Презентация по английскому языку на тему Британские достопримечательности

British landmarks

Buckingham Palace Originally Buckingham Palace was known as Buckingham house and was built for the Duke of Buckingham (since 1703). It was purchased by king George III in 1762. At present the Palace includes 775 rooms. It covers an area of 20 hectares of which 17 hectares - the garden.

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The ballroom of the Palace in 1856 By 1853 it was completed the most spacious and lavishly trimmed room of the Palace — the ballroom, the length of which is 36 meters, width — 18 meters. ballroom

The gardens of Buckingham Palace — the largest private garden in London. Large artificial pond was completed in 1828. It feeds a Serpentine river flowing through Hyde Park. To the Royal families life was more fun - the garden has arranged a lovely Flamingo. In the summer, during outdoor, receptions , they became the “point of attraction” for all guests!

The Palace guards Court division consisting of a regiment of the guards infantry and the Royal horse-guards regiment. Every day at 11:30 from April to August (in other months — every other day) is the changing of the guard ceremony. This is probably the most famous ceremony in London, it attracts a lot of tourists.

The British Museum The British Museum was established in 1753 based on three collections — the collection of renowned British physician and naturalist Hans Sloane[3], the collection of count Robert Harley, as well as the library of the antiquarian Robert cotton, which became the basis of the British library. The creation of the Museum was approved by an act of the British Parliament.

Under the dome there are three galleries: the internal whispering gallery and exterior stone and Golden gallery. Whispering gallery owes its name to acoustics: a word even caid in a whisper, at one end of the gallery, repeatedly is reflected from its walls, causing a murmur that could be heard on the other end of the gallery. whispering gallery

Stone gallery The stone gallery is located at the foot of the dome, on its outer side, at a height of 53.4 meters from the floor level. To climb it, it is necessary to overcome 376 steps

gold gallery If You climb from the Stone gallery, another 150 steps, you have just overcome the 526 steps, You will be taken to the Golden gallery atop the dome under the skylight at the height of 85.4 meters. Hence, as with the Stone gallery, offers magnificent views of London.

The British Museum The British Museum was established in 1753 based on three collections — the collection of renowned British physician and naturalist Hans Sloane[3], the collection of count Robert Harley, as well as the library of the antiquarian Robert cotton, which became the basis of the British library. The creation of the Museum was approved by an act of the British Parliament.

library Initially one of the main treasures of the Museum was its library, the largest in the UK. Reading room of the British Museum was located from 1850-ies in a separate building-the rotunda, where he worked for Karl Marx and V. I. Lenin. In 1972, the British Parliament decided to separate the library from the Museum, placing it in a separate building. Thus was born the British library.

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