Lucie Syrová

*London – significant places

*Obsah

*The Houses of Parliament

*The Tower of London

*Buckingham Palace

*Westminster Abbey

*St Paul's Cathedral

*Royal Observatory

*London Eye

*The Houses of Parliament *The Palace of Westminster

*meeting place of the House of Commons and the House of Lords

*Perpendicular Gothic style

*Big Ben – the great bell in Elizabeth Tower

*its chimes – BBC World Service

*The Tower of London

*Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress

*11th century – White Tower built by William the Conqueror

*former royal residence, prison, menagerie

*Beefeaters – Yeomen Warders

*crown jewels

*the ravens

*Buckingham Palace

*the official London residence of the British monarch

*townhouse built for the Duke of Buckingham in 1705

*state rooms open to the public for most of August and September

*Queen's Guard – bearskin

*Changing the Guard

*Westminster Abbey

*collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster

*coronation and burial site for English/British monarchs

*royal weddings

*mainly Gothic

*Poets’ Corner

*St Paul's Cathedral

*seat of the Bishop of London

*English Baroque style

*17th century after the Great Fire of London

*Sir Christopher Wren

*Whispering gallery

*important services

*Royal Observatory

*in Greenwich Park

*location of the prime meridian

*Greenwich Mean Time

*scientific work of the observatory relocated elsewhere

*museum of astronomical and navigational tools

*standard lengths

*London Eye

*giant Ferris wheel

*on the South Bank of the River Thames

*erected in 1999

*135 m tall, diameter of 120 m

*the most popular paid tourist attraction in the UK

*Seznam použitých zdrojů* Palace of Westminster. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San

Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-10-30]. Dostupné z: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Houses_Of_Parliament

* Tower of London. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-10-30]. Dostupné z: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tower_of_London

*Buckingham Palace. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-10-30]. Dostupné z: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckingham_Palace

*Royal Observatory, Greenwich. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-10-30]. Dostupné z: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Observatory,_Greenwich

*Westminster Abbey. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-10-30]. Dostupné z: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster_Abbey

* St Paul's Cathedral. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-10-30]. Dostupné z: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Paul%27s_Cathedral

* London Eye. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-10-30]. Dostupné z: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Eye

*Photos* YISRIS. Westminster Palace. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San

Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-10-30]. Dostupné z: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arriva_London_Routemaster_bus_RML2324_%28CUV_324C%29,_Westminster_Bridge,_route_159,_9_December_2005_%282%29.jpg

* ILYES. Beefeater at the Tower of London. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-10-30]. Dostupné z: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beefeater_at_the_Tower_of_London.jpg

* ARPINGSTONE. Queens.guard.buck.palace. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-10-30]. Dostupné z: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Queens.guard.buck.palace.arp.jpg

* JDFORRESTER. Westminster Abbey West Door. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-10-30]. Dostupné z: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Westminster_Abbey_West_Door.jpg

* FOSH. St Pauls aerial. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-10-30]. Dostupné z: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:St_Pauls_aerial.jpg

* LISARLENA. LondonGreenwichPrimeMeridian. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-10-30]. Dostupné z: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LondonGreenwichPrimeMeridian.jpg

* KINDNESS. London Eye and County Hall in evening light. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-10-30]. Dostupné z: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:London_Eye_and_County_Hall_in_evening_light.jpg