Great Britain

1. Great Britain

2. The flag of Great Britain is red, white and blue. The British people call it “the Union Jack” The coat of arms of Great Britain

SYMBOLS
The flag of Great Britain is red, white
and blue. The British people call it
“the Union Jack” The coat of arms
of Great Britain has a crown on the
shield, because it’s a monarchy. The
shield is supported by the English
lion and by the Unicorn of Scotland.

3. The Palace of Westminster , also known as the Houses of Parliament or Westminster Palace , is the meeting place of the two

The Palace of Westminster
ThePalaceofWestminster, alsoknown
astheHousesofParliamentor
WestminsterPalace, isthemeetingplace
ofthetwohousesoftheParliamentof
theUnitedKingdom—theHouseof
LordsandtheHouseofCommons. Itlies
onthenorthbankoftheRiverThames,
closetothehistoricWestminsterAbbey.
ThePalaceisoneofthecentresof
politicallifeintheUnitedKingdom.

4.  Tower Bridge is a beautiful monument in London, over the River Thames. It is close to the Tower of London, which gives it its

The Tower Bridge
TowerBridgeisa beautiful
monumentinLondon, overthe
RiverThames. Itisclosetothe
TowerofLondon, whichgivesit
itsname. Ithasbecomean
iconicsymbolofLondon.

5. The London Eye is a giant 135-metre tall Ferris wheel situated on the banks of the River Thames in the British capital. It is

The London Eye
TheLondonEyeisa giant135-metre tall
Ferriswheelsituatedonthebanksofthe
RiverThamesintheBritishcapital. Itisthe
tallestFerriswheelinEurope, andthe
mostpopularpaidtouristattractioninthe
UnitedKingdom, visitedbyover3.5
millionpeopleannually. TheLondonEye
islocatedontheSouthBankoftheRiver
ThamesinLondon.

6.  Westminster Abbey is a Gothic church in London that is the traditional place of coronation and burial for English monarchs.

Westminster Abbey
WestminsterAbbeyisa Gothic
churchinLondonthatisthe
traditionalplaceofcoronationand
burialforEnglishmonarchs. Located
nexttotheHousesofParliamentin
theheartofLondon.

7. An ancient fortress in London. Now it’s a museum of armour and also the place where Crown Jewels are kept. It comprises not

The Tower of London
AnancientfortressinLondon.
Nowit’sa museumofarmourand
alsotheplacewhereCrownJewels
arekept. Itcomprisesnotone, but
20 towers. Theoldestofwhich, the
WhiteTower. Manystories
associatedwithBritishhistory
comefromtheTower.

8. The Bloody Tower was built by King Henry III between 1238 - 1272 The Bloody Tower was originally named the Garden Tower . But

The bloody Tower
TheBloodyTowerwasbuiltbyKingHenryIIIbetween
1238 -1272 TheBloodyTowerwasoriginallynamedthe
GardenTower.Butwasgiventhisnicknamefromthe
murderouseventswhichwerebelievedtohaveoccurred
inthebuilding.Itisbelievedtofirstderiveitsnamefrom
thesuicideinitofHenryPercy.Itwasthenbelievedtobe
thesceneofthemurderofthetwolittlePrincesinthe
Tower–EdwardVandhisbrothertheDukeofYork.Finally
itwasbelievedthatHenryVIalsomethisdeathhere.

9. The White Tower is a central tower, the old tower, at the Tower of London. It was started in 1078 by William the Conqueror who

The White Tower
TheWhiteTowerisa centraltower, the
oldtower, attheTowerofLondon. Itwas
startedin1078 byWilliamtheConqueror
whoorderedtheWhiteTowertobebuilt
insidethesouth-eastpartofTheCity
walls, neartheRiverThames. Thiswasas
toprotectLondonfromoutsideinvaders.
WilliamorderedtheTowertobebuiltof
stone. Thetowerwasfinishedaround
1087 byhissonsandsuccessors, William
RufusandHenryI.

10.  Stonehenge is a prehistori с monument located in the English county of Wiltshire ( Уилтшир ) , about 13 kilometres north of

Stonehenge
Stonehengeis a prehistoriс monument
locatedin theEnglishcountyof Wiltshire (
Уилтшир) , about13 kilometresnorthof
Salisbury (Солсбери) . Oneof themost
famoussitesin theworld, Stonehengeis
composedof earthworkssurroundinga
circularsetting of largestandingstones.

11. Madame Tussauds is a wax museum in London with branches in a number of major cities. It was founded by wax sculptor Marie

Madame Tussauds
MadameTussaudsisa waxmuseuminLondon
withbranchesina numberofmajorcities.Itwas
foundedbywaxsculptorMarieTussaudand
wasformerlyknownas"MadameTussaud's«.
MadameTussaudsisa majortouristattraction
inLondon, displayingwaxworksofhistoricaland
royalfigures,filmstars, sportsstarsandfamous
murderers.

12. Windsor Castle is a medieval castle and royal residence in Windsor. The original castle was built after the Norman invasion by

Windsor Castle
WindsorCastleisa medievalcastleandroyal
residenceinWindsor. Theoriginalcastlewas
builtaftertheNormaninvasionbyWilliamthe
Conqueror, andsincethetimeofHenryI ithas
beenusedbya successionofmonarchs.The
castleincludesthe15th-centuryStGeorge's
Chapel(капелласв.Георгия).Morethanfive
hundredpeopleliveandworkinWindsor,
makingitthelargestinhabitedcastleinthe
world.

13. The British Museum is a museum of human history and culture in London. Its collections, which number more than seven million

The British Museum
TheBritishMuseum is a museum of
humanhistoryandculturein London. Its
collections, whichnumbermore than
sevenmillionobjects, are amongthe
largestandmostcomprehensivein the
worldandoriginatefrom allcontinents,
illustratinganddocumentingthestoryof
humanculturefrom itsbeginningstothe
present

14. Big Ben is the nickname for the great bell of the clock at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London. It celebrated

Big Ben
BigBenisthenicknameforthe
greatbelloftheclockatthenorth
endofthePalaceofWestminsterin
London. Itcelebratedits150 th
anniversaryinMay2009 . Thetower
is96.3 metreshigh(roughly16
stories).