The city of London grew on the most unsuitable for it place - on a humid mosquito bog! But this place was an important for Romans point of Thames river crossing and soon a trade centre appeared here. After the Londinium was destroyed in 61 B.C., it was restored anew and turned to be the capital of Britain province. A wonderful town hall, splendid palace, fort and a temple have been built. No doubts it was a prosperous colony. Only in 200 A.D Romans erected defense walls around the city. The remains of this wall can be seen near the Museum of London.
Today London is a big international centre and occupies territory of 625 sq miles. This is a wonderful world, firstly observed by tourists from the plane and astonishing its guests with the beauty of numerous bridges.
London houses more than 7 millions of inhabitants, who live not in the nameless suburbs but in the former towns, which belonged to it.
London's most famous districts and attractions
Mayfair: Banqueting House (Whitehall) , Buckingham Palace, Houses of Parliament , Guards Museum, Royal Academy of Arts, Royal Mews, Spencer House , St James's Church, Faraday's Laboratory and Museum.
Kensington & Knightsbridge: Natural History Museum, Wellington Arch, Darwin Centre, Kensington Palace.
Chelsea & Fulham: National Army Museum.
Covent Garden: Royal Opera House, National Portrait Gallery. Catamaran Cruisers
Westminster and St James's: London Eye, Westminster Abbey, Big Ben and Parliament.
Marlybone: Madame Tussauds, Baker Street.
Knightsbridge and Belgravia: Buckingham Palace.
Greenwich, Blackheath and Tower Hill: Tower of London, Tower Bridge, London Dungeon. Eltham Palace, National Maritime Museum, Queen's House, Royal Observatory Greenwich , Cutty Sark Clipper Ship, Fan Museum.
Soho: British Museum, Piccadilly Circus. Somerset House.
Bermondsey & Borough: HMS Belfast, Tower Bridge Exhibition, Vinopolis -London's Wine Tasting Visitor Attraction.
Bayswater & Paddington: Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum.
Bloomsbury & Holborn: British Museum, Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology.
Clerkenwell & Shoreditch: Bank of England Museum.
Camden & Euston: British Library, Jewish Museum - Camden.
Further West: Hampton Court Palace, Syon House.
Further South: Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum & Tour, Whitehall (= Banqueting hall).
Fitzrovia & Marylebone: Madame Tussauds and the London Planetarium.
Richmond & Kew: The National Archives, Kew Gardens.
St. John's Wood & Maida Vale: London Zoo.
Southbank: British Airways London-Eye , The London Dungeon, Tate Modern , The Millennium Bridge.
The City: Museum of London, St Paul's Cathedral, Tower of London, Clock Museum.
Full list of landmarks and local attractions:
Buckingham Palace
Carlton House Terrace
Catamaran Cruisers
London Planetarium
London Zoo
Madame Tussaud's
Millennium Bridge
Museum of London
National Archives
National Army Museum
National Gallery
National Maritime Museum
Natural History Museum
New Scotland Yard
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
Piccadilly Circus
Royal Mews
Royal Academy of Arts
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
Snakes and Ladders
Soho Square
Somerset House
Spencer House
St. James Square
St. Paul's Cathedral
Syon Park
Tate Modern
London Dungeon
The Sherlock Holmes Museum
Tower Bridge
Tower of London
Trafalgar Square
Vauxhall Bridge
Vinopolis
Waterloo Bridge
Wellington Arch
Westminster Abbey
Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum
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