORD. OXFORD IS A VERY OLD AND VERY FAMOUS UNIVERSITY TOWN. IT IS NOT FAR FROM LONDON.

11 LONDON BUS. AND THE LAST SYMBOL IN OUR LIST IS THE LONDON BUS WHICH IS KNOWN ALL OVER THE WORLD

12 THE LONDON EYE ITS THE BIGGEST OBSERVATION WHEEL IN THE WORLD. IT IS SITUATED ON THE BANKS OF THE RIVER THAMES IN CENTRAL LONDON ITS HEIGHT IS 135 METERS.

13 THE QUEEN ELIZABETH II AND HER SON. CHARLES, PRINCE OF WALES QUEEN OF GREAT BRITAIN RULED FROM CHARLES, PRINCE OF WALES 1952 TO THE PRESENT.

14 THANK FOR YOUR ATTENTION!