Sights London, United Kingdom

Trafalgar Square
It is the center of London and an excellent starting point for travel around London. This elegant square in the classical style was designed in 1828 by Charles Barry in honor of Admiral Nelson's victory over Napoleon's eskardoy off Cape Trafalgar in 1805. Here is a column in honor of Nelson, surrounded by bronze lions. On the square are often held in Celebration, Sunday performances and political rallies are held.

British Museum
One of the largest museums in the world, the British Museum has the Egyptian mummies, a frieze of the Parthenon, Greek, Roman and Oriental antiquities. Halls of the museum are divided into sections: prehistoric, Egyptian, Greek and Roman, Anglo-Roman, Oriental antiquities, coins and medals, prints and drawings. You will meet with the Roman bridge and the golden goblets of French and English kings, Japanese swords and Chinese coins, Celtic vessels, a collection of bank notes, a collection of ancient coins.

Castle Tower
Tower - a massive medieval fortress with guard towers, battlements and herpes its moat, is located in the heart of London. History of the Tower is inseparable from the history of England. Construction of the Tower was started in 1078 by King Henry III and the White Tower - the heart of the fortress, and then construction was resumed in the XIII century, when the existing tower surrounded by a ring of walls with 13 towers. Prior to the XVII century the castle was a royal residence, armory, storehouse of jewels and a prison. Every evening at 21.30 in the Tower is "Ceremony of the Keys" - seven hundred years the tradition of ceremonial closing of the main gate of the fortress.

National Art Gallery
Located in Trafalgar Square. It was founded as an art fund Britain in 1838. In the gallery - 4 wing. The west wing devoted to painting XVI and XVII centuries, the east - paintings of 1700-1920 years. You will see the original paintings by Rembrandt, Michelangelo, Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Van Gogh and others on the territory of the gallery you can buy postcards - copies of works from the collections of the National Gallery.

Windsor Castle
Currently, Windsor Castle is the main private royal residence. When members of the dynasty are at Windsor Castle, visitors were not allowed there, but at other times access to most of the territory closed. Construction of the castle was begun in the days of King William, then a set of repeatedly rebuilt and acquired its present appearance in 1820. During the tour, tourists will visit the chapel of St. George - the place where the burial of many English kings, including Henry VIII and George VI, the public reception room apartment, decorated with beautiful tapestries and works of Van Dyck, Rembrandt and other famous artists.

Westminster
Once Westminster was a small island, separated from London marshy floodplain of the river Thames. Today it is part of the city, which stores the symbols of the monarchy and the government of England: Westminster Abbey (Catholic convent) and St. Peter's Church with him, Parliament and the famous tower - a symbol of London's Big Ben.

Cathedral of St. Paul
This main cathedral of the Church of England is superficially similar to the Cathedral of St. Peter in the Vatican (Rome, Italy), only smaller in size. But despite this remark, the Cathedral and its majestic dome is visible for miles around. The height of the Cathedral - 111 meters, and if we translate it in English feet, we get 365, just enough days in a year. It was built on a small hill, after the Great Fire of London, which destroyed the old cathedral. Architect Christopher Wren digging a new cathedral for 35 years: from 1675 to 1710. His tomb is located here: in the crypt (crypt), the Cathedral of St. Paul.

Gardens and parks in London
In the central area of London divided into parks. Among them, Hyde Park, Regent's Park, Green Park and other open spaces, beautiful and green parks make it possible to maintain the illusion of isolation from the urban landscape of the city. However, the trees, closing the already malosolnechnoe skies of London, a little. English Garden - this is, basically, green lawns, where the Brits love to wallow, flower beds, well-groomed shrubs and trees outside forests. In all the parks of London free entrance.