Architecture 3

 Various monuments

Big Ben & Houses of Parliament

 

Big Ben

Big Ben, which dominates the Houses of Parliament is famous for its chimes, a 14 tons bell, settled in 1858.

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Palace of Westminster and Victoria Tower
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Buckingham Palace

Buckingham Palace and the Victoria Memorial.
This is the Royal family residence and we can see just in front of it the famous changing of the horse guards.

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Saint-Paul's Cathedral

Sir Christopher Wren's masterpiece culminates the left bank of the Thames.

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24/04/2009