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London London Highlights of a Fascinating City Highlights of a Fascinating City LONDON LONDON HIGHLIGHTS OF A FASCINATING CITY HIGHLIGHTS OF A FASCINATING CITY Tower Bridge, Big Ben and the 21st-century London Eye demonstrate how LONDON the traditional and the modern can live side by side within a city in perfect harmony. Laden with history, the buildings of one of the world’s oldest monarchies stand in elegant contrast to the busy financial district with its ultramodern high-tech architecture. British formality continues to hold its own alongside eccentric fashion and a colourful multicultural lifestyle. Boasting countless theatres, museums, galleries, shops, and restaurants, London has something for everyone. Around every corner lies a new discovery worthy of a superlative – the best, the oldest, the most famous, the most unusual… LONDON – HIGHLIGHTS OF A FASCINATING CITY offers a fabulous journey through this great metropolis, revealing the huge range of its attractions in stunning colour photographs and informative texts. Panoramic photographs feature some of this world famous capital’s most spectacular views. Page after page, this rich gallery of superb images captures the many moods of this great city. ISBN 978-3-95504-140-3 UK £ 20.00 US$ 29.95 € 24.95 THE LONDON BOOK 2 THE LONDON BOOK 3 THE LONDON BOOK 4 THE LONDON BOOK 5 THE LONDON BOOK 6 THE LONDON BOOK 7 THE LONDON BOOK 8 THE LONDON BOOK 9 ABOUT THIS BOOK The whole world in one city – not merely a trite however, but also on the innovations of a society advertising slogan but a reality: in the truest whose technical inventions and artistic creativity sense of the word, London is a metropolis, have made an essential contribution to the formed by people arriving from every corner of economy of Europe. Summing up London is no the earth, bringing their culture with them to simple matter. It is not just the sheer size, create the special – although not always although this is indeed overwhelming – it is that harmonious – mixture that lies at the heart of there is so much to do and so many sights to see. the British capital. This variety is not only based Royal London has its imposing palaces, commer- on the interplay of cultural peculiarities, cial London its ground-breaking architecture 10 ABOUT THIS BOOK and first-class shopping, while historic London of every playwright from Shakespeare or In the heart of the West End, the magnificent has its cathedrals and the City (the original Sheridan to Bennett and Beckett, along with all façade of the National Gallery proudly overlooks settlement, now the capital’s financial hub), not forms of musical entertainment. This illustrated Trafalgar Square. With Nelson keeping a to mention maritime London at Greenwich and, book is intended to give a modest cross-section watchful eye on proceedings from his lofty of course the Thames, the city‘s main artery. of this wonderful city, from its historic buildings, platform, the square is a popular meeting point There‘s also the London of art and culture, with through its parks, both formal and informal, to for tourists and also the scene of numerous some of the most notable collections in the the residential areas. Beyond the world-famous events and festivals throughout the year. world distributed among its countless museums sights, London still has surprises even for those Thousands of people gather on the square every and galleries, and the stage with performances who have spent all their lives here. year to see in the New Year. 11 CONTENTS Pictures on previous pages: Above: Tower Bridge majestically links the city’s CITY OF LONDON 16 boroughs either side of the Thames. pp. 2/3 An aerial view of London by night Tower Bridge 18 Tower of London 24 pp. 4/5 The imposing dome of St Paul’s River Thames 26 Cathedral, with the Millennium Bridge All Hallows by the Tower/The Monument 28 in the foreground Lloyd’s of London 30 Leadenhall Market 32 pp. 6/7 Through railings of Tower Bridge Financial District 34 you can see the futuristic buildings of the Bank of England 40 new City Hall and The Shard. Royal Exchange 42 Guildhall 44 pp. 8/9 Narrow streets such as Creed Lane, London Pubs 46 with pubs and tobacco stores make out the Barbican Centre 48 charm of the city. Smithfield Market 50 St Paul’s Cathedral 52 Fleet Street 56 Old Bailey 58 St Bride’s 60 12 CONTENTS CITY OF WESTMINSTER 62 Foreign Office 104 London Underground 148 Westminster Palace 106 Pimlico 150 The Strand 64 House of Lords/House of Commons 112 Adelphi Theatre 66 State Opening of Parliament 114 Somerset House 68 Big Ben 116 KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA 152 Covent Garden 70 Westminster Abbey 118 Royal Opera House 72 Westminster Abbey: Chapel of Henry VII 120 Sloane Street/Harvey