Презентация по английскому языку "Places of Interest in London"

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THE NATIONAL GALLERY The National Gallery has a collec­tion of Italian, Dutch, German and French pictures. The Nation­al Gallery is rich in painting by Italian masters such as Raphael and Veronese. It has pictures of all European schools of art such as works by Rembrandt, Rubens and El Greco. The gallery is open seven days a week and admission is free.

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THE TATE GALLERY The Tate Gallery opened in 1897 and is named after Sir Henry Tate, who donated his collection of 65 paintings to the nation. Now it is the National Gallery of Modern Painting. There is a large collection of European twentieth-century art there.

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BIG BEN Big Ben is the name of the huge clock in one of the tall towers of the Houses of Parliament. The Houses of Parliament is the larg­est modern building in the rich­est Gothic style completed in 1857 . It stands on the left bank of the River Thames and is 940 ft in length. Those who want to get a fine front view of the building should look at it from a boat on the Thames.

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NELSON’S COLUMN Nelson's Column is named after the greatest admiral Lord Nel­son. It is a very tall column and a figure of Nelson on top of it. Equally famous is the general who led the army at the battle of Waterloo in 1815 . This is the Duke of Wellington. His house stands at Hyde Park Corner. It is sometimes named as Number One, London. Like admi­ral Nelson, the Duke of Welling­ton is buried in St Paul's Cathe­dral.