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1、7.StPaul'sCathedral10PlacesofLondon1.TheLondonEye2.MadameTussaudˊsˊ3.3.BrickLane4.Westminsterabbey5.NationalGallery6.HydePark7.StPaul'Cathedral8.BuckinghamPalace9.WindsorCastle10.TheBritishMuseum1.LondonEyeTheLondonEye,whichis450feetinheightabovetheThamesRiver,isthewor
2、ld’sbiggestspinningstructure.ItisonehundredfeettallerthanBigBen,andweighing1,600tons.Itwasbuilttocelebratetheyear2000.Possiblybuildingsuchabigspinningstructuresuggestedthatpeoplelongedforbiggerandbetterthingsinthefuture.2.MADAMETUSSAUDSMadameTussauds.whereyoucanseesome
3、moviestars,singersandsportsplayers.Yetthisplaceisasstar-studdedastheredcarpetoftheGrammyAwardsShewasborninFrench,heruncletaughthercraftofwaxingandshehadnaturaltalent.FinallysheleftFrenchinordertoestablishawaxexhibitioninLondon3.BRICKLANE4.WestminsterabbeyWestminsterAbb
4、eyFormallytitledTheCollegiateChurchofStPeter,Westminster,thismainlyGothicchurchinLondonisthetraditionalplaceofcoronationandburialsiteforEnglishmonarchs.FirstbuiltbyEdwardtheConfessorbetween1045-1065intheNormanstyle,itreplacedanearlierchurchonthesamesite.Itwasbuiltasana
5、bbeyfortheBenedictinemonksandwasconsecratedonDecember28,1065.ItwasrebuiltintheGothicstylebetween1245-1517,withHenryVIIaddingaperpendicularstylechapelin1503.5.NationalGalleryTheNationalGalleryhousesoneofthegreatestcollectionsofEuropeanpaintingintheworld.Withpaintingsran
6、gingfrom1250to1900，thecollectionincludesworkbyBotticelli，LeonardodaVinci，Rembrandt，Gainsborough，Turner，CezanneandVanGogh.6.HydeParkHydeParkisoneofthelargestparksincentralLondon,UnitedKingdom,andoneoftheRoyalParksofLondon,famousforitsSpeakers'Corner.Theparkwasthesiteoft
7、heGreatExhibitionof1851,forwhichtheCrystalPalacewasdesignedbyJosephPaxton.Theparkhasbecomeatraditionallocationformassdemonstrations.TheChartists,theReformLeague,theSuffragettesandtheStopTheWarCoalitionhaveallheldprotestsinthepark.ManyprotestersontheLibertyandLivelihood
8、Marchin2002startedtheirmarchfromHydePark.7.StPaul'sCathedralStPaul'sCathedralisanAnglicancathedraldedicatedtoPaultheA
