3.The British museums.

London is ancient city .London is one of the famous capital cities of the world and every year attracts crowds of visitors from home and abroad . They come to explore its historic buildings , to see its museums and galleries , its streets and parks and its people. In South Kensington there are several large museums . The Victoria and Albert museum with a magnificent collection of fine and applied arts also includes a wide-ranging display of ceramics , metalwork and a selection of Constables masterpieaces which are well worth seeing. The Natural History museum contains plants , animals and minerals. The Hall of Human Biology , enables visitors , to learn about their bodies and the way they work. Exhibits in the Science Museum display to discovery and development of such inventions as the steam engine , photography , glassmaking , printing and atomic phisics . There is a gallery where children can experiment with working models . The British museum – the biggest museum in London . It contains a priceless collection of different things like manuscropts , coins , sculptures etc. The British museum is famous for its library – one of the reachest in the world . In its large circular reading room Marx , Engels and Lenin used to work . The museums of London presents the biography of London by Romans to the Greater London of today.

4.The parks of London.

London is ancient city . London is one of the famous capital cities of the world and every year attracts crowds of visitors from home and abroad . They come to explore its historic buildings , to see its museums and galleries , its streets and parks and its people. London is full of parks and green spaces . Hyde Park , originally a royal hunting forest , is the largest park in London. Londoner call it «Park». In summer the Serpentine canal which flows through the park is always full of swimmers , rovers and sunbathers. Just , South of the Serpentine is Rotten Row a fashionable spot for horse riding and in one corner , near Marble Arch is Speakers Corner , where everyone can go and air their views to anyone who will listen . Beyond Hyde Park lies another royal park , Kensington Gardens. Children gather by the statue of Peter Pan , James Barries well known storybook character or sail their modal boats in the Round Pond . In the North of London is Regents park with a zoo and open-air theatre . A trip along Regent s canal in a waterbus gives a chance to see London Little Vinice , a quite countryside area for rich people only as the land here is very expensive. When you are walking along the park , its shady avenues sitting on the grass , admiring its beautiful flower-bed or watching swans and ducks floating on the ponds , it seems almost unbelievable that all around there is a large city with its heavy traffic.

5. The historical sights of London.

London is ancient city . The Roman invaders founded a small celtic settlement known as Londinium . Then they turned it into an important trading centre . Traditionally , it is divided into the West End and East End . The West End is famous for its beautiful avenues with big stores , rich mansions , restaurants , hotels , theatres and night clubs. The East End used to be a poor area filled with warehouses , factories , slums and miserable houses . Greater London stretches 50 kilometres from east to west and many of its districts are linked with particular activities. The Tower of London was founded by Julius Caesar and rebuilt be William the Conqueror. It was used as a fortress , a royal residence and a prison . Now it is museum. In present day , just many centures ago , the Ceremony of the Keys take place at its gates. Another historic building St. Pauls Cathedral , the greatest of English churches . It was built by a famous English architect , Sir Christopher Wren . Wellington , Nelson and other great men of England are buried in the Cathedral . In Westminster is Westminster Abby . Many English sovereigns , outstanding stateman , painters and poets are burired here. Across the road from Westminster Abby is Westninster Palace , the seat of theBritish Parliament. Big Ben is the largest clock in the country that strike every quarter of the hour . Trafalger Square was named in memory of the victory in the battle of Trafalger when English fleet under Nelsons command defeated the combined fleet of France and Spain . The Victory was won at the cost of Nelsons life . In the middle of Tafalger Square stands Nelsons monument. The British museum – the biggest museum in London . It contains a priceless collection of different things like manuscropts , coins , sculptures etc. The British museum is famous for its library – one of the reachest in the world . In its large circular reading room Marx , Engels and Lenin used to work . London is ancient city, but it is also a living city and it is constantly developing.