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Great Britain's memories.

04.10.2012 14:16

There is a lot of memories in the Great Britain. The famoustest are the Big Ben,  in the London, Buckingham Palace, St James' Palace, Tower of London and Palace of Westminster.

Big Ben

It's the part of the Palace of Westminster. He was builded 16 October 1834. His weight is 8 667 ton! 7 September 1859 was builded clock. He is 61 meters tall.

PORTSMOUTH

One of the most beautiful  memories is Portsmouth, it is the most important harbor base, it is on peninsula Portsea Island, on the north good secure harbour. Old Romans on the north border built citadel and small harbour, which was built by Normans. Then George VII. let built first dry dock (garage for shops) in the world and Portsmouth was royal harbour. When Portsmouth became royal harbour, city just bloomed and today is Portsmouth is big industry city.

 Překlad: Radeg Veselý

STONEHENGE

The name Stonehedge comes from old English, but it is not exactly knows what it means. There are two main theries, that differ only in second half of the name. Both theories are telling that the first half ''Stone'' means rock or stone, the material its build off. First one of the theories tells that henge means ''henge'', which means gallows.The second one tells that the worde is ''Hinge'' which means hanged. Nobody can exactly say if it means Stone Henge, or Stone Hinge.

Překlad: L. Sobota

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BIG BEN

TOWER BRIDGE

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