LONDON I

IntroductionIndustry and transport

Culture and sport

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London – Houses of Parliament

Autor: Mgr. Darina Sikorová

Introduction capital of England & Great Britain, in the south-east of England on the

river Thames

cosmopolitan city, commercial, cultural and historical centre

population: 7 mill. inhabitants / 8 mill. - immigration

City of London + 32 boroughs

seat of: Monarch, the Parliament, the Government, the Supreme Court

name – Celtic word Llyn = „jezero“…Dun = „pevnost“

Romans established Londinium; 2,000 years ago

from 11th century the capital

1665 a plague (100,000 died)

1666 Great Fire of London (2/3 destroyed)

Industry and transport

• woodworking• furniture making• chemical• textile• engineering• diamond cutting• paper and cement

making• finance and commerce

• airports: Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, City Airp.

• underground/tube• double decker buses,

single deck Arrow bus• coaches, trains –

Victoria Station• black taxis

Double - Decker

Autor: Paleontour, Název: Double – DeckerZdroj:

http://nopsa.hiit.fi/pmg/viewer/photo.php?id=2562250

A black taxi and a red telephone box

Autor: Steven Haslington Název: Whitcomb Street, WestminsterZdroj:

http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2828486

Culture and sport 1. Museums and galleries:

Natural and History Museum, British Museum, London Dungeon, Madame Tussaud`s Museum National Gallery, Tate Gallery Greenwich

2. Theatres, music halls: Globe Theatre Royal Albert Hall Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Barbican Centre

3. Parks – picnic and sport areas St Jame`s Park Hyde Park - Speaker`s Corner Regent`s Park – zoo

4. Shopping Oxford, Regent and Bond Streets Harrods

5. Sport Wimbledon Wembley Stadium Olympic Park 2012 – The O2 Arena

Covent Garden

Autor: Mgr. Darina Sikorová

Globe TheatreAutor: Mgr. Darina Sikorová

• a reconstruction of Shakespeare`s original theatre•closed by the Puritans in 1642

•burnt, rebuilt in 1990s

Hyde Park Greenwich• a royal park from 1536 • the biggest London`s

park• Serpentine Line x

Kensington Gardens• boating, sailing, bathing• horseriding, picnics• Speaker`s Corner – soap

box talk

• in the east of London• lower river Thames• The Old Royal Obser –

vatory• Prime Meridian• Greenwich Mean Time

(GMT)• National Maritime

Museum

GreenwichAutor: Mgr. Darina Sikorová

Olympic Park 2012Autor: EG Focus, Název: Olympic Park, London, 16 April 2012.jpg

Zdroj: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/

File:Olympic_Park,_London,_16_April_2012.jpg

Thank you for your attention.

Autor DUM: Mgr. Darina Sikorová