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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and NorthernIreland (commonly known as the United Kingdom, the

UK, or Britain) is a sovereign state located off the

northwestern coast of continental Ero!e" It is an island

contry, s!anning Great Britain, the northeast !art ofIreland, and many small islands" Northern Ireland is the

only !art of the UK with a land #order, sharing it with the

$e!#lic of Ireland" %!art from this land #order, the UK is

srronded #y the %tlantic &cean, the North 'ea, the

English hannel and the Irish 'ea" The largest island,

Great Britain, is linked to rance #y the hannel Tnnel"


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Ero*hannel TnnelEro*hannel TnnelThe hannel Tnnel (rench+ e tnnel

sos la -anche), also known #y the

!ortmantea hnnel, is a ./".0kilometre

(12"3 mi) ndersea rail tnnel linking

olkestone, Kent in England with

o4elles near alais in northern rance#eneath the English hannel at the 'trait of

5over" %t its lowest !oint it is 6. m (7./ ft)

dee!" The hannel Tnnel has the longest

ndersea !ortion of any tnnel in the world

althogh the 'eikan Tnnel in 8a!an is #othlonger overall, at .1"9. kilometres (11".

mi) and dee!er, at 73/ metres (6:/ ft)"


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The tnnel carries high0s!eed Erostar !assenger trains,

Erotnnel ro0ro vehicle trans!ort that are the largest in the

world and international rail freight trains" In 2::; the%merican 'ociety of ivil Engineers identified the tnnel as

one of the 'even


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ondon

ondon is the ca!ital of England and the United Kingdom,

and also the largest city in the United Kingdom" It is alsoknown as nnainn in 'cottish, lndain in


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ondon BridgesBesides the weather less !leasant, like any city

in the world, ondon has also a lot of torist

attractions, some of them are #ridges that are

fond along the Thames, the river that crosses

the ca!ital of England" %ll these #ridges dates

#ack long history with each, they have #een

!dated, !graded or even re!laced with tre

co!ies of originals "


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>ictres with ondon

Bridges


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?a@hall Bridge


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am#eth Bridge


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ondon Bridge


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Tower Bridge


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The >alace of arliament of

the United Kingdom (the Aose of ords and the Aose of ommons) meet"

The !alace lies on the north #ank of the $iver Thames in the ondon #orogh

of the ity of


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>ictres withThe Palace of Westminster


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>alace of


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The layot of the >alace of


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ords ham#er


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Bckingham

>alace&riginally known as Bckingham Aose, the #ilding which

forms the core of todayDs !alace was a large townhose #ilt

for the 5ke of Bckingham in 26/1 and ac4ired #y

George III in 26;2 as a !rivate residence, known as =The

eenDs Aose=" It was enlarged over the ne@t 6. years,

!rinci!ally #y architects 8ohn Nash and Edward Blore,forming three wings arond a central cortyard"

Bckingham >alace finally #ecame the official royal !alace

of the British monarch on the accession of een ?ictoria in

2916" The last maor strctral additions were made in the

late 2:th and early 7/th centries, inclding the !resent0day!#lic face of Bckingham >alace" Aowever, the Germans

did #om# the !alace on seven occasions in


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een amily

Queen

Elisabetheen

Elisa#eth I

een

Elisa#eth II


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Prince Charles & Lady Diana Spencer


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>rince rince Aarry


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>ictres with

Bckingham>alace


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hanging of the Gard at Bckingham >alace


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Interior 'tairs


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