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GreatBritainHousesofParliament国会大厦OfficiallyknownastheNewPalaceofWestminster,thisforestoftowers,turretsandchambers,standsonthesiteofapalacewhichwasaroyalresidencefromthetimeofEdwardtheConfessoruntiltheregionofHerryⅧ.BigBenAtthenorthernendoftheHousesofParliamentisthemagnificentgildedClockToweruniversallyknownasBigBenBuckinghamPalace白金汉宫Originallybuiltin1703fortheDukeofBuckingham,thismostfamousofroyalhomeswaspurchasedbyGeorgeⅢin1762.Whenshecametothethronein1837,QueenVictoriamovedtheCourtherefromthePalaceofStJames,andithasbeentheLondonhomeofthereigningmonarcheversince.ThepalaceisnowopentothepublicandmanyofthearttreasuresbelongingtotheroyalfamilycanbeseenintheQueen’sGallery.TheRoyalNews,inBuckinghamPalaceRoad,isalsoopentothepublic.Ithousesthestatecoachsandthebeautifulhorseswhichdrawthem.TheTowerofLondon伦敦塔WilliamtheCouquerorbuilttheTowerofLondonasaremindertothecitizensoftheCitizensoftheCityofhisunassailablepower.AttheheartofthecomplexistheWhiteTower,lookingmuchasithasdoneforthelast900oddyears,WestminsterAbbey西敏寺ThechurchcontainsthebonesofStEdwardtheConfessoraswellastheremainsofmanyotherfamouspersons.TheseincludeBenJonson,GeoffreyChaucer,EdmundSpenser,JohnDryden,DrSamuelJohnson,CharlesDickens,RobertBrowning,AlfredLordTennyson,RudyardKipling,IsaacNewton,CharlesDarwin,LordKelvin,ErnestRutherford,GeorgeFriderichHandel,HenryPurcell,RalphVaughanWilliams,LaurenceOlivier,WilliamPitttheElder,WilliamPitttheYounger,WilliamEwartGladstone,ClementAttlee,andDavidLivingstone.OliverCromwellwasburiedintheabbeybutCharlesIIorderedhisremainsremoved.HydePark海德公园OneofLondon'sfinesthistoriclandscapescovering142hectares(350acres).ThereissomethingforeveryoneinHydePark.Withover4,000trees,alake,ameadow,horseridesandmoreitiseasytoforgetyou'reinthemiddleofLondon.TheBritishMuseum大英博物馆Thecollectionwhichbeganoneoftheworld’slargestandmostvariedtreasurehousewasfoundedin1753and,sincethen,hasgrowntoincludeeveryconceivablekindofartifactfromallovertheworld.StPaul’sCathedral圣保罗大教堂SirChristopherWrendrewupplansforanewcathedralonthissitealmostbeforetheashesoftheoldcathedralhadgrowncold.ThebuildingthatrosefromthoseashesisWren’smasterpieceandhasadignitywhichthesurroundingtowerblockscannotdiminish.Greenwich格林尼治天文台Albertsquare艾伯特广场CastleEdinburgh爱丁堡EdinburghisthecapitalofScotlandandisitssecondlargestcityafterGlasgow.ItisoneofScotland's32localgovernmentcouncilareas.Locatedinthesouth-eastofScotland,EdinburghliesontheeastcoastoftheCentralBelt,alongtheFirthofForth,neartheNorthSea.OwingtoitsruggedsettingandvastcollectionofMedievalandGeorgianarchitecture,includingnumerousstonetenements,itisoftenconsideredoneofthemostpicturesquecitiesinEurope.