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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.) |
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The main facade of Westminster Abbey, with
buttresses and the rosette,
on the North. |
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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. |
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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). |
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