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ADRIANO DE [email protected]
@velvet_hand1
ANASTASIA ANIKEEVA [email protected]
@ ananas
MURAT [email protected]
@mozlu35
GIULIA DALL’[email protected]
@DallAcquaGiulia
LONDON @ A GLANCE
CONTENT
- INTRODUCTION
- HOW TO GET THERE ?
- NATIONAL GALLERY
- NOTTING HILL
- ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS
- BOROUGH MARKET
- CONCLUSION
HOW TO GET THERE ?
THE NATIONAL GALLERY
• The National Gallery is an art museum on Trafalgar Square in London. Founded in 1824, it houses a collection of over 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900.
• Unlike other art museums such as the Louvre, The National Gallery was not formed by the nationalisation of royal or princely art collections and was started when the British government bought 36 paintings from the banker John Julius Angerstein in 1824. Today, It is the fifth most visited art museum in the World.
• The pictures in the collection belong to the public and admission to see them is free. There are special exhibitions, lectures, video and audio-visual programmes, guided tours for children and adults.
SOME TIPS:
FLOORPLAN
Posible Self PortraitLeonardo da Vinci
La Virgen yel Niño con Santa Ana y San Juan
Evangelista 1499/1500
SOME MASTERPIECE EXAMPLES
El Papa Julio II 1511/12Raphael
El Dogo Leonardo Lorean 1501
Giovanni Bellini
Flores de Verano 1888
Vincent van Gogh
La playa de Trouville 1870Claude Monet
El maizal 1826John Constable
NOTTING HILL
Notting Hill is an area in London close to the north-western corner of Kensington Gardens, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
It is a cosmopolitan district and it is a fashionable area where culture and arts are combine each other.
Notting Hill can be divided in 5 areas:
1. Ladbroke Grove
2. Notting Hill Gate
3. Portobello Road
4. Westbourne Grove
5. North Kensington Portobello Road Market is the one of London's
best known markets, containing an antique section and second-hand, fruit and veg and clothing stalls.
NOTTING HILL CARNIVAL
The Notting Hill Carnival is the largest festival celebration of its kind in Europe.
Every year the streets of West London come alive, with the sounds and smells of Europe’s biggest street festival.
ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS
• Abbey Road Studıos (A.R.S.) ıs a recordıng studıo located ın St. John’s Wood, ın the north part of London.
• It was establıshed ın November 1931 by the Gramophone Company, a predecessor of Brıtısh musıc company EMI (ıts present owner).
• A.R.S. most notable as being the venue in the 1960s for innovative recording techniques adopted by the Beatles.
• In 2009, the studıo came under threat of sale to property develops. However, the Brıtısh Government protected the sıte, grantıng ıt Englısh Herıtage Grade II lısted status ın 2010.
HISTORY
• Originally a nıne-bedroom Georgıan townhouse buılt ın 1830s, the buıldıng was acquıred by the Gramophone Company ın 1931 and converted ınto a musıc studıo.
• The fırst Show was performed by The London Symphony Orchestra ın the same year.
• It was not untıl 1970 that the name Abbey Road Studıos became offıcıal.
• In 1970, the Gramephone Company wıth Columbıa formed the EMI.»»
THE BEATLES @ ABBEY ROAD
• Abbey Road Studıos ıs most closely assocıated wıth The Beatles, who recorded most of theır albums and sıngles here between 1962 and 1970.
• The Beatles named theır 1969 album Abbey Road. After thıs, the recordıng studıo would only be named Abbey Road after the Beatles record ın 1970.
• Cover photo of the album was taken outsıde the studıos wıth the result that the pedestrıan zebra crossıng has become a place of pılgrımage for Beatles fans. In December 2010, thıs zebra crossıng was gıven a Great II lısted status by the Government
CONTROVERSY
• In 2010, EMI had put the World-famous studıos up for sale because of ıncreasıng debts.
• There was an ınterest by property developers ın redevelopıng the sıte ınto luxury apartments.
• To save Abbey Road Studıos, ın the same year a campaıgn has also been mounted.
• Wıth a help from a lot of people (more and less famous, among whıch sır Paul McCartney) the studıos are now safe
BOROUGH MARKET
GENERAL INFORMATION
Borough Market is a wholesale and retail food market in Southwark, Central London, England. It is one of the largest and oldest food markets in London, and sells a large variety of foods from all over the world.
HISTORY
• The present buildings were designed in 1851, with additions in the 1860s and an entrance designed in the Art Deco style in 1932. A refurbishment began in 2001
Borough Market in 1860
• Borough associates with food markets since 11th century and probably much earlier
• 13th century: traders were relocated to what is now Borough High Street
• 1755: the market was closed by Parliament Reopened by a group of Southwark residents
BOROUGH MARKET NOWADAYS: MORE THAN A PLACE TO BUY FOOD
A source of exceptional British and international produce with rich culinary history
A place where people come to discover the tastes, aromas, textures and colours that only fresh, seasonal food can offer
A fashionable place to buy food
• Has been promoted by British television chefs• Has been used as film sets in Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)• Appeared in the Savage Garden music video for ‘Hold Me’
WORTH TO TRY !!!
VISIT
LONDON
There’s Always Something New: It doesn't matter how many times you visit, you've never seen it all in
London.