21 January, 2007 |

London (Part 2)

Tower Tower is an ancient fortress and prison which gloomy walls saw a lot of blood including royal. It is necessary to pay attention to security guards of a Tower - Beefeaters - in magnificent uniforms. 

Tower Bridge Above dark waters of the river Thames you will see a well-known Tower Bridge, which is, probably, famous all over the world. It became the same symbol of London, as Tour d’Eiffel in Paris, a statue of Freedom in New York. It seems even banal, how close its image is connected with the capital of England. Nevertheless, again and again it shakes the spectator by the grandeur and severity of forms.  

At night the medieval gloom of Tower Bridge disappears and, owing to modern illumination, it appears at us as a certain fantastic construction.  Buckingham palace  

England is the country of traditions which are supported by its inhabitants with love and even ridiculous meticulousness. Probably, monarchy is the most ancient and favorite national tradition.  Buckingham palace is the residence queen Elizabeth II. Nowadays it is opened for general public.  

St. Paul’s cathedral In the western part of London there is one of the most well-known monuments of London - St. Paul’s Cathedral (аrchitect-Christopher Wren). This Protestant temple has been conceived and constructed as the opposition to St. Peter’s Catholic Cathedral in Rome in 1666-1711.  

After a strong fire (the Great Fire of London) on a place of the burned down church of VII item, almost 8 years later works on restoration of a temple have begun. Christopher Wren has put the first stone in the basis of the future temple (on June, 21st, 1675) and has written about it the following - “the Temple will rise again”. He needed 35 years to construct a new temple. What is especially remarkable is that all people worked practically free of any charge. Cathedral’s decorative furniture does not contain any plentiful molding, gilding, sculptures, but architectural forms, their details are executed at a high level.   From the end of XVIII century St. Paul’s Cathedral is a traditional burial place of English celebrities (a tomb of Lord Nelson). Christopher Wren (has died in 1723) is also buried here. The inscription on a gravestone of the architect says that if you are looking for a monument you should look around.  

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