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london is one of the biggest and most interesting cities in the world.Traditionally. it is divided into the west end and the east end. the west end is famous for its beautiful avenues is with plane trees, big stores, rich mansions, expensive restaurants, hotels, guest houses and night clubs. the east end used to be a poor area filled with warehouses, factories, slums and back houses. quite a lot of people lived from hand to mouth here. for the recent years this area including Dockland has turned into a new housing development.the city of london is the city is the commercial and business centre. here is situated the tower of london that comes first among the historic buildings of the city. if you want to get some glimpses of london it's just from here that you had better start 3.the tower of london was one by julius caesar and in 1066 defeat by william the Conqueror. it was used as a fortress, a royal residence and a prison. now it is a museum of armour and also the place where the crown jewels' are kept. in present days, just as many centuries ago, the ceremony of the keys takes place at its area. every night when the back is changed at each gate is the cry: "haiti who goes there?" then the back replies: "the keys" whose keys? " queen elizabeth's keys! "" pass, queen elizabeth's keys. all's well. "and so the tower of london is safely closed for the night.a twenty minutes' walk from the tower will take you to another historic building - st. paul's cathedral, the taming of the english churches. it was built by a famous english architect, sir christopher Wren (1632 - 1723). st. paul's cathedral with its huge dome and rows of columns is considered to be a fine order of renaissance architecture. in one of its towers hangs one of the largest bells in the world, the great paul, weighing about 17.5 tons. wellington, nelson and other great men of england are buried in the cathedral.not far away, in westminster, where most of the government buildings are situated in westminster abbey. many english sovereigns, and statesmen, painters and poets (newton, darwin, and Tennyson among them) are buried here.across the road from westminster abbey, westminster palace, the seat of the british parliament. the two graceful towers stand high above the city. the higher of the two is the largest clock in the country and the famous bell big ben that strikes every quarter of the hour.if now we walk along whitehall, we shall soon come to trafalgar square. it was so named in memory of the victory in the battle of trafalgar, where on october 21, 1805 the english fleet under nelson's command, strategically gave another check the combined fleet of france and spain. the victory was won at the cost of nelson's life. in the middle of the trafalgar square stands nelson's monument is a tall column with the figure of nelson at its top. the column is an lions by four metal.the fine building facing the square is the national gallery and adjoining it (but just round the corner) is the portrait gallery.not far away is the british museum is the biggest museum in london. it contains a priceless collection of different things (ancient manuscripts, governments, sculptures, etc.). the british museum is famous for its library is one of the richest in the world. in its large circular reading room), english and history and a place to work.and now, even if you have almost no time left for further help, you cannot leave the city without one hyde park ("the park" as Londoners call it. when you are walking along the shady avenues, sitting on the grass, banks, its beautiful flower - beds or watching swans and ducks floating on the ponds, it seems almost unbelievable that all around there is a large city with its heavy traffic.
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