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To the west of Westminster Abbey you can see Buckingham Palace. It is a royal residence. The ceremony of the changing of the guards which takes place in front of Buckingham Palace is of great interest to the tourists.

We can see We can see the Houses of the Houses of Parliament in Parliament in Westminster . It is a Westminster . It is a beautiful building beautiful building with two towers and with two towers and a very big clock a very big clock called Big Ben.called Big Ben.

St Paul’s Cathedral was completed in 1710. The famous English architect Christopher Wren planned and built St. Paul’s Cathedral.It is 157 metres in length and 110 metres high and its bell is the biggest in London and weighs 17 tons. It took Christopher Wren 35 years to plan and build St. Paul’s Cathedral.

Here we are in Trafalgar Square, always a good- starting point for any tour of London. The Nelson monument which is in the centre of Trafalgar Square is 185 feet high.

The Tower of London is The Tower of London is situated on the north bank of situated on the north bank of the Thames. It dates from the Thames. It dates from Roman times and was Roman times and was strengthened by William the strengthened by William the Conqueror. It was at times a Conqueror. It was at times a fortress, palace and prison. fortress, palace and prison.

Near the Tower Near the Tower is Tower Bridge. It was is Tower Bridge. It was built in 1894. It is made built in 1894. It is made of two one thousand of two one thousand ton parts which are ton parts which are raised and lowered. raised and lowered.

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