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UNITED KINGDOM POPULATION AND CURRENCY

DENSITY OF POPULATION IS 255 PEOPLE/KM2

IT HAS 64 MILLION INHABITANTS.IT’S A CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY. THE LANGUAGE IS ENGLISH!THE CURRENCY IS THE POUND STERLING (GBP)RELIGION : ANGLICANISM

£ 1 (POUND) = 1,27 €

ECONOMY

England is a leader in the chemical and pharmaceutical sectors and in key technical industries, particularly aerospace, the arms industry, and the manufacturing side of the software industry. In the big cities there is the smog caused by the industries. The marine pollution is now lower thanks to the convention of 1972

THE UNITED KINGDOM IS IN THE NORTH - WEST OF EUROPE IT’S COMPOSED BY 4 COUNTRIES: WALES, ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND NORTHERN IRELAND. The island is marked by low, rolling countryside in the east and south, while hills and mountains predominate in the western and northern regions

Monti Cambrici,

Monti Pennini

Monti Grampiani

e North West Highlands.

UNION JACK IS THE NAME OF THE FLAG OF GREAT BRITAIN AND THE UNITED KINGDOM

THE UNIONJACK

SCOTLANDWALESENGLAND

GREAT BRITAIN

ST.PATRICK’S CROSS (IRELAND KINGDOM UNTIL 1783)

THE MOST IMPORTANT RIVERS ARE :

THE THAMES

Travels over 210 miles, out into the North Sea

THE SEVERN

is the longest river in the United Kingdom, it discharges into the Bristol Channel

The most important archipelagos are

Shetland islands

Orcades islands,

Hebrides island

And remember the isle of Man in the Irish Sea.

Ebridi

Man

Orcadi

Shetland

LONDON BY NIGHT

LONDON AT CHRISTMAS

The tower of LondonThe tower was a fortress, a castle and a prison, now you can find the jewels of the crown

TOWER BRIDGETHIS BRIDGE WAS BUILT IN 1894. IN THE TOWERS THERE IS A MUSEUM WITH THE STORY OF THIS BRIDGE.

Westminster abbey

IT’S A FAMOUS CHURCH, NEAR THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. WILLIAM AND KATE MARRIED HERE ON APRIL 29TH 2011.

LONDON EYE IS A GIANT WHEEL ON THE RIVER THAMES. IT’S 135 METRES HIGH. IT WAS BUILT IN 1999.

BUCKINGHAM PALACE

YOU CAN SEE THE CHANGE OF THE GUARD IN FRONT OF BUCKINGHAM PALACE

THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT

IT’S IMPORTANT FOR THE POLITICAL LIFE OF THE COUNTRY

BIG BEN

THIS FAMOUS CLOCK TOWER IS 96 METRES HIGH. THE MINUTE HAND IS 4 METRES LONG. BIG BEN IS THE NAME OF THE BELL

ST. PAUL’S CATHEDRAL

FROM THE TOP YOU CAN HAVE A BEAUTIFUL VIEW OF THE CITY. IT’S THE SECOND BIGGEST DOME IN THE WORLD.

REGENT’S PARK

IN THIS PARK THERE ARE QUEEN MARY’S GARDENS, THE LONDON ZOO, AN OPEN AIR THEATRE AND YOU CAN DO A LOT OF SPORTS.

ST. JAMES’S PARK HYDE PARK

IT’S 23 HECTARES, IT’S NEAR BUCKINGHAM PALACE, THERE IS A BEAUTIFUL LAKE INSIDE IT.

THERE IS A BIG LAKE CALLED SERPENTINE. YOU CAN SPEND SEVERAL HOURS TO EXPLORE IT.

HARRODS

IT’S A BIG DEPARTMENT STORE, YOU CAN BUY FROM A PIN TO AN ELEPHANT.

BOROUGH MARKET

IF YOU LOVE FOOD, GO TO VISIT THIS MARKET WITH FOOD FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY!IT’S NEAR THE TOWER BRIDGE

NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM

SITUADED IN KENSINGTON NEAR THE SCIENCE MUSEUM AND VICTORIA AND ALBERT’S MUSEUM. THIS MUSEUM IS DIVIDED INTO 4 AREAS, IN THE RED ZONE YOU CAN STUDY EARTH, IN THE GREEN ZONE YOU STUDY PLANTS, REPTILES AND MINERALS. IN THE BLUE ZONE YOU CAN SEE DINOSAURS AND ANIMALS. IN THE ORANGE ZONE THE NATURE AND ZOOLOGY

BRITISH MUSEUMIN THIS MUSEUM YOU CAN FIND THINGS FROM PREHISTORY,EGYPT, GREECE, MEDIEVAL PERIOD

FROM EUROPE, ASIA, AFRICA AND AMERICAS.

TRAFALGAR SQUARE

IN THIS IMPORTANT SQUARE YOU CAN SEE NELSON’S COLUMN, FOUR LIONS AND TWO FOUNTAINS.

NATIONAL GALLERYIN THIS MUSEUM YOU CAN SEE PICTURES FROM ITALY, FRANCE, GREAT BRITAIN FROM RENAISSANCE TO EIGHTIES.

VAN GOGH’S SUNFLOWERS

THE WATER LILY POND BY MONET

THE VIRGIN OF THE ROCKS BY LEONARDO

SCIENCE MUSEUMIT’S A MUSEUM OF INDUSTRY WITH MODELS OF CARS, PLANES TRAINS AND SPACESHIP.

MADAME TUSSAUDSTHERE ARE MANY WAX STATUES OF FAMOUS PEOPLE

STAMFORD BRIDGE,CHELSEA STADIUM

EMIRATES STADIUMTHE HOUSE OF ARSENAL

VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM

IT’S THE WORLD’S LARGEST MUSEUM OF DECORATIVE ARTS AND DESIGN. IN THIS BIG MUSEUM YOU CAN SEE VASES, SWORDS, SHIELDS, STATUES AND OTHER THINGS FROM ASIA, EUROPE, NORTH AFRICA AND NORTH AMERICA.

THE GLOBE THEATREIT WAS A THEATRE BUILT BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S PLAYING COMPANY IN 1599. A MODERN RECOSTRUCTION OF THE THEATRE OPENED IN 1997.