英国特色建筑.ppt

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1、ThespecialbuildingsofEngland!St.Paul’sCathedralBritishMuseumBuckinghamPalaceTheTowerOfLondonTheBigBenSt.Paul’sCathedral圣保罗大教堂St.Paul'ssitsatthetopofLudgateHill,thehighestpointintheCityofLondon.ThecathedralisoneofthemostfamousandlandmarkbuildingofLondon.St.Paul'sisnotonlyaniconicpartofthe

2、Londonskylinebutalsoasymbolofthehopeandstrengthofthecityandnationitserves.BritishMuseum大英博物馆TheBritishmuseumwasestablishedin1753,basedonthecollectionsofthephysicianandscientistSirHansSloane.Themuseumfirstlyopenedtothepublicon15January1759.Itsexpansionoverthefollowingtwoