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[...]...INTRODUCING LONDON FOUR GREAT DAYS 1011 PUTTING LONDON ON THE MAP 1215 THE HISTORY OF LONDON 1635 LONDON AT A GLANCE 3655 LONDON THROUGH THE YEAR 5659 A RIVER VIEW OF LONDON 6065 10 I N T R O D U C I N G L O N D O N FOUR GREAT DAYS IN LONDON F or things to see and do, visitors to London are spoiled for choice Whether here for a short stay or... much of London s modern architecture He prefers more traditional styles The observation wheel, the London Eye, was raised during the spring of 2000 2000 Ken Livingstone becomes London s first directly elected mayor 2000 1992 Canary 1997 Princess Wharf development opens Diana’s funeral procession brings London to a halt 2005 2005 London shaken by bombs on the public transit system 2010 2015 2012 London. .. the don’s history by giving snapshots of 18th century, London enveloped the significant periods in its evolution A map of 1580 showing the City of London and, near the lower left corner, the City of Westminster A 15th-century manuscript showing the Tower of London with London Bridge in the background 18 I N T R O D U C I N G L O N D O N Roman London When the Romans invaded Britain in the 1st century... century to defend the city, can be seen from the Museum of London Old London Bridge London s best Roman mosaic is Site of presentday Tower of London Roman governor’s palace this 2nd-century pavement, found in 1869 in the City, now in the Museum of London 604 King Ethelbert builds first St Paul’s 1014 Norse invader Olaf pulls down London Bridge to take the city 834 First Viking raids 600 700 800 1000... the business center of the continent London has five airports and is about an hour’s flying time from Scandinavia, Germany, Holland, and France It is also linked to the continent by ports and by train via the Eurotunnel Aerial view of central London View east over the Thames from Southwark P U T T I N G L O N D O N O N T H E M A P GREATER LONDON Greater London London has gradually swallowed up many... G L O N D O N Putting London on the Map London, the capital of the United Kingdom, is a city of over seven million people covering 620 sq miles (1,606 sq km) of southeast England It is built on the River Thames and is at the center of the UK road and rail networks From London visitors can easily reach the country’s other main tourist attractions WESTERN EUROPE Western Europe London is in northwest... p114) Take a look around London s Transport Museum (see p114), then wander the Piazza and streets to the north; Floral Street is renowned for high fashion Check out alternative lifestyles in Neal’s Yard (see p115) Stop for tea in Paul Bakery and Café at 29 Bedford Street THE GREAT OUTDOORS Predators at the London Aquarium Morning Head to the Tower of London (see pp154-7), London s top visitor attraction... about courtly life of the time The Tower of London was just out of the fire’s reach 25 WHERE TO SEE RESTORATION LONDON Wren’s churches and his St Paul’s Cathedral (see p47 and pp148–51) are, with Inigo Jones’s Banqueting House (p80), London s most famous 17th-century buildings Other fine examples are Lincoln’s Inn (p136) and Cloth Fair (p165) The Museum of London (pp166–7) has a period interior The... 32 I N T R O D U C I N G L O N D O N Postwar London Much of London was flattened by World War II bombs Afterward, the chance for imaginative rebuilding was missed – some badly designed postwar developments are already being razed But, by the 1960s, London was such a dynamic world leader in fashion and popular music that Time magazine dubbed it “swinging London. ” Skyscrapers sprang up, but some stayed... Details of important sights outside central London but within the M25 are on pages 244–61 see next page 0 kilometres 10 0 miles 5 KEY Greater London Ferry port Airport Motorway (freeway) Major road (A-road) 0 kilometres 0 miles 25 15 13 I N T R O D U C I N G 14 L O N D O N Central London Most of the sights described in this book lie within 14 areas of central London, plus two outlying districts of Hampstead . INTRODUCING LONDON FOUR GREAT DAYS 1011 PUTTING LONDON ON THE MAP 1215 THE HISTORY OF LONDON 1635 LONDON AT A GLANCE 3655 LONDON THROUGH THE YEAR 5659 A RIVER VIEW OF LONDON 6065 INTRODUCING LONDON1 0 F or. Publisher, DK Eyewitness Travel Guides, Dorling Kindersley, 80 Strand, London, WC2R 0RL, or email travelguides@dk.com INTRODUCING LONDON FOUR GREAT DAYS IN LONDON 10 PUTTING LONDON ON THE. LONDON 10 PUTTING LONDON ON THE MAP 12 THE HISTORY OF LONDON 16 LONDON AT A GLANCE 36 LONDON THROUGH THE YEAR 56 A RIVER VIEW OF LONDON 60 Bedford Square doorway (1775) CONTENTS HOW TO USE