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London

General Facts

-         is situated in the South-East of England

-         lies western from the Themsemouth

-         capital of Great Britain

-         there live neary 7-8 Mio people

-         City of London was former Londinium

-         today this part is the business an financial part of London with an area of 2,7 km²

-         Great London, that is City od London and the 32 district = 1580 km²

History

-         during England was conquered by the Angeln and Sax London has no importance

-         with the conquest of the Normanns came upturn

-         à William the conqueror was first king who was crowned in the Westminster Abbey

-         in the end of the 12 century the citizens´ elected her first mayor

-         1348 first plaque – black death

-         1665 renewed plaque à Great Plaque and the Great Fire destroey the town

-         in the 19 century the number of inhabitant incresed immense

-         in the first world war, no damage in London

-         in the second ww the air strikes destroyed nearly all the town à 10 000 were killed and 17 000 iniured persons

-         but till the end of the fifties the most was rebuilt

Buildings / Sights

-         Post Office Tower – constuct in 1965, height: 189 m

-         National Westminster Bank Building – was built 1979, height 183 m

-         highest building (224 m) – the Canary Wharf Towrk in Docklands

-         Saint Paul´s Cathedral - which have a 110 m dome, was built after 1666, architect: Christopher Wren

-         Big Ben – bell tower of the House of Paliament, named after the politican Sir Benjamin Hall, bell weight: 13,5 tonne (tan)

-         Tower of London – it was the exprison, was built by William the Conqueror in defence

-         Tower Bridge – was finished 1894, bridge over Themse at the Tower of London

-         House of Parliament – British Central Office of Information

-         Buckingham Palace – in district Westminster, residence of the brit. Queen

-         Westminster Abbey – since 1066 the place where kings and queens are crowed

-         London Dungeon – cabinet of spook near the Tower Bridge

-         Madame Tussard´s – Museum, where famous personalities are showed as wax figures

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-         East, North/East: an area where mainly workers live à East End

-         - home of immigrants, it is poor but lively an industryly

-         West, North/West of the City: Inns of Court

-         - West: Bloomsbury, the favourite place of intelectual in the twenties

-         - West End – from downtown to the West: famous theatre an shopping streets

-         - (in the South of WE: South Bank Arts Complex à National Theatre, Royal Festival Hall, Hayward Gallery)

-         South: district of administration, district of the gouvernment with the Whitehall

-         - Palace of Westminster – seat of parliament

-         - Saint James Palace (where the Prince of Wales live)

-         - Buckingham Palace (the residence of the Queen in London)

London´s cultural diversity

-         Museums

-         - British Museum in Bloomsbury (biggest and famous museum global with 6 Mio Ausstellungsstücken of all type and the brit. State library)

-         - Victotia and Albert Museum in South Kensington (art treasures from all over the world)

-         - National Gallery on the Trafalgar Square (worldwide the collection with the most different kinds of painting)

-         - Museum of London (shows the histoy of the capital)

-         - National – Portrait – Gallery (more than 9000 portraits)

-         - Tate Gallery (collection of britisch paintings since the 16 century)

-         Theatres

-         - National Thaetre of the National Theatre Company in South Bank

-         - Barbicans Centre of the Royal Shakespeare Company

-         - Victoria Theatre

-         Opera and Concert Halls

-         - Royal Opera House in Covent Garden

-         - Royal Festival Hall in Westminster

-         Parks

-         - altogether 215 parks with an area of 220 km²

-         - famous: Hyde Park, Regent Park, Green Park

-         Universities

-         - University College in Bloomsbury

-         - University College Hospital

-         - King´s College

-         - Royal Academy of Music

-         - Royal College of Art

Inhabitants

-         ethnic struckture:

-         about 5 Mio whites

-         400 000 Indians, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Westindians and Africans

-         more than 147 languages were speaken

Traffic

-         two airports (biggest one: heathrow)

-         very big underground, more than 270 stations

-         many thousand famous british taxis

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-         very important: stock market

-         insurance companies – London thanks to them his prosperity

-         important revenue source: tourism

-         producing industry lost the importance – only 10 %

-         - pressure and publishing companies

-         - pharmacic and electric produktion

-         - textilies industry

-         - brewery