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Famous sights in the English-speaking countries Sights in Britain Saint Paul´s Cathedral Tower of London Buckingham Palace Stonehenge Statue of Liberty The Niagara Falls Sydney Opera House Empire State Building Formation of questions
Sights in Britain
LONDONLONDONBuckingham Buckingham PalacePalace
Tower of Tower of LondonLondon
Saint Paul´s Saint Paul´s CathedralCathedral
Madam Madam Tussaud´sTussaud´s
GREAT GREAT BRITAINBRITAIN
StonehengeStonehenge
YorkYork
BathBathEdinburgh Edinburgh CastleCastle
Isle of Isle of ManMan
LochnessLochness
Westminster Westminster AbbeyAbbey
Saint Paul´s Cathedral
The largest cathedral in England
Architect Sir Christopher Wren designed it
It was built from 1675 to 1710
The dome is 111metres from the ground
Many famous British people are buried in St.Pauls
The Tower of London
The oldest part was built in the 11th century
It has been a fortress,royal palace, a prison and a zoo
Now it is a museum The guards is called
beafeaters
Buckingham Palace
Designed and made in 1914
Official London residence of the Queen
It has more than 600 rooms
Edinburgh Castle
The most famous of Scottish castles
It has been a residence of Scotland Kings and the Queen Mary I
It is the home of the Scottish Crown jewels
Today it is a mixture of palace, fortress,chapel and war memorial
Stonehenge
An acient monument (over 3000 years old) in southern England
Consists of circles of huge stones
Stones are up to 7 meters high and weigh
25 to 50 tons
The Statue of Liberty
It is the symbol of freedom
It is 46 metres high and weighs 250 tons
France gave it to the United States in 1884
Located in the harbour of New York
The Niagara Falls
Waterfalls on the border between the United States and Canada
The American Falls in the States
The Horseshoe Falls in Canada (48m high,120m wide)
Sydney Opera House
Was opened in 1973 Looks like sailes in
the wind John Utzon (Danish
architect) designed it
Empire State Buliding
One of the tallest building in the world
One of the symbols of New York
Made from glass, steel, aluminium
It has 6000 windows and 102 stories
It is 149 meters high