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Summary: The monument for Victoria Queen in front of the palace of BuckIn spite of its neo gothic style Tower Bridge inaugurated in 1894 is the most recent of the bridges of the centre of London Nowadays the central span opens only approximately ten times by week Its mechanism of lifting worked with steam until 1976 Buckingham Palace is the most recent of all the royal residences of London Buckingham House the manor which in the beginning occupied this place was completely altered by the architect John Nash for George IV George and his brother William IV died before the end of work which was still not completed in 1837 when the young Victoria Queen moved in there The Eastern frontage was built in 1847 and was replaced by the current stone frontage in 1913 The Westminster Palace of medieval appearance was in fact rebuilt in the medium of the 19th century following a disastrous fire Only Westminster Hall goes back to 1097 On each side of the palace rise the Victoria Tower and the Clock Tower which shelters Big Ben universally famous bell The works of the building of Saint Paul s Cathedral started in 1675 after the big fire of London and was completed in 1708 The large cathedral of Christopher Wren draws up above City its dome the second of the world The interior is remarkable by its baroque splendour The equestrian statue of the duke of Wellington is drawn up in front of Royal Exchange founded by Sir Gresham in 1566 Current Royal Exchange first London Stock Exchange date from 1838 The Palais de Justice and Conciergerie The Palace is the seat of the civil and legal authority and was the residence of the Roman governors the Merovingian kings of the children of Clovis the monetary workshop of Dagobert and the fortress of the Count Eudes during the Norse invasions Two twin towers and the oldest part of the palace the Conciergerie became under the Revolution the anteroom of the guillotine and sheltered until 1200 prisoners at the same time The castle of Vaux le Viconte is the work of the financial Nicolas Fouquet and of the architect Louis Vau By building the castle into 1656 Vau carries out the masterpiece of the first style Louis XIV announcing the primordial worry of the greatness Le Notre in the gardens know order the perspectives The terraces vases cut boxtrees and the water mirrors take part in the composition With nearly 12 million visitors per annum Disneyland became the first tourist attraction of the region right in front of Notre Dame de Paris Arranged in 1992 with the French government aids which prolonged the railway lines through the beet fields The park is divided into 5 lands or countries illustrating a topic each one having of shops itinerant snack bars thematic restaurants Ile St Louis is at the origin formed of two small islands the cows island it was only a field of pasture and the Notre Dame island where legal duels during the Middle Ages took place It is only in XVIIth century that the two small islands were joined together by Marie general contractor of the bridges with the assistance of two bankers Le Regrattier and Poulletier The square of the Hotel de Ville today peaceful place dominated by the intricate frontage of the City hall of Paris was the central square of the City a long time It was then the Greve square which lodged the popular markets and festivals but also the public executions It is also since centuries the seat of the Parisian administrative power All the British monarchs since William the Conqueror except for Edouard V and Edouard VIII were crowned in this abbey and are buried much there in company of a crowd of other notables The towers of Westminster Abbey built between 1722 and 1745 are the work of Christopher Wren and Nicholas Hawksmoor The nave is relatively narrow but it is highest of England 31 m Canary Wharf Tower built in the district of the docks is visible from far Its 272 meters make of it the highest building of the United Kingdom and the second of Europe Its fifty floors contain 1 3 million square meters of offices space and thirty two elevators The Vaughan cardinal decided in 1894 the construction of a cathedral on the ground of an old jail The Westminster Cathedral is the main catholic church of England built in the neo Byzantine style If the vastness surprises from outside the bell tower is 83 m high and the cathedral 110 m length it surprises even inside The nave broadest of England accomodates 1200 sitted people Marble Arch conceived by John Nash in 1827 this triumphal arch was used as entry in Buckingham Palace until its transfer to the current place in 1851 because it was too narrow for royal coaches The most important members of the royal family are only authorized to pass under its vault About year 200 Londinium become one of the most prosperous cities of the Roman Empire was surrounded by walls of which there remains some vestiges In spite of these ramparts the city was taken in 1066 by William the Conqueror Ten year later it made build the White Tower Its successors added various elements such Edouard 1st who ordered the erection of the outside enclosure