Palace, A Medieval Building Complex Most of Which Was Destroyed in

London, the capital of the United Kingdom (England, Wales, Scotland,
and Northern Ireland), has a recorded history that goes back over 2,000
years. During this time, it has grown to become one of the most
significant financial and cultural capitals of the world. It has
experienced plague, devastating fire, civil war, aerial bombardment and
terrorist attacks. See City of London for details on the historic core of
London.
1.Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress, more commonly known as

the Tower of London, is a historic castle on the north bank of the River
Thames in central London, England. It lies within the London Borough of
Tower Hamlets, separated from the eastern edge of the City of London
by the open space known as Tower Hill. It was founded towards the end
of 1066 as part of the Norman Conquest of England. The White Tower,
which gives the entire castle its name, was built by William the
Conqueror in 1078, and was a resented symbol of oppression, inflicted
upon London by the new ruling elite. The castle was used as a prison
since at least 1100, although that was not its primary purpose. A grand
palace early in its history, it served as a royal residence. As a whole, the
Tower is a complex of several buildings set within two concentric rings
of defensive walls and a moat. There were several phases of expansion,
mainly under Kings Richard the Lionheart, Henry III, and Edward I in the
12th and 13th centuries. The general layout established by the late
13th century remains despite later activity on the site. Today the Tower
of London is one of the country's most popular tourist attractions. It is
cared for by the charity Historic Royal Palaces and is protected as a
World Heritage Site
2.The Palace of Westminster, also known as the Houses of Parliament or

Westminster Palace, is the meeting place of the two houses of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom—the House of Lords and the House of
Commons. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames[note 1] in the heart
of the London borough of the City of Westminster, close to the historic
Westminster Abbey and the government buildings of Whitehall and
Downing Street. The name may refer to either of two structures: the Old
Palace, a medieval building complex most of which was destroyed in
1834, and its replacement New Palace that stands today; it has retained
its original style and status as a royal residence for ceremonial
purposes.
3. Buckingham Palace is the official London residence of the British monarch.[1] Located
in the City of Westminster, the palace is a setting for state occasions and royal
hospitality. It has been a rallying point for the British people at times of national
rejoicing and crisis.
Originally known as Buckingham House, the building which forms the core of today's
palace was a large townhouse built for the Duke of Buckingham in 1705 on a site which
had been in private ownership for at least 150 years.
4. St Paul's Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral on Ludgate Hill, the highest point in the
City of London, and is the seat of the Bishop of London. The present building dates from
the 17th century and was designed by Sir Christopher Wren. It is generally reckoned to
be London's fifth St Paul's Cathedral, all having been built on the same site since AD
604. The cathedral is one of London's most famous and most recognisable sights. At 365
feet (111m) high, it was the tallest building in London from 1710 to 1962, and its dome is
also among the highest in the world.
5. The Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, which is almost always referred to

popularly and informally as Westminster Abbey, is a large, mainly Gothic church, in
Westminster, London, England (UK), located just to the west of the Palace of
Westminster. It is the traditional place of coronation and burial site for English, later
British and later still (and currently) monarchs of the Commonwealth Realms. It briefly
held the status of a cathedral from 1546–1556, and is a Royal Peculiar.
6. Set in Alexandra Park, Alexandra Palace was built in an area between Hornsey,
Muswell Hill and Wood Green in North London, England, in 1873 as a public centre of
recreation, education and entertainment and as North London's counterpart to the
Crystal Palace in South London.
7. Battersea Power Station is a decommissioned coal-fired power station

located on the south bank of the River Thames, in Battersea, South
London. The station comprises two individual power stations, built in
two stages in the form of a single building. Battersea A Power Station
was built first in the 1930s, with Battersea B Power Station to its east in
the 1950s. The two stations were built to an identical design, providing
the well known four chimney layout. The station ceased generating
electricity in 1983, but over the past 50 years it has become one of the
best known landmarks in London and is Grade II* listed.[1] The station's
celebrity owes to numerous cultural appearances, which include a shot
in The Beatles' 1965 movie Help! and being used in the cover art of Pink
Floyd's 1977 album Animals.
8. The Royal Observatory, Greenwich (formerly the Royal Greenwich Observatory or

RGO), in London, England played a major role in the history of astronomy and
navigation, and is best known as the location of the prime meridian. It is situated on a
hill in Greenwich Park, overlooking the River Thames.
The observatory was commissioned in 1675 by King Charles II, with the foundation
stone being laid on 10 August.[1] At this time the king also created the position of
Astronomer Royal (initially filled by John Flamsteed), to serve as the director of the
observatory and to "apply himself with the most exact care and diligence to the
rectifying of the tables of the motions of the heavens, and the places of the fixed stars, so
as to find out the so much desired longitude of places for the perfecting of the art of
navigation."
The scientific work of the observatory was relocated elsewhere in stages in the first half
of the 20th century, and the Greenwich site is now maintained as a tourist attraction.
9. The Monument to the Great Fire of London, more commonly known as The
Monument, is a 202 ft (61.57 metre) tall stone Roman Doric column in the City of
London, England near to the northern end of London Bridge. It is located at the
junction of Monument Street and Fish Street Hill, 202 ft (61.57 metres) from where the
Great Fire of London started in 1666. Another monument, the Golden Boy of Pye
Corner marks the point near Smithfield where the fire stopped. Monument tube station
is named after the monument. Constructed between 1671 and 1677, it is the tallest
isolated stone column in the world. [1]
The monument consists of a fluted Doric column built of Portland stone topped with a
gilded urn of fire, and was designed by Christopher Wren and Robert Hooke. Its 202
foot (61.57 metre) height marks the monument's distance to the site of Thomas Farynor,
the king's baker's shop in Pudding Lane, where the fire began.
10. Tyburn was a village in the county of Middlesex close to the current location of
Marble Arch in present-day London. It took its name from the Tyburn or Teo Bourne
'boundary stream',[1] a tributary of the River Thames which is now completely covered
over between its source and its outfall into the Thames.
The name was almost universally used in literature to refer to the notorious and
uniquely designed gallows, used for centuries as the primary location of the execution of
London criminals.

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London, the capital of the United Kingdom (England, Wales, Scotland,

1.Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress, more commonly known as

2.The Palace of Westminster, also known as the Houses of Parliament or

5. The Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, which is almost always referred to

7. Battersea Power Station is a decommissioned coal-fired power station

8. The Royal Observatory, Greenwich (formerly the Royal Greenwich Observatory or

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