London - english facts
London General Facts - is situated in the South-East of England - lies western from the Themsemouth - capital of Great Britain - there live neary 7-8 Mio people - City of London was former Londinium - today this part is the business an financial part of London with an area of 2,7 km² - Great London, that is City od London and the 32 district = 1580 km² History - during England was conquered by the Angeln and Sax London has no importance - with the conquest of the Normanns came upturn - à William the conqueror was first king who was crowned in the Westminster Abbey - in the end of the 12 century the citizens´ elected her first mayor - 1348 first plaque - black death - 1665 renewed plaque à Great Plaque and the Great Fire destroey the town - in the 19 century the number of inhabitant incresed immense - in the first world war, no damage in London - in the second ww the air strikes destroyed nearly all the town à 10 000 were killed and 17 000 iniured persons - but till the end of the fifties the most was rebuilt Buildings / Sights - Post Office Tower - constuct in 1965, height: 189 m - National Westminster Bank Building - was built 1979, height 183 m - highest building (224 m) - the Canary Wharf Towrk in Docklands - Saint Paul´s Cathedral - which have a 110 m dome, was built after 1666, architect: Christopher Wren - Big Ben - bell tower of the House of Paliament, named after the politican Sir Benjamin Hall, bell weight: 13,5 tonne (tan) - Tower of London - it was the exprison, was built by William the Conqueror in defence - Tower Bridge - was finished 1894, bridge over Themse at the Tower of London - House of Parliament - British Central Office of Information - Buckingham Palace - in district Westminster, residence of the brit. Queen - Westminster Abbey - since 1066 the place where kings and queens are crowed - London Dungeon - cabinet of spook near the Tower Bridge - Madame Tussard´s - Museum, where famous personalities are showed as wax figures The Town - East, North/East: an area where mainly workers live à East End - - home of immigrants, it is poor but lively an industryly - West, North/West of the City: Inns of Court - - West: Bloomsbury, the favourite place of intelectual in the twenties - - West End - from downtown to the West: famous theatre an shopping streets - - (in the South of WE: South Bank Arts Complex à National Theatre, Royal Festival Hall, Hayward Gallery) - South: district of administration, district of the gouvernment with the Whitehall - - Palace of Westminster - seat of parliament - - Saint James Palace (where the Prince of Wales live) - - Buckingham Palace (the residence of the Queen in London) London´s cultural diversity - Museums - - British Museum in Bloomsbury (biggest and famous museum global with 6 Mio Ausstellungsstücken of all type and the brit. State library) - - Victotia and Albert Museum in South Kensington (art treasures from all over the world) - - National Gallery on the Trafalgar Square (worldwide the collection with the most different kinds of painting) - - Museum of London (shows the histoy of the capital) - - National - Portrait - Gallery (more than 9000 portraits) - - Tate Gallery (collection of britisch paintings since the 16 century) - Theatres - - National Thaetre of the National Theatre Company in South Bank - - Barbicans Centre of the Royal Shakespeare Company - - Victoria Theatre - Opera and Concert Halls - - Royal Opera House in Covent Garden - - Royal Festival Hall in Westminster - Parks - - altogether 215 parks with an area of 220 km² - - famous: Hyde Park, Regent Park, Green Park - Universities - - University College in Bloomsbury - - University College Hospital - - King´s College - - Royal Academy of Music - - Royal College of Art Inhabitants - ethnic struckture: - about 5 Mio whites - 400 000 Indians, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Westindians and Africans - more than 147 languages were speaken Traffic - two airports (biggest one: heathrow) - very big underground, more than 270 stations - many thousand famous british taxis Economy - very important: stock market - insurance companies - London thanks to them his prosperity - important revenue source: tourism - producing industry lost the importance - only 10 % - - pressure and publishing companies - - pharmacic and electric produktion - - textilies industry - - brewery
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