Places in London

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Places in london

London is the capital of and largest city in England and the 


United Kingdom. It is administered by the City of London and 32 
London boroughs. These boroughs are modern, having been created in
1965 and have a weaker sense of identity than their constituent "districts"
(considered in speech, "parts of London" or more formally, "areas"). Two
major factors have shaped the development of London district and sub-
district identities; the Ancient Parish - which was used for both civil and
ecclesiastical functions - and the pre-urban settlement pattern.
The National Gallery is an art museum in Trafalgar Square in the City of
Westminster, in Central London. Founded in 1824, it houses a collection
of over 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900.[note 1]
The Gallery is an exempt charity and a non-departmental public body of
the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.[3] Its collection
belongs to the government on behalf of the British public, and entry to
the main collection is free of charge. In 2020, due to the COVID-19
pandemic it attracted only 1,197,143 visitors, a drop of 50 per cent from
2019, but it still ranked eighth on the list of most-visited art museums in
the world.[4]
Cathedral Church of St
Paul the Apostle
• The cathedral is one of the most famous and most
recognisable sights of London. Its dome, framed by the spires
of Wren's City churches, has dominated the skyline for over
300 years. At 365 feet (111 m) high, it was the tallest building
in London from 1710 to 1963. The dome remains among the
highest in the world. St Paul's is the second-largest church
 
The Big Ben and the Houses of
Parliament
The neo gothic Palace of Westminster, better known as the
Houses of Parliament, and its Clock Tower, commonly called
Big Ben, are among London’s most famous landmarks. The
Clock Tower’s fame has surpassed that of the Palace itself. It is
the largest four-faced chiming clock and the third-tallest free-
standing clock tower in the world. The elegant tower is not
open to the general public, but the views over it are spectacular,
especially at night when the four clock faces are illuminated.
The London
London Eye Eye is a 135-metre (443 ft.) tall giant Ferris wheel
situated on the banks of the River Thames, in the centre of
London. When erected in 1999 for the London’s millennium
celebrations, it was the tallest Ferris wheel in the world, and
since then has become one of the iconic sights of London,
visited by over 3.5 million people a year. The wheel carries 32
glass passenger capsules, each one offering 25 visitors great
panoramic views over the city.
The
 Electric, a cinema
The Electric is Birmingham
 and sound recording
facility in Birmingham, England. It opened in Station
Street in 1909, showing its first silent film on 27
December of that year, and is now the oldest working
cinema in the country.[1][2] It predates its namesake,
the Electric Cinema in Notting Hill, London, by
around two months. Originally called the Electric
Theatre, the cinema has undergone a number of
name changes since its opening, 

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