LONDON I

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LONDON I
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• Introduction
• Industry and transport
• Culture and sport

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London Houses of Parliament

• Autor Mgr. Darina Sikorová

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Introduction

• capital of England Great Britain, in the
  south-east of England on the river Thames
• cosmopolitan city, commercial, cultural and
  historical centre
• population 7 mill. inhabitants / 8 mill. -
  immigration
• City of London 32 boroughs
• seat of Monarch, the Parliament, the Government,
  the Supreme Court
• name Celtic word Llyn jezeroDun
  pevnost
• Romans established Londinium 2,000 years ago
• from 11th century the capital
• 1665 a plague (100,000 died)
• 1666 Great Fire of London (2/3 destroyed)

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Industry and transport

• woodworking
• furniture making
• chemical
• textile
• engineering
• diamond cutting
• paper and cement making
• finance and commerce

• airports Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, City Airp.
• underground/tube
• double decker buses, single deck Arrow bus
• coaches, trains Victoria Station
• black taxis

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Double - Decker
A black taxi and a red telephone box

• Autor Paleontour, Název Double Decker
• Zdroj
• http//nopsa.hiit.fi/pmg/viewer/photo.php?id25622
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Autor Steven Haslington Název Whitcomb Street,
Westminster Zdroj http//www.geograph.org.uk/pho
to/2828486
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Culture and sport

• 1. Museums and galleries
• Natural and History Museum, British Museum,
  London Dungeon, Madame Tussauds Museum
• National Gallery, Tate Gallery
• Greenwich
• 2. Theatres, music halls
• Globe Theatre
• Royal Albert Hall
• Royal Opera House
• Covent Garden, Barbican Centre
• 3. Parks picnic and sport areas
• St James Park
• Hyde Park - Speakers Corner
• Regents Park zoo
• 4. Shopping
• Oxford, Regent and Bond Streets
• Harrods
• 5. Sport
• Wimbledon
• Wembley Stadium

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Covent Garden

• Autor Mgr. Darina Sikorová

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Globe TheatreAutor Mgr. Darina Sikorová

• a reconstruction of Shakespeares original
  theatre
• closed by the Puritans in 1642
• burnt, rebuilt in 1990s

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Hyde Park Greenwich

• a royal park from 1536
• the biggest Londons park
• Serpentine Line x Kensington Gardens
• boating, sailing, bathing
• horseriding, picnics
• Speakers Corner soap box ? talk

• in the east of London
• lower river Thames
• The Old Royal Obser vatory
• Prime Meridian
• Greenwich Mean Time
• (GMT)
• National Maritime Museum

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Greenwich

• Autor Mgr. Darina Sikorová

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Olympic Park 2012

• Autor EG Focus, Název Olympic Park, London, 16
  April 2012.jpg
• Zdroj
• http//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/FileOlympic_Par
  k,_London,_16_April_2012.jpg

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Thank you for your attention.

• Autor DUM Mgr. Darina Sikorová