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1. Great Britain

2. Places of interesting

3. English parks

4. National park

5.English villages

6. Englsh clothes

7. English houses

8.English meals

9.English holidays

1. Great Britain

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is situated on the British Isles. The British Isles consist of two large islands, Great Britain and Ireland, and above five thousand small islands. Their total area is over 244 000 square kilometers. The United Kingdom is made up of four countries: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Their capitals are London, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast respectively.

The British isles are separated from the European continent by the North Sea and the English Channel. The western coast of Great Britain is washed by the Atlantic Ocean and the Irish Sea. The surface of the British Isles varies very much. The north of Scotland is mountainous and is called Highlands, while the south, which has beautiful valleys and plains, is called Lowlands. The north and west of England are mountainous, but all the rest - east, center and southeast - is a vast plain. Mountains are not very high. Ben Nevis is the highest mountain. (1343)

There are a lot of rivers in GB, but they are not very long. The Severn is the longest river, while the Thames is the deepest and the most important one.

The UK is one of the world’s smallest countries. The population of the country is over 87 million and about 80% of it is urban. The UK is highly developed industrial country. It’s known as one of world’s largest producers and exporters of machinery, electronics, textile, aircraft and navigation equipment. The UK is constitutional monarchy. In law, the Head of State is the Queen, but in practice, the Queen reigns, but does not rule. The country is ruled by the elected government with the Prime Minister at the head. The British Parliament consists of two chambers: the House of Lords and the House of Commons.

There are three main political parties in Great Britain: the Labour, the Conservative and the Liberal parties. The Liberal party is the ruling party nowadays.

2. Places of interests

Stonehenge

Stonehenge is translated from Old English means "hanging stones". Set in England in the hilly soaring in the county of Wiltshire. Thrice was rebuilt between 3500 and 1100 years BC. E. There is speculation that the monument was erected to monitor the Sun and the Moon. Overall Stonehenge is a building of 82 five-ton megaliths, 30 stone blocks weighing 25 tons and 5 so-called trilitis stones weighing up to 50 tons.

According to local legend, a giant blue stones have healing powers, they were on this earth by magician Merlin, the magician at the court of King Arthur, who brought them from Ireland.

Houses of Parliament and Big Ben

Big Ben - clock tower in London, part of the architectural complex of the Palace of Westminster, where is rebuilt after a fire in 1834 the British Parliament.

Weight Grand Bell - 13.8 tons, height - over two meters and a diameter of three meters. The total height of the tower 96 meters. Earned a large clock in 1859. Dials a diameter of 7 meters Big Ben look at all four corners of the world, they are made from opal Birmingham, clock hands cast from iron and minute are made of copper. It is estimated that the minute hands are held during the year a total distance of 190 kilometers.

London Eye

London Eye - one of the largest observation wheel in the world and probably one of the brightest sights of London.

With a height of 135 meters (about 45 floors) offers views of almost the entire city. Ferris Wheel - project architects David Marks and Julia Barfield, who won the design contest works after the onset of the new millennium. Implementation of the project took six years of life.

St. Paul's Cathedral

St. Paul's Cathedral - Cathedral in London. One of the symbols of the city and the Anglican Communion as a whole. Located in the City. Built in Baroque style in the years 1675-1708 under the project of Sir Christopher Wren. He grew up on the ruins of the medieval cathedral which burned pi a terrible fire in 1666.

Under the Dome Cathedral are 3 Gallery: Gallery internal "whisper" and exterior stone and gold. Whisper Gallery is named so because of a feature not provided by the architects of the speakers: the word, spoken even a whisper at one end of the gallery vidlunyuyetsya many walls as a result of hearing 30 meters from the opposite side. Here, concerts and masses, but getting very difficult because of the large number of applicants enjoy excellent acoustics, the ancient body in which he played the Mendelssohn.

Tower Bridge

Tower Bridge - London drawbridge connecting the banks of the River Thames. The name comes from Londonskoho Tower, which is quite close. Construction began in 1886 and lasted eight years. Original brick facade was replaced in 1887 by a decorative Victorian Gothic style. The official opening took place on June 30, 1894 Prince of Wales Edward VII and his wife Alexandra Danish. Today, the Tower Bridge - this is definitely a symbol of London, one of the points of its seats.

British Museum

The British Museum was founded in 1753. Start a collection of the British Museum put an individual - a doctor in August Hans Sloane, who in 1751 proposed to parliament to buy his valuable scientific collection of 200 thousand pounds.

Contemporary British Museum - a collection of priceless works of art and cultural heritage of various cultures for thousands of years 4-5. The basis of the Greco-Roman museum were above described private collections Townley, Elgin, Hamilton and Hrevilya. The basis of the Egyptian collection were a few sights, taken from Egypt after the date of Alexandria in 1801. Since then the department has grown several times and now is the first of completeness in Europe drevnoyehypetskyh collection of antiquities. Library British Museum possesses such rare exhibits as the earliest printed book in the world "Diamond Sutra", the first edition of the Greek classics and other rarities. In the Hall of the manuscripts preserved Magna Carta, Bill of Sale, signed by William Shakespeare, Oliver Cromwell's letter, describing the Battle of Neysbi, avtohrafyMartina Luther, John Calvin, Erasmus Roterdamskoho, Isaac Newton, Galileo Galilei, René Descartes and others.

Picadilli Circus

Pi kadilli - a square and traffic intersection in the central London district of Westminster. Appeared in 1819.

Sometimes the word circus incorrectly translated as "Circus", but in fact it has the word meaning "circle." Main interestingness to Piccadilly Circus - a huge neon advertising and statue, installed in 1892 in honor of Lord Shaftesbury charity work.

Trafalgar Square

Trafalharskaya area - the most important area in central London, where zhodyatsya three major streets. Originally the area was called King William IV, and the current name was in honor of the Royal folotu victory in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.

The area is located in the city center and is a popular tourist attraction. In the center is Nelson's Column height of 45 meters, which is guarded by four lion statues. In the area there are many other monuments and statues, some exposed temporarily. In addition, there are a lot of political demonstrations.

Buckingham Palace

Buckingham Palace is the official London residence of the Queen - Her Majesty Elizabeth II. Officially declared the main residence of British monarchs since coming to the throne of Queen Victoria in 1837.

This small town with its own police department, two postal offices, hospitals, two sports clubs, cinema and swimming pool. In the palace of 600 rooms and about 3 miles of red carpets tracks. Two people working full time to keep up with 300 hours of the palace. The staff is 700 people.

Loch Ness Lake

Loch Ness - is the deepest freshwater lake Scotland length of 37 km. Well-known in the world thanks to the legend of the Loch Ness monster. There are many commercial routes along the lake for tourists who want to admire the beautiful nature and perhaps see the mythical monster. The lake is the second largest by area water reaches among lakes of Scotland, it is 65.4 square kilometers The greatest depth of 230 m

On the lake there is a museum Loch Ness monster.