No matter your tastes - whether modern or classical art, monuments and museums, zoos and gardens, nightclubs, theater, music, and on and on - London provides it in abundance.
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No matter your tastes - whether modern or classical art, monuments and museums, zoos and gardens, nightclubs, theater, music, and on and on - London provides it in abundance.
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Buckingham Palace may be one of London’s most popular tourist attractions but it is also the official residence of Britain’s monarchy, as it has been since Queen Victoria’s designation in 1837.
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Perhaps best known as Princess Diana’s residence until her death, Kensington Palace has been home to royalty long before Queen Victoria’s birth in 1819.
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Church, burial ground, coronation site and much more, Westminster Abbey continues to attract visitors over 900 years after its founding.
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Is there any other prison that has been popular (for various reasons) as long as the Tower of London? It has been an attraction for over 900 years, with twenty towers filled with an ancient tradition of royal blood, armor and jewels and the history to match.
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Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre is long gone - closed by Puritans in 1642 and taken down 2 years later. Fortunately for fans of the bard, there’s a faithful reproduction housed only a few hundred meters from the original site.
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Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum is one of the very few attractions in London that is both centuries old and completely modern.
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Visitors to London usually come for the history and to view the things that man has built over the centuries such as the great churches, monuments, art and history museums. But there’s more to experience since London is home to one of the oldest zoos in existence and one of the newest aquariums.
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Trafalgar Square is the center of England in more ways than one. At its south end lies what used to be Charing Cross, the point from which all distances to London are measured.
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For three hundred years St Paul’s Cathedral has served as one of the enduring symbols of London, a role it richly deserves. Completed in 1708, Sir Christopher Wren’s masterwork is recognized the world over by its large dome and classical architecture.
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