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4. Maturitní téma - London

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LONDON

  • London was founded in 43 a.d. (anno domini) by Romans

  • it was fortress

  • it was called Londinium

  • London has 10 million inhabitants.

  • London is subdivided into 32 borroughs + The City of London (The City of Westminster, Greenwich -> observatory, "Zero Meridian", West End, West Ham, Chelsea, Fulham...)

History:

  • 1665 - the plague hit London

  • 1666 - The Great Fire of London

  • 1941 - 1942 - German bombings

  • 1860 - 1863 - the tube was opened

The Great Fire of London

  • The Fire started in a bakery, in Pudding Lane street, in the morning, in September 1666.
    It was one of the biggest disaster in the history of London, because there were crooked
    and narrow streets, a lot of wooden houses and unfortunately was blowing dry and strong wind. The Fire destroyed about 13 000 houses and also the original St. Paul´s Cathedral. People escaped to the countryside.

The City of Westminster

  • Westminster Abbey

    • the poet´s corner

    • famous artist are buried there

    • There were also filmed come scenes from the movie The Da Vinci Code.

  • Houses of Parliament

    • Big Ben (St. Stephen´s tower)

  • Buckingham Palace

    • official residence of the queen

  • Trafalgar Square

    • Admiral Nelson´s Columm -> he beat Napoleon

The City of London

  • The Tower of London

    • it was a prison

  • The Tower Bridge

  • St. Paul´s Cathedral

Interesting places:

  • London Eye

  • Hyde Park

    • "free-speach zone"

  • Oxford street

    • shopping street like Pařížská in Prague

  • Picadilly Cirkus

  • The Globe

    • theatre founded by Shakespear

  • 10 Downing Street

    • official residence of the Prime Minister

  • Royal Albert Hall

    • building was built by Queen Victoria for her deceased husband Albert

    • today is a concert hall = for example, there were concerts by artist like Led Zeppellin, Jimi Handrix, Deep Purple and other artists.

Places of interest:

  • Sea Life London Aquarium

    • It is one of the biggest aquarium in Europe. You can find it at County Hall next
      to the London Eye and opposite Parliament. The main entrance is located away
      from the River Thames. In the monumental building on the 3 floors you can watch there something about 500 kinds of aquatic animals, including sharks, stingrays, moray eels, crabs and so on.

  • Picadilly Circus

    • Square Picadilly Circus is one of the most famous square in London. Is relatively small, but it´s located in the centre of the busy West End, in modern central London. Unlike the other square are surrounded by museums and galleries, so here is mainly shops, boutiques and restaurants, so there's always a lot of people.

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