What are the famous buildings in Britain?

1. Westminster Abbey (Westminster St. Peter's College Church) is located on the north bank of the Thames in London. It was originally a Catholic Benedictine monastery and was founded in 960 AD. 1045 expansion, 1065 completion, 1220 converted to 15 17.

2. The Palace of Westminster, also known as the House of Parliament, is the seat of the British Parliament (including the House of Lords and the House of Commons). The Palace of Westminster is one of the representative works of Gothic Renaissance architecture, which was listed as a world cultural heritage in 1987. ?

3. St. Paul's Cathedral is a world-famous religious shrine, the fifth largest cathedral in the world, the largest cathedral in Britain and the second largest dome church in the world, ranking among the five largest churches in the world. St Paul's Cathedral was first built in 604, and then it was destroyed and rebuilt many times. Sir Christopher Wren, a famous British design master and architect, completed the design of the greatest church in London at the end of 17, which took 35 years.

Buckingham Palace Buckingham Palace is the main bedroom and office of the British monarch in London. Located in Westminster, the Palace is one of the venues where national celebrations and royal welcoming ceremonies are held, and it is also an important tourist attraction.

Buckingham Palace is also an important gathering place for celebrating or crisis in British history. 1703- 1705, Buckingham Palace and John Sheffield, Duke of Normanby, built a large town hall building here, which constitutes the main building today.

5. British Museum The British Museum, also known as the British Museum, is located in Russell Square, north of New Oxford Street in London, England. The museum was established in 1753 and officially opened to the public on 1759 65438+ 10/5. It is the oldest and most magnificent comprehensive museum in the world, and it is also one of the four largest and most famous museums in the world.

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London is a world-famous cultural city. The British Museum (officially called the British National Museum) was built in the18th century, and it is the largest museum in the world, with many ancient cultural relics from Britain and other countries in the world. The Egyptian Cultural Relics Museum in the museum displays more than 70,000 ancient Egyptian cultural relics.

The Egyptian Cultural Relics Museum in the museum displays more than 70,000 ancient Egyptian cultural relics. The Museum of Greek and Roman Cultural Relics displays all kinds of exquisite bronzes, pottery, porcelain, gold coins, paintings and many large stone carvings in ancient Greece and Rome.

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