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London is the capital of England and the United Kingdom (UK).
London is Britain's largest and most populous metropolitan area.
Its history goes back to its founding by the Romans, who called it Londinium.

London is a leading global city being the world's largest financial centre alongside New York City and has the largest city GDP in Europe.

London has a diverse range of peoples, cultures and religions, and more than 300 languages are spoken within its boundaries

The London Underground (also known as the Tube or simply the Underground) is a public rapid transit system
serving a large part of Greater London and parts of the home counties of Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex.

The network is considered the oldest rapid transit system, incorporating the world's first underground railway,
the Metropolitan Railway, which opened in 1863 and is now part of the Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines;
and the first line to operate underground electric traction trains, the City & South London Railway in 1890, now part of the Northern line.

The network has expanded to 11 lines, and in 2014 carried 1.265 billion passengers, making the Underground the world's 11th busiest metro system.

The system serves 270 stations and has 402 kilometres (250 mi) of track.

Within London, the Underground mostly serves parts other than the South:
less than 10% of Tube stations lie to the south bank of the River Thames.

Despite its name, only 45% of the system is actually 'underground' in tunnels.

London United Kingdom june 2015

Piccadilly Circus is a road junction and public space of London's West End in the City of Westminster, built in 1819 to connect Regent Street with Piccadilly.

London Piccadilly Circus, 20.06.2015.

London 20.06.2015.

London Chinatown 20.06.2015.

The name Chinatown has been used at different times to describe different places in London.

The present Chinatown is part of the City of Westminster, occupying the area in and around Gerrard Street.

It contains a number of Chinese restaurants, bakeries, supermarkets, souvenir shops, and other Chinese-run businesses.
The first area in London known as Chinatown was located in the Limehouse area of the East End of London.

Harrods is an upmarket department store located on Brompton Road in Knightsbridge, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London.

Harrods, Knightsbridge, London.

London Camden Town june 2015

The Camden markets are a number of adjoining large retail markets in Camden Town near the Hampstead Road Lock
of the Regent's Canal (popularly referred to as Camden Lock), often collectively named "Camden Market" or "Camden Lock".

Among products sold on the stalls are crafts, clothing, bric-a-brac, and fast food.
It is the fourth-most popular visitor attraction in London, attracting approximately 100,000 people each weekend.

London Camden, 21.06.2015.

She-Guardian is a land-scape sculpture by Russian sculptor Dashi Namdakov.

It depicts a mythical winged creature standing guard over her young.

The statue is 11 metres (36 ft) high to the tip of the wings.

Some people say the sculpture exhibits an aggressive posture but Dashi said:
"I've never seen any threat in its open mouth. I recognized it as defense of the youth and protection of the family."

London She Guardian.

Kensington Oxford Street june 2015

The Albert Memorial in Kensington Gardens is one of London's most ornate monuments. It commemorates the death of Prince Albert in 1861 of typhoid.

London Oxford Street, 22.06.2015.

London 22.06.2015.

30 St Mary Axe (widely known informally as The Gherkin and previously as the Swiss Re Building)
is a commercial skyscraper in London's primary financial district, the City of London.

London The City Liverpool Street june 2015

London, the City of London, 22.06.2015.

30 St Mary Axe, the City of London, 22.06.2015.

London, the City of London, 22.06.2015.

Liverpool Street Railway Station, London.

Liverpool Street, London 22.06.2015.

London United Kingdom june 2015.

London Tower Bridge june 2015

London United Kingdom june 2015.

London Tower Bridge, 22.06.2015.

Tower Bridge (built 1886 1894) is a combined bascule and suspension bridge in London.

Tower Bridge London 22.06.2015.

View from Tower Bridge, London 22.06.2015.

London The Shard of Glass june 2015

London the Shard of Glass 22.06.2015.

London, view of The City 22.06.2015.

London United kingdom 22.06.2015.

The Shard, also referred to as the Shard of Glass, Shard London Bridge and formerly London Bridge Tower,
is a 95-storey skyscraper in Southwark, designed by the Italian architect Renzo Piano , that forms part
of the London Bridge Quarter development. London 22.06.2015.

Standing 309.6 metres (1,016 ft) high, the Shard is currently the 87th tallest building in the world.

The Shard is the tallest building in the European Union.

City of Westminster central London England june 2015

Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, is a large, mainly Gothic abbey church in the City of Westminster.

It is one of the most notable religious buildings in the United Kingdom and has been the traditional place of coronation and burial site for English and, later, British monarchs.

Between 1540 and 1556 the abbey had the status of a cathedral.

The Palace of Westminster is the meeting place of the House of Commons and the House of Lords, the two houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The fame of Elizabeth Tower has surpassed that of the Palace itself.
The structure has largely become synonymous with Big Ben, the heaviest of the five bells it houses.

London, Houses of Parliament 22.06.2015.

The Palace lies on the northern bank of the River Thames in the City of Westminster, in central London.

For ceremonial purposes, the palace retains its original style and status as a royal residence and is the property of the Crown.

London, Houses of Parliament 22.06.2015.

London, Houses of Parliament.

London Coat of Arms

London United kingdom june 2015