Luke B and David A make their first oral presentation in front of the class.

1. History of London David Alzuria and Luke Bates

2. index Introduction Importanthistory Importantbiografies Monuments Thethames Buckingham Palace Images

3. Introduction London isthebiggestcity in Europe. 12% of Britain’spopulationlive in London. London wasthefirstcity in theworldtohaveanundergroundrailwayknown as the “Tube”. There are over 100 theatres in London. London ismade up of twoancientcities.

4. The Great Fire of London The Great Firebeganon a night of September, 1666, in thebakeshop of Thomas Farynor. At this time, most of thehousesweremade of wood and highlyflammable. Whenthefire finished, ithaddestroyed 80% of thecity. One positive effect of thefirewasthatitdestroyed the plague of 1665.

5. The Great Plague In 1665 theBubonic Plague spread fromparish toparishuntilthousands of peoplehaddied. The Plague wasknown as the Black Death and it wasa dreadfuldisease. Thevictim’sskinturned black and combinedwithvomiting, swollen tongue and splitingheadachesmadeitan agonizingkiller. On 1666 the Great Firekilled most of therats.

6. Biografies :Henry VIII Henry Tudor, wasbornon June 28, 1491 in Greenwich Palace and in 1509 with 18 years he becometheEnglishking, hismarriages , executions and diborceswithotherqueensmadehim a key figure in thehistory of Britain.

7. AnneBoleyn AnneBoleynwasbornbetween 1501 and 1507, and died on1536 executedby Henry. Shewasthesecondwife of Henry and queen of Englandfrom 1533 to 1536. Wasthefirstwifeexecutedby Henry. Hersubsequentexecutionmadeher a key figure of thepoliticalhistory of Britain.

8. Big Ben Big Ben isthebiggestfour-faced, chimingclock in theworld. Thefourdials of theclock are 23 feethigh, the minute handis 14 feetlong and the figures are 2 feethigh. The real name of the toweris “ClockTower” and thebellweighs 14.5 Tonnes.

9. Tower Bridge Tower Bridge islocatedontheThames, itwas openedon 1894. TheTower Bridge has gottwo massivetowerswhich are linkedtogether. The middlepart of the bridge can belifted so that bigshipscan pass, in thepastthe bridge was liftednearly 50 times per day.

10. London Bridge The London Bridge crossesriverThames, in thecity of London.Inthehistorytherewere 4 London Bridges: -Theromanian Bridge, built in theyear 46 d.c. -Theold Bridge. -The new Bridge. -Themodern Bridge(actual bridge).

11. Tower of London Its a historicalcastle in thenorthpart of theriverThames, in the centre of London, in thedistrict of TowerHelmets. The White Towerusedtobe a prision. AnneBoleynwaskilled in thistower.

12. TheThames TheThamesisthesecondlongestriver in the UnitedKingdom and thelongestriver in England. Therivercontainsover 80 islands and thelength of theriveris of 346 Km long. London is vulnerable tofloodingbecause of theThames.

13. Buckingham Palace BukinghamPalace has got 775 rooms. More than 50,000 peoplevisitthepalaceeachyear. Arround 150 guests are invitedeachyear, includingmembers of the royal academy. Isthe oficial London residence of Britain´ssoberings.

14. Images