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1、PlacesofInterestinBritainBritishMuseumTheBritishMuseumisamuseumofhumanhistoryandcultureinLondon.Itscollections,whichnumbermorethan7millionobjects,areamongstthelargestandmostcomprehensiveintheworldandoriginatefromallcontinents,illustratinganddocumentingthestoryofh
2、umanculturefromitsbeginningtothepresent.BritishMuseumLibraryBigBenisoneofLondon’sbest-knownlandmarks,andlooksmostspectacularatnightwhentheclockfacesareilluminated.Youevenknowwhenparliamentisinsession,becausealightshinesabovetheclockface. Thefourdialsoftheclockare
3、23feetsquare,theminutehandis14feetlongandthefiguresare2feethigh.Minutelyregulatedwithastackofcoinsplacedonthehugependulum.BigBenisanexcellenttimekeeper,whichhasrarelystopped.BigBenBigBenTheclockhasbecomeasymboloftheUnitedKingdomandLondon,particularlyinthevisualme
4、dia.Whenatelevisionorfilm-makerwishestoindicateagenericlocationinBritain,apopularwaytodosoistoshowanimageoftheClockTower,oftenwithareddouble-deckerbusorblackcabintheforeground.StonehengeStonehengeisaprehistoricmonumentlocatedintheEnglishcountryofWilshire,about3.2
5、kilometerswestofAmesburyand13kilometersnorthofSalisbury.Asoneofthemostfamoussitesintheworld,Stonehengeiscomposedofearthworkssurroundingacircularsettingoflargestandingstones.StonehengeTowerofLondonbridgeTowerofLondonTheTowerofLondonisoftenidentifiedwiththeWhiteTow
6、er,theoriginalstarksquarefortressbuiltbyWilliamtheConquerorin1078.However,thetowerasawholeisacomplexofseveralbuildingssetwithintwoconcentricrings(同心環(huán))ofdefensivewallsandmoat.TowerofLondonbridgeSalloPaulocathedralSalloPaulocathedralThecurrentCathedral–thefourthtoo
7、ccupythissite–wasdesignedbythecourtarchitectSirChristopherWrenandbuiltbetween1675and1710afteritspredecessorwasdestroyedintheGreatFireofLondon.ItsarchitecturalandartisticimportancereflectthedeterminationofthefivemonarchswhooversawitsbuildingthatLondon’sleadingchur
8、chshouldbeasbeautifulandimposingastheirprivatepalaces.WestminsterAbbey倫敦最杰出的哥特式建筑，是11世紀(jì)號稱“篤信者”的英王愛德華建立的。教堂的主要特點是大門處有一對塔樓。教堂自建以來，一直是英國歷代國王或女王加冕禮典和王室成員結(jié)婚的場所。英國歷代
