London being the capital of a country that colonized the world for nearly 100 years has many wonders for visiting guest, touring the city. The dominance over the world for a longer period, led the England to interact with hoards of cultures and civilizations that resulted in huge accumulation of artifacts and objects in England. This collection of vast cultural heritage has made the London exciting city of 21st century that is haven for many world class museums. London is one of the alpha world cities as connotation given to it for being one of the most traditional cities of the world other than New York City and Paris. As under the category of alpha world cities a number of museums in the city don’t charge anything for visiting them and a person can frequently visit them for a number of times. Visiting a museum in London is not an expensive task as compared to pricey statement of the City. The other attraction for visiting tourist for the city other than museums is great number of parks spread across the span of London city. One of the most popular parks of the London city is St James parks, Hyde Park etc. In the list of Attractive places in London, the most prominent ones are Westminister Abbey and the Palace of Westminister in St Jame’s. This place is being remembered for the seat of British parliament and World Heritage site and the royal coronations since 1066 and the latest one is Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. The other attractive site of the city is Buckingham Palace that is residential palace of the queen and one of the many royal palaces in London. Trafalgar Square is another important place that is known as abode for the London Pigeons. The London Eye, the third largest observatory of the world located by the South Bank of the river Thames provides well equated vision of the city of London. Tower of London located at the south east of the city by the river Thames is over 900 years old royal fortress that is even included in the World Heritage Site is must see monument for the visitors. The most attractive place for visiting within the Tower of London is White tower, where collection of amours is housed. Tower Bridge is another icon representing 19th century Bridge representing architectural excellence of that period. The bridge supported with high towers features an engine rooms and a Tower Bridge exhibition room to be visited by tourist. National Gallery is another important place to be visited as it is a museum that preserves more than 2,000 paintings from the 13th century to the date. It has collection of paintings from Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Monet and van Gogh. British Museum another must see museum in London was founded in 1753 has collection of world class collections of antiquities from Egypt, Western Asia, Greece and Rome, as well as Prehistoric, Medieval, Renaissance and modern age amounts to near six-and-a-half million objects ranging from shreds to colossal statues. And this is not an end there are many other places of interests to be visited in London. |
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