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Big Ben, contrary to what many think, there is the famous clock at the British Parliament, nor its tower. Is the name of the bell, which weighs 13 tons and was installed in the Palace of Westminster during the administration of Sir Benjamin Hall, Public Works Minister of England in 1859. Being a tall, burly, Benjamin had the nickname Big Ben. Every day, the BBC radio broadcasts of the tolling bell. The bell, cast by George Mears in 1858, media almost 3 meters in diameter and weighed 13, 5 tons.

The name of the watch is Tower Clock or Clock Tower (Clock Tower), and is well known for their precision and size. Once a family of birds landed on his hand and deregulated in five minutes.

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A wax museum is a museum where there is an exhibition of pieces made of wax, usually retrantando extinct animals or celebrities. Madame Tussauds is perhaps the most famous name associated with wax museums. In 1935, Marie Tussaud set up its first permanent exhibition on Baker Street, London.

In December 2009, opened the wax museum, Dreamland, in Gramado - RS, the first wax museum in the genre of entertainment in Brazil, and the first in South America was announced in August/2010 In Film Festival Lawn, the creation of Oscar Gallery inside the Wax Museum Dreamland, with statues of the great names of cinema.

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The London Eye aka Millennium Wheel (Millennium Wheel) is a giant observation wheel. Located in London, the UK capital, was inaugurated in 1999 and is one of the most sought after tourist spots in town. Since 2006, the wheel gigande no longer the world's largest, after the inauguration of the Star of Nanchang (160 m), located in Nanchang city, China. Currently, the world's largest Ferris wheel is the Singapore Flyer, which held its first round on February 11, 2008.

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Hyde Park is a park in central London, England, famous for its Speaker's Corner.Together with Kensington Gardens, adjacent, it forms one of the largest green areas of the city, with 2.5 kilometers in length. It is crossed by the Serpentine Lake.Originally, the area where today the park was owned by the monks of Westminster Abbey. It was acquired in 1536 by Henry VIII, who, accompanied by members of the court, had a habit of hunting in the region. The use of Hyde Park (the name comes from the hide, a unit comprising about 0.24 to 0.49 sq km, this being the original size of the park) was restricted to hunting until the reign of James I, when the park now has limited access. Only in 1637, under the reign of Charles I, the general public was allowed to enter.In 1665, the time when the plague decimated the population of London, many decided to camp in the park, hoping to be spared the disease.

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At the end of the seventeenth century, King William III moved the court to Kensington Palace. Whereas the way to St. James's Palace was too dangerous, in 1690 he decided to install 300 oil lamps in a road through Hyde Park (it ended up being the first artificially lit highway in the country). This new route was (and still is) known as Rotten Row, which is an English version of French Route de Roi, which means "Path of the King. "

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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.

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The Tower of London has played a prominent role in English history. It was besieged several times and controlling it has been important to controlling the country. The Tower has served variously as an armoury, a treasury, a menagerie, the home of the Royal Mint, a public records office, and the home of the Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom. From the early 14th century until the reign of Charles II, a procession would be led from the Tower to Westminster Abbey on the coronation of a monarch. In the absence of the monarch, the Constable of the Tower is in charge of the castle. This was a powerful and trusted position in the medieval period. In the late 15th century the castle was the prison of the Princes in the Tower. Under the Tudors, the Tower became used less as a royal residence, and despite attempts to refortify and repair the castle its defences lagged behind developments to deal with artillery.

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The peak period of the castle's use as a prison was the 16th and 17th centuries, when many figures fallen into disgrace, such as Elizabeth I before she became queen, were held within its walls. This use has led to the phrase "sent to the Tower". Despite its enduring reputation as a place of torture and death, popularised by 16th-century religious propagandists and 19th-century writers, only seven people were executed within the Tower before the World Wars of the 20th century. Executions were more commonly held on the notorious Tower Hill to the north of the castle, with 112 occurring there over a 400-year period. In the latter half of the 19th century, institutions such as the Royal Mint moved out of the castle to other locations, leaving many buildings empty. Anthony Salvin and John Taylor took the opportunity to restore the Tower to what was felt to be its medieval appearance, clearing out many of the vacant post-medieval structures. In the First and Second World Wars, the Tower was again used as a prison, and witnessed the executions of 12 men for espionage. After the wars, damage caused during the Blitz was repaired and the castle reopened to the public. 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.

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