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WESTMINSTER ABBEY
Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate
Church of St Peter at Westminster, is a large, mainly
Gothic abbey church in the City of Westminster,
London, located just to the west of the Palace of
Westminster. It is one of the most notable religious
buildings in the United Kingdom and has been the
traditional place of coronation and burial site for
English and, later, British monarchs. Between 1540
and 1556 the abbey had the status of a cathedral.
Since 1560, however, the building is no longer an
abbey nor a cathedral, having instead the status of
a Church of England "Royal Peculiar"a church
responsible directly to the sovereign. The building
itself is the original abbey church.
Construction of the present church began in 1245,
on the orders ofKing Henry III.

WATERLOO BRIDGE
Waterloo Bridge is a road
and foot traffic bridge
crossing theRiver
ThamesinLondon,
betweenBlackfriars
BridgeandHungerford
Bridge. Its name
commemorates the victory
of the British, the Dutch and
the Prussians at theBattle of
Waterlooin 1815.

LONDON WATERLOO
STATION
London Waterloo station
is acentral London
railway
terminusandLondon
Undergroundstationco
mplex in the Waterloo
area of theLondon
Borough of Lambeth.

BUCKINGHAM PALACE
Buckingham Palace is the
London residence and
principal workplace of the
reigning monarch of the
United Kingdom. Located in
the City of Westminster,
the palace is often at the
centre of state occasions
and royal hospitality. It has
been a focus for the British
people at times of national
rejoicing.

STONEHENGE
is a prehistoric monument in Wiltshire, England,
2 miles (3 km) west of Amesbury and 8 miles
(13 km) north of Salisbury. Stonehenge's ring of
standing stones are set within earthworks in
the middle of the most dense complex of
Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in
England, including several hundred burial
mounds.[1]
Archaeologists believe it was constructed from
3000 BC to 2000 BC. The surrounding circular
earth bank and ditch, which constitute the
earliest phase of the monument, have been
dated to about 3100 BC. Radiocarbon dating
suggests that the first bluestones were raised
between 2400 and 2200 BC,[2] although they
may have been at the site as early as 3000 BC

MADAME TUSSAUDS
is a wax museum in London with branches
in a number of major cities. It was founded
by wax sculptor Marie Tussaud
Marie Tussaud was born as Marie Grosholtz
in 1761 in Strasbourg, France. Her mother
worked as a housekeeper for Dr. Philippe
Curtius in Bern, Switzerland, who was a
physician skilled in wax modelling. Curtius
taught Tussaud the art of wax modelling.
Tussaud created her first wax sculpture, of
Voltaire, in 1777.[4] Other famous people
she modelled at that time include JeanJacques Rousseau and Benjamin Franklin

THE LONDON EYE

The London Eye is a giant
Ferris wheel on the South
Bank of the River Thames
in London.
The structure is 443 feet
(135m) tall and the wheel
has a diameter of 394 feet
(120m). When erected in
1999 it was theworld's
tallest Ferris wheel.

BIG BEN
Big Benis the nickname for the GreatBellof
theclockat the north end of thePalace of
WestminsterinLondon
The tower was completed in 1858 and had its 150th
anniversary on 31 May 2009
The clock and dials were designed by Augustus Pugin.
The clock dials are set in an iron frame 23 feet (7.0
m) in diameter, supporting 312 pieces of opal glass,
rather like a stained-glass window. Some of the glass
pieces may be removed for inspection of the hands.
The surround of the dials is gilded. At the base of
each clock dial in gilt letters is the Latin inscription:
DOMINE SALVAM FAC REGINAM NOSTRAM VICTORIAM
PRIMAM
Which means O Lord, keep safe our Queen Victoria
the First.