PLACES OF INTEREST IN GREAT BRITAIN

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PLACES OF INTEREST IN GREAT BRITAIN

• Prepared by Martina Chalupová

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• Besides London there are many more places of
  interest in Britain which are worth seeing.
• For example

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Stratford-upon-Avon

• is probably the second most visited town in
  England.
• The top attraction is the house in Henley Street
  where Shakespeare was born.
• In the Holy Trinity Church tourists can see the
  grave of Shakespeare and his family.
• Not far you can find the Royal Shakespeare
  Theatre and the Swan Theatre.
• The centre of the town is full of magnificent
  half-timbered medieval houses.

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• Shakespeares house

• Royal Shakespeare Theatre

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Oxford

• is the oldest university in Europe together with
  Cambridge, dating back to the 12th and 13 th
  centuries.
• There are 35 colleges at Oxford.
• Nearly all the colleges consist of several
  buildings grouped in quadrangles around open
  areas of grass and beautiful gardens.

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Cambridge

• There are 23 colleges at Cambridge.
• There are often beautiful gardens adjoining the
  buildings.
• Cambridge has remained quieter than Oxford, which
  has a lot of industries now.

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Canterbury

• is the seat of the Archbishop and a magnificent
  cathedral from the 11th century.
• Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Cantebury, was
  murdered in the cathedral by order of the king in
  1170 and soon this made Canterbury the biggest
  pilgrimage site in England.
• The pilgrimage to Canterbury is also reflected in
  Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.

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York

• is the residence of a superb Gothic cathedral
  called York Minster it boasts impressive
  medieval stained glass, particularly the
  beautiful Gothic windows known as the Five
  Sisters.
• We can find there also a university.

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• University of York

• York cathedral

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Stonehenge

• on Salisbury Plain is a remarkable prehistoric
  monument.
• The ruins consist of 2 stone circles and 2
  horseshoes.
• In the middle of the inner horseshoe there is the
  Altar Stone.

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Salisbury

• is the seat of the magnificant Cathedral of Saint
  Mary which has the highest spire in England.

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Coventry

• is an industrial city in the West Midlands.
• In the square there is a statue of Lady Godiva
  whose legend is very popular there.
• The legend says that her husband promised to
  reduce the heavy taxes on the people of Coventry
  if she rode naked through the streets at noon.
  The grateful citizens remained indoors as she did
  so. Coventry and Lidice became sister cities
  after the war because they shared a similar fate
  during World War II.

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Hadrian's Wall

• is a part of the Roman fortifications built to
  protect England's northern boundary.

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Edinburgh

• is the capital of Scotland.
• It holds an annual Festival of Music and Drama.
• The oldest building is the Castle standing on a
  hill in the centre of the city.
• It is linked by the Royal Mile with the Palace of
  Holyroodhouse, the British sovereign's official
  Scottish residence.
• Another feature is Princes Street with a
  well-known monument to Sir Walter Scott (a famous
  writer) who was born in Edinburgh.

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• Edinburgh castle

• University of Edinburgh

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Loch Ness

• is the most famous lake in the Highlands.
• There have been unconfirmed reports of a Loch
  Ness monster since the 15th century which brings
  millions of pounds a year to Scottish tourism.

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• Hastings is a seaside resort on the east coast.
  It is associated with the Norman invasion and the
  Battle of Hastings in 1066. On the site of the
  battle, Battle Abbey was founded by William the
  Conqueror and an altar was errected on the exact
  spot where the English king Harold had been
  killed.
• Another important seaside resort Brighton lies
  not far along the coast.
• Liverpool is an important port and the city of
  the Beatles and a well-known Steeplechase for
  horse racing.
• The Lake District contains glacier lakes, the
  largest one is Windermere. The area was made
  national park.

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