Project "London"

London

Drogina T.
Andreyeva A.
Svintsitskaya Ya.

PROJECT:

8-FORMERS

2015

From the geography lessons you know that East meets West in the Greenwich meridian. It is in London.
London, one of the world’s biggest cities, situated on the river Thames, is the capital of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the residence of British sovereign. London is a great industrial and cultural centre with the population of the more than eight million people.

Buckingham Palace, London residence of the British sovereign, takes its name from the house built early in the 18th century for the dukes of Buckingham.
In 1761 George III bought the Palace for his wife, Since then it is knows as “queen‘s house”.
Queen Victoria was the first sovereign to live there. The Royal standard is flown and the ceremony of changing of the guard takes place daily when the sovereign is in residence.
London consists of four main districts which differ from each other. There are the City, Westminster, the West End and the East End.

The City is small in area, but it is the business centre of London. Many banks and offices are situated there. The heart of City is the Stock Exchange.
Westminster is the most important part of the capital. It is the administrative centre. The Houses of Parliament there. It is a beautiful building with two towers and very big clock called Big Ben.

Opposite the Houses of Parliament is theWestminster Abbey. It is a very beautiful church built over 900 years ago. The tombs of many great statesmen, scientists and writers are in the Abbey.

Piccadilly Circus is the heart of London’s West End. In the West End there are wide streets with beautiful houses and many parks, gardens and squares.
To the east of Westminster it the East End, an industrial district of the capital. There are no parks or gardens in the East End and you can’t see many fine houses there. Most of the plants and factories are situated there.
Speaking about London, you must keep in mind that it is the city of contrasts.