LONDON’S

SIGHTS
By: Lukács Eszter
Buckingham
Palace

Buckingham Palace is one of the few working royal

p a l a c e s r e m a i n i n g i n t h e w o r l d t o d a y. B u c k i n g h a m
P a l a c e w a s Q u e e n E l i z a b e t h I I ’s r e s i d e n c e i n
London, as well as her administrative headquarters.

I t ’s b e s t t o t i m e y o u r v i s i t t o s e e C h a n g i n g t h e
Guard, a popular free event which takes place
outside Buck ingham Palace on cer tain days from
10.45am and lasts around 45 minutes, with the
actual handover taking place at 11am.
Westminster
Abbey

O n e o f L o n d o n ' s m o s t i m p o r t a n t U N E S C O Wo r l d
H e r i t a g e S i t e s , We s t m i n s t e r A b b e y p l a y s h o s t t o
many special ceremonies including coronations and
roya l we dding s .

I t i s a l s o t h e fi n a l r e s t i n g p l a c e o f 3 0 k i n g s a n d
queens with memorials to Edward the
C o n f e s s o r,   R i c h a r d I I , E l i z a b e t h I , M a r y Q u e e n o f
S c o t s a n d m o r e r o y a l t o m b s f o u n d w i t h i n t h e a b b e y.  
Big Ben

I t ' s a g i a n t l a n d m a r k t h a t s y m b o l i z e s L o n d o n . I t ’s
o n e o f t h e w e l l k n o w n s i g h t s o f t h e c i t y. I t i s t h e
grandest building with the largest clock in the
world.

T h e t o w e r i s m o s t l y c a l l e d B i g B e n , b u t t h e o ffi c i a l
n a m e o f B i g B e n i n L o n d o n i s t h e E l i z a b e t h To w e r .

Inside, there's a giant bell weighing 13 tons,

announcing the time every 15 minutes.
 D i s p l a y i n g o n e o f t h e w o r l d ' s fi n e s t c o l l e c t i o n s o f
antiquities, the British Museum contains more than
13 million artifacts from the ancient world.

British Museum M o s t t o u r i s t s h e a d fi r s t f o r t h e m u s e u m ' s m o s t

famous exhibits: the controversial Elgin Marbles
from the Par thenon, the Rosetta Stone, the colossal
bust of Ramesses II, and the Egyptian mummies.
London Eye

Built to mark London's millennium celebrations in

2000, the London Eye is Europe's largest
obser vation wheel. Its individual glass capsules
o ff e r t h e m o s t s p e c t a c u l a r v i e w s o f t h e c i t y 4 4 3 f e e t
above the Thames.