Nichols 154 Trafalgar Square 74 The Tombs of Westminster Abbey 122 Harrods 156 National Gallery 76 Tate Britain 124 Saatchi Gallery 158 National Portrait Gallery 78 Westminster Cathedral 126 Sloane Square/King’s Road 160 Leicester Square 80 Buckingham Palace/ Royal Hospital Chelsea 162 Soho 82 Victoria Monument 128 Victoria and Albert Museum 164 Chinatown 86 The Royals 130 Natural History Museum 166 Shaftesbury Avenue 88 Changing the Guard 132 Science Museum 168 London’s West End Theatres 92 Belgravia 134 Royal Albert Hall 170 Piccadilly Circus 94 Hyde Park 138 Kensington Gardens/Prince Albert Memorial 172 Fortnum and Mason 96 Tea Time 140 Kensington Palace 174 Whitehall/Banqueting House 98 Oxford Street 142 Diana 176 Horse Guards Parade 100 London Cabs and Buses 144 Notting Hill/Portobello Road Market 178 No.10 Downing Street 102 Madame Tussauds 146 Notting Hill Carnival 180 13 CONTENTS Above: The neogothic Palace of Westminster – NORTH LONDON 182 the Houses of Parliament – rises majestically beyond Westminster Bridge. Shri Swaminarayan Mandir 184 Wembley Stadium 186 Hoover Building 188 British Museum 190 British Museum Reading Room 192 British Library 194 St Pancras International 196 Regent’s Park 198 John Nash 200 Camden Lock 202 Camden High Street 204 Hampstead Heath 206 Highgate Cemetery 208 Sadler’s Wells 210 London Derbies 212 14 CONTENTS EAST LONDON 214 The Shard 252 Windsor Castle 288 Southwark Cathedral 254 Windsor Castle: St George’s Chapel 290 Whitechapel 216 Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre 256 Ascot 292 Hackney 218 London’s Bridges 258 Marble Hill House/Ham House 294 Brick Lane 220 Tate Modern 262 Richmond Park 296 Canary Wharf 222 National Theatre/Royal Festival Hall 264 Wimbledon 298 Royal Victoria Dock 224 Hayward Gallery 266 Hampton Court 300 The O2 228 London Eye 268 Royal Naval College 230 Waterloo Station 270 Royal Observatory 232 Street Art 272 APPENDIX 302 Greenwich 234 Battersea 274 Thames Barrier 240 Index 302 Picture credits/Imprint 304 FURTHER AFIELD 276 SOUTH LONDON 242 Kew Gardens 278 Southwark 244 Syon House/Syon Park 280 Design Museum 246 Rugby 282 Butler’s Wharf 248 Olympic City London 284 City Hall 250 Heathrow Airport 286 15 CITY OF LONDON The City of London – or the City, for short – is the City is a thriving hub of international business. But historic heart of the capital. It has its roots in the at night, when the people who work in its glass Roman town of Londinium, and its size – one square palaces go home, the City is like a ghost town. mile (just over 2.5 sq km) – has not changed since When Londoners talk of “the City”, they often refer the Middle Ages. Alongside New York, London is to London’s financial industry, though many finance the world’s leading financial capital, and by day the companies are now located in Docklands. 16 CITY OF LONDON Modernity and tradition combine in a surprisingly harmonious way in the City of London: the imposing dome of St Paul’s Cathedral seems quite at home amid the new temples of finance – history and faith in the future are the twin supports of the City. CITY OF LONDON 17 TOWER BRIDGE Opened in 1894, Tower Bridge is not only one of in the east of the city. The answer was to combine a London’s leading landmarks, but also a great bascule bridge with a suspension bridge. Steam testimony to the ingenious Victorian engineers who engines were used to power a hydraulic system built it. By the middle of the 19th century, London’s capable of opening the bridge within a matter East End had become so densely populated that a of minutes. Today, the bridge is powered by new river crossing was essential. The new bridge electricity, and the two towers house an exhibition would, however, be the first to be constructed east that describes its history. The upper walkway has of London Bridge, an area previously declared off- now been glazed in, and offers a commanding view limits for fear of impeding the ships using the docks over the city and its river. 18 CITY OF LONDON TOWER BRIDGE TOWER BRIDGE 19 CITY OF LONDON CITY OF LONDON 22 TOWER BRIDGE Beautiful by day and by night: Tower Bridge looks like a monument symbolizing the connection between historic and modern London. A few technical details: the towers are 65 m (214 ft) high, the road surface is 9 m (30 ft) above the water and the pedestrian bridge 34 m (113 ft) above that. The central section is raised several times a day to allow larger boats to pass. CITY OF LONDON 23 TOWER OF LONDON The massive riverside fortress watching over the Norman rulers with a perfect viewpoint from which capital from its position on the eastern end of the to keep an eye on the self-assured inhabitants of City bears the formidable title Her Majesty’s Royal the independent city.
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