1、British Tourist Attractions伦敦的主要景点有：白 金 汉 宫 、 唐 宁 街 10号 、大 英 博 物 馆 、威 斯 敏 斯 特 宫 、伦 敦 塔 、海 德 公 园 、格 林 尼 治 天 文 台 、福 尔 摩 斯 博 物 馆 、大 本 钟 、伦 敦 塔桥 、伦 敦 等 。英格兰：伦 敦 London 伯 明 翰 Birmingham 布 里 斯 托 Bristol 曼 彻斯 特 Manchester 纽 卡 斯 尔 Newcastle 利 兹 Leeds 利 物 浦Liverpool 诺 丁 汉 Nottingham 谢 菲 尔 德 Sheffield 剑 桥 Cam
2、bridge 牛 津 Oxfod 等推荐景点一：爱丁堡城堡 Edinburgh castleEdinburgh castle is the symbol of Edinburgh, Scotland spirit even standing at the top, high in death volcanic rocks overlooking Edinburgh city, every August in this FenLieShi (Military Tattoo held marching) and, more will be Edinburgh castle solemn majes
3、tic atmosphere shows. To Edinburgh tourist would not miss Edinburgh castle, because in Edinburgh castle volcano in granite top, Edinburgh castle in downtown every corner can be seen. Edinburgh castle in the 6th century became the royal fort, Edinburgh castle thenceforth become important royal reside
4、nce and the state推荐景点二：白金汉宫 Buckingham Palace Buckingham Palace is the monarchs present London home，facing St. Jamespark. It as built for the Duke of Buckingham and Normandy John Sheffield in 1703. Buckingham House was bought by George III for his wife at the price of 28，000 pounds in 1761 and the r
5、oyal family moved there from St. JamesPalace. It was enlarged in the Palladian （帕拉弟奥的）style by John Nash in the reign Of George IV and then the building became known as Buckingham Palace. When Victoria came to the throne，she made it the royal palace. In the palace can be found the Marble Hall， Sculp
6、ture Gallery，the Picture Gallery，the Throne Room， the Drawing Room， the Library，the Royal Stamp-Collecting Room，the Grand Staircase （楼梯）and Vestibule （门廊）， over 600 rooms and halls in all. The grounds cover 40 acres and there are collections of famous paintings and of furniture，most of which are wor
7、ks dating from George IVs time. Since 1993，Buckingham Palace has been open to the public during the summer months only. 推荐景点三：国会大楼 parliament building 与大笨钟 big benBig Ben is the colloquial name of the Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster in London and an informal name for the Great Bell of Westm
8、inster, part of the Great Clock of Westminster. The clock tower is located at the northwestern end of the building, the home of the Houses of Parliament, and contains the famous striking clock and bell. The new Parliament was built in a Neo-gothic style. Although Barry was the chief architect of the
9、 Palace, he turned to Augustus Pugin for the design of the clock tower, which resembles earlier Pugin designs, including one for Scarisbrick Hall. The design for the Clock Tower was Pugins last design before his final descent into madness and death, and Pugin himself wrote, at the time of Barrys las
10、t visit to him to collect the drawings: “I never worked so hard in my life for Mr Barry for tomorrow I render all the designs for finishing his bell tower on the north side are the Monument to the Great Fire of London and Monument tube station.伦敦塔桥 推荐景点九:温彻斯特大教堂 Winchester Cathedral Winchester in Ha
11、mpshire is one of the largest cathedrals in England, with the longest nave and overall length of any Gothic cathedral in Europe.1 Dedicated to the Holy Trinity, Saint Peter, Saint Paul, and Saint Swithun, it is the seat of the Bishop of Winchester and centre of the Diocese of Winchester. The cathedr
12、al was originally founded in 642 on an immediately adjoining site to the north. This building became known as the Old Minster. It became part of a monastic settlement in 971. Saint Swithun was buried near the Old Minster and then in it, before being moved to the new Norman cathedral. So-called mortu
13、ary chests said to contain the remains of Saxon kings such as King Eadwig of England, first buried in the Old Minster, and his wife lfgifu, are also housed in the present cathedral.citation needed The Old Minster was demolished in 1093推荐景点十:大英博物馆 The British Museum.The British Museum was established
14、 in 1753, largely based on the collections of the physician and scientist Sir Hans Sloane. The museum first opened to the public on 15 January 1759 in Montagu House in Bloomsbury, on the site of the current museum building. Its expansion over the following two and a half centuries has resulted in th
15、e creation of several branch institutions, the first being the British Museum (Natural History) in South Kensington in 1887. Until 1997, when the British Library opened to the public, the British Museum was unique in that it housed both a national museum of antiquities and a national library in the
16、same building. Its present chairman is Sir John Boyd and its director is Neil MacGregor.As with all other national museums and art galleries in Britain, the Museum charges no admission fee, although charges are levied for some temporary special exhibitions.The construction of tower bridge began in 1
17、885 and it was opened 9yrs later by edward vii the then prince of wales, amidst pomp and ceremony. it is the only bridge in london that can be raised to allow ships to pass. since the thames is no longer used much as a trade and shipping route, the complex lifting mechanism is only used 4 or 5 times
18、 a week. the tower bridge is often mistaken for london bridge which is dull in comparison.The Tower was finished twenty years later, rising nearly one hundred feet high, with its walls fifteen feet thick in certain places. Inside was a chapel, apartments, guardrooms, and crypts. The Tower was protec
19、ted by a wide ditch, a new stone wall, the old Roman wall, and the river. This was done to secure the fact that this tower was a prison that no prisoner would escape from. The Bishop of Durham was probably the Towers first distinguished prisoner. He was very fat, greedy, and unpopular. He was dragge
20、d to the prison by his brother with his servants and bags of money. But the Bishop lived very well inside the Tower because he could bribe the guards with gold. One night in February,1101, he gave a huge banquet with a lot of food and liquor. When he had gotten the guards very drunk, he pushed his bags through a window and slid down a rope to freedom.
