Westminster Abbey
A resting place of the royals,Westminster Abbey,is one of the most visited churches in the Christian world.It's a beautiful building,full of morose tombs and monuments,with an acoustic field that will send shivers down your spine when the choirboys clear their throats.The roll call of the dead and honored is guaranteed to humble the greatest egoist,despite the weighty and ornate memorabilia.
1.鍦ｄ繚緗楀ぇ鏁欏爞 Sallo Paulo cathedral
A Cathedral dedicated to St Paul has overlooked the City of London since 604AD,a constant reminder to this great commercial centre of the importance of the spiritual side of life.
The current Cathedral 鈥 the fourth to occupy this site 鈥 was designed by the court architect Sir Christopher Wren and built between 1675 and 1710 after its predecessor was destroyed in the Great Fire of London.Its architectural and artistic importance reflect the determination of the five monarchs who oversaw its building that London鈥檚 leading church should be as beautiful and imposing as their private palaces.
Since the first service took place here in 1697.Wren's masterpiece has been where people and events of overwhelming importance to the country have been celebrated,mourned and commemorated.
Important services have included the funerals of Lord Nelson,the Duke of Wellington and Sir Winston Churchill; Jubilee celebrations for Queen Victoria; peace services marking the end of the First and Second World Wars; the launch of the Festival of Britain; the Service of Remembrance and Commemoration for the 11th September 2001:the 80th and 100th birthdays of Queen Elizabeth,the Queen Mother; the wedding of Charles,Prince of Wales,to Lady Diana Spencer and,most recently,the thanksgiving services for both the Golden Jubilee and 80th Birthday of Her Majesty the Queen.
Over the centuries,St Paul鈥檚 has changed to reflect shifting tastes and attitudes.Decoration has been added and removed,services have been updated,different areas have been put to new uses.Today,the history of the nation is written in the carved stone of its pillars and arches and is celebrated in its works of art and monuments.
2.London Eye 浼︽暒宸ㄧ溂鎽╁ぉ杞
The London Eye (Millenium Wheel) at a height of 135 metres (443 ft),is the biggest Ferris wheel in Europe,and has become the most popular paid tourist attraction in the United Kingdom,visited by over 3 million people a year.
At the time it was erected it was the tallest Ferris wheel in the world,until it was surpassed by the Star of Nanchang (160m) in May 2006,and then the Singapore Flyer (165m) on February 11,2008.However,it is still described by its operators as "the world's tallest cantilevered observation wheel" (because the entire structure is supported by an A-frame on one side only).]
The London Eye is located at the western end of Jubilee Gardens,on the South Bank of the River Thames in London,United Kingdom,between Westminster Bridge and Hungerford Bridge.The site is adjacent to that of the former Dome of Discovery,which was built for the Festival of Britain in 1951.
3.浼︽暒澶фˉ London Bridge
London Bridge is a bridge between the City of London and Southwark in London,England,over the River Thames.Situated between Cannon Street Railway Bridge and Tower Bridge,it forms the western end of the Pool of London.On the south side of the bridge are Southwark Cathedral and London Bridge station; on the north side are the Monument to the Great Fire of London and Monument tube station.
It was the only bridge over the Thames downstream from Kingston until Westminster Bridge opened in 1750.
The bridge carries part of the A3 road,which is maintained by the Greater London Authority; the bridge itself is owned and maintained by the Bridge House Estates ( see City Bridge Trust),an independent charity overseen by the City of London Corporation.
4.澶ц嫳鍗氱墿棣 the British Museum
The British Museum is a museum of human history and culture in London.Its collections,which number more than 7 million objects,are amongst the largest and most comprehensive in the world and originate from all continents,illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its beginning to the present.The museum is a Non-Departmental Public Body sponsored by the Department for Culture,Media and Sport.
鈥 The wonders of the museum brought here to Bloomsbury from all around the world's imagined corners are numberless.How can they be named?As well tally each leaf of a tree.They come here out of the living minds of generations of men and women now dead 鈥 Greek and Assyrian,Aztec and Inuit,Chinese and Indian 鈥 who have conceived and carved and hammered and tempered and cast these objects to represent the worlds around them,visible and invisible.鈥
The British Museum was established in 1753,largely based on the collections of the physician and scientist Sir Hans Sloane.The museum first opened to the public on 15 January 1759 in Montagu House in Bloomsbury,on the site of the current museum building.Its expansion over the following two and a half centuries has resulted in the creation of several branch institutions,the first being the British Museum of Natural History in South Kensington in 1887.Until 1997,when the current British Library building opened to the public,the British Museum was unique in that it housed both a national museum of antiquities and a national library in the same building.Since 2001 the director of the Museum has been Neil MacGregor.
As with all other national museums and art galleries in Britain,the Museum charges no admission fee,although charges are levied for some temporary special exhibitions