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FamousbeautifulsceneriesintheUKandtheUS----TravelinginGreatBritain14组王冠英吴新宇崔辉HousesofParliament国会大厦OfficiallyknownastheNewPalaceofWestminster.Thisforestoftowersandchambers议事厅standsonthesiteofapalace,whichwasaroyalresidencefromthetimeofEdwardtheConfessoruntiltheregionofHerryⅧ.Thereisthemagnificentgilded镀金的ClockToweratthenorthernendoftheHousesofParliament,whichisuniversallyknownasBigBen.This316feetclock-towerwascompletedbetween1858-1859.ThelightabovetheclockislitwhiletheCommons国会下院issitting.Originallybuiltin1703fortheDukeofBuckingham,ThismostfamousofroyalhomeswaspurchasedbyGeorgeⅢin1762.Whenshecametothethrone王位in1837,QueenVictoriamovedtheCourtherefromthePalaceofStJames,andithasbeentheLondonhomeofthereigning本界的monarch君主eversince.BuckinghamPalace白金汉宫TheTowerofLondon伦敦塔WilliamtheConquerorbuilttheTowerofLondonasaremindertothecitizensoftheCitizensoftheCityofhisunassailablepower.AttheheartofthecomplexistheWhiteTower,lookingmuchasithasdoneforthelast900oddyears.WestminsterAbbey['æbi]西敏寺WestminsterAbbeyisawell-knownProtestantchurchinBritainwithahistorythatcouldclaimtobeanepitomeofthehistoryofLondon,oreventheGreatBritain.Itisalsoasuperbandmarvelous非凡的church,awonderfulexampleoftheGothicarchitecture哥特式建筑andacollectionofBritishhistoricspots.TheoriginalmeaningofWestminsterisaminsterinthewestsinceitislocatedinthewestofthecityofLondon.HydePark海德公园OneofLondon‘sfinesthistoriclandscapescovering142hectares公顿.ThereissomethingforeveryoneinHydePark.Withover4,000trees,alake,ameadow牧场,horseridesandmoreitiseasytoforgetyou'reinthemiddleofLondon.StPaul'sCathedral圣保罗大教堂StPaul'sCathedralsitsatthetopofLudgateHill,thehighestpointintheCityofLondon,andistheseatoftheBishop主教座ofLondon.Thepresentbuildingdatesfromthe17thcentury.ItisoneofLondon'smostfamousandmostrecognizablesights.At365feet(111m)high,itwasthetallestbuildinginLondonfrom1710to1962,anditsdomeisalsoamongthehighestintheworld.Nowadays,StPaul'sCathedralisstillabusyworkingchurch,withhourlyprayeranddailyservices.EdinburghisthecapitalofScotlandandthesecondlargestcityafterGlasgow格拉斯哥.ItisoneofScotland‘s32localgovernmentcouncilareas.Locatedinthesouth-eastofScotland,EdinburghliesontheeastcoastoftheCentralBelt地带,alongtheFirthofForth,neartheNorthSea.OwingtoitsruggedsettingandvastcollectionofMedieval中世纪的andGeorgian乔治亚的architecture,includingnumerousstonetenements,itisoftenconsideredoneofthemostpicturesquecitiesinEurope.