LONDON

LONDON

HISTORY• AD 43 – established as a civilian town by

the Romans – Londinium

• AD 60 – destroyed by the Iceny ( a Celtic tribe led by Queen Boudica)

• AD 70 – a complete recovery

• 2nd century – the capital of Roman Britain

• London Wall

• AD 200

• defense against

the Saxon invaders

• the statue of

Trajan

• Anglo-Saxon settlement = Lundenwic (1 mile to the west of Londinium) Lundenwic = London trading town

• 9th century – Viking attacks

• Alfred the Great – beginning of the City of London

• the Norman Conquest in 1066

• the White Tower

• St John´s

Chapel

London Bridge – then:

and now:

• Great Fire of London – September 1666

• started at the bakery on Pudding Lane

• consumed -13,200 houses-87 churches-St Paul´s Cathedral

Sir Christopher Wren

rebuilt 50 churches

+ St Paul´s Cathedral

in the City of London

St Paul´s Cathedral

old (before 1666)

new (1710)

19th century

• the world´s largest city

• the capital of the British Empire

• the Metropolitan Police

• railway stations

• the London Underground

• 1851 - the Great Exhibition

Trafalgar Square

the Houses of Parliament + Big Ben

The Royal Albert Hall

The Proms = summer eight-week festival of classical music

The Victoria and Albert Museum

the world´s largest museum of decorative arts

(ceramics, glass,

textile, costumes,

jewellery,furniture,

sculpture, drawings,

photographs …)

The Tate Gallery(now called Tate Britain)

British Art

and

International

Modern and

Contemporary

Art

Tower Bridge

- opened in 1894

- 244 m long

- 65 m high

• 1940 – 1941 – bombing of London

• 1948 – Summer Olympic Games (Wembly Stadium)

• 1952 – Great Smog

21st century

• Millenium Dome

• London Eye

• tall buildings

LONDON DISTRICTS

• City of London = business and financial centre

• City of Westminster = governmental centre

• West End = shopping and entertainment centre

• East End = poverty, immigrants

Greenwich

LONDON PARKS

• Green Park• St James´s Park• Hyde Park• Kensington Gardens• Regent´s Park (ZOO)

TRANSPORT IN LONDON