The monument for Victoria Queen in front of the palace of BuckIn spite of its neo gothic style Tower Bridge inaugurated in 1894 is the most recent of the bridges of the centre of London Nowadays the central span opens only approximately ten times by week Its mechanism of lifting worked with steam until 1976 Buckingham Palace is the most recent of all the royal residences of London Buckingham House the manor which in the beginning occupied this place was completely altered by the architect John Nash for George IV George and his brother William IV died before the end of work which was still not completed in 1837 when the young Victoria Queen moved in there The Eastern frontage was built in 1847 and was replaced by the current stone frontage in 1913 The Westminster Palace of medieval appearance was in fact rebuilt in the medium of the 19th century following a disastrous fire Only Westminster Hall goes back to 1097 On each side of the palace rise the Victoria Tower and the Clock Tower which shelters Big Ben universally famous bell The works of the building of Saint Paul s Cathedral started in 1675 after the big fire of London and was completed in 1708 The large cathedral of Christopher Wren draws up above City its dome the second of the world The interior is remarkable by its baroque splendour The equestrian statue of the duke of Wellington is drawn up in front of Royal Exchange founded by Sir Gresham in 1566 Current Royal Exchange first London Stock Exchange date from 1838 The Palais de Justice and Conciergerie The Palace is the seat of the civil and legal authority and was the residence of the Roman governors the Merovingian kings of the children of Clovis the monetary workshop of Dagobert and the fortress of the Count Eudes during the Norse invasions Two twin towers and the oldest part of the palace the Conciergerie became under the Revolution the anteroom of the guillotine and sheltered until 1200 prisoners at the same time The castle of Vaux le Viconte is the work of the financial Nicolas Fouquet and of the architect Louis Vau By building the castle into 1656 Vau carries out the masterpiece of the first style Louis XIV announcing the primordial worry of the greatness Le Notre in the gardens know order the perspectives The terraces vases cut boxtrees and the water mirrors take part in the composition With nearly 12 million visitors per annum Disneyland became the first tourist attraction of the region right in front of Notre Dame de Paris Arranged in 1992 with the French government aids which prolonged the railway lines through the beet fields The park is divided into 5 lands or countries illustrating a topic each one having of shops itinerant snack bars thematic restaurants Ile St Louis is at the origin formed of two small islands the cows island it was only a field of pasture and the Notre Dame island where legal duels during the Middle Ages took place It is only in XVIIth century that the two small islands were joined together by Marie general contractor of the bridges with the assistance of two bankers Le Regrattier and Poulletier The square of the Hotel de Ville today peaceful place dominated by the intricate frontage of the City hall of Paris was the central square of the City a long time It was then the Greve square which lodged the popular markets and festivals but also the public executions It is also since centuries the seat of the Parisian administrative power All the British monarchs since William the Conqueror except for Edouard V and Edouard VIII were crowned in this abbey and are buried much there in company of a crowd of other notables The towers of Westminster Abbey built between 1722 and 1745 are the work of Christopher Wren and Nicholas Hawksmoor The nave is relatively narrow but it is highest of England 31 m Canary Wharf Tower built in the district of the docks is visible from far Its 272 meters make of it the highest building of the United Kingdom and the second of Europe Its fifty floors contain 1 3 million square meters of offices space and thirty two elevators The Vaughan cardinal decided in 1894 the construction of a cathedral on the ground of an old jail The Westminster Cathedral is the main catholic church of England built in the neo Byzantine style If the vastness surprises from outside the bell tower is 83 m high and the cathedral 110 m length it surprises even inside The nave broadest of England accomodates 1200 sitted people Marble Arch conceived by John Nash in 1827 this triumphal arch was used as entry in Buckingham Palace until its transfer to the current place in 1851 because it was too narrow for royal coaches The most important members of the royal family are only authorized to pass under its vault About year 200 Londinium become one of the most prosperous cities of the Roman Empire was surrounded by walls of which there remains some vestiges In spite of these ramparts the city was taken in 1066 by William the Conqueror Ten year later it made build the White Tower Its successors added various elements such Edouard 1st who ordered the erection of the outside enclosure

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