London, January 2001
Westminster & Parliament

 

Westminster Abbey:
place of royal coronations and funerals since Edward the Confessor (1042-1066).
Over 3000 royals & other famous
are entombed here.
(The main, West, entrance.)

   
  The main facade of Westminster Abbey, with buttresses and the rosette, on the North.   The southerly Victoria Tower of the Houses of Parliament
(holds historic documents of Parliament) .
In front, the statue to the Burghers of Calais [by August Rodin], ready to die to save their city from Edward III.
 
  The classic image, looking North on the Thames towards
Westminster Bridge, from the Lambeth Bridge. 
The Houses of Parliament are on the left, with Victoria Tower (largest, left) and Big Ben (at the far end, with white clock face).
The huge "London Eye" Ferris Wheel is across the river on the right (edge on).

Last Revised 2002-02-06 Rev. 0