By Álvaro Cascajero Sánchez and Luis Miguel Nucifora Izquierdo Nike Travels 1

•Page 1: General information •History:

oPage 2: An Old Castle oPage 3: A fire in the castle oPage 4: Kings and Queens

•Page 4: Exterior of the castle •Page 5: Interior of the castle •Page 6: Incidents •Page 7: Something for everyone •Page 8: Visit to the houses of Parlament

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An old Castle

-Important during the Middle Ages, as it was located on the banks of the River Thames.

-Was the monarch's principal residence in the late Medieval period.

-Remodeled once again, this time by Sir John Soane, between 1824 and 1827.

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Burning of Parliament is the popular name for the fire which destroyed the Palace of Westminster, the home of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, on 16 October 1834. The blaze, which started from overheated chimney flues, spread rapidly throughout the medieval complex and developed into the biggest conflagration to occur in London since the Great Fire of 1666.

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No King or Queen has entered the House of Commons since 1642, when Charles l stormed in with his soldiers and tried to arrest five members of Parliament who were there.

Exterior of the castle

Towers: -Tallest: Victoria tower 98,5 m./William IV -Medium: Big Ben 96 m. -Smallest: The Central tower 91 m./ Dr. David Boswell Reid

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Exterior of the castle

Victoria Tower Gardens

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Interior of the castle

-Four floors, 1,100 rooms, 100 staircases and 4.8 kilometres of passageways.

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Incidents

-Guy Fawkes, would detonate during t he State Opening of Parliament on 5 November 1605. If successful, the explosion would have destroyed the Palace, killing the King, his family and most of the aristocracy.

-The assassination of Prime Minister Spencer Perceval in 1812 in the lobby of the House of Commons

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This is a place to all the family, very interesting to the adults and very funny to the children and nearly haves a lot of attractions like London Eye.

Visit to the House of Parliament

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This is the End of this Touristic Guide of the London City.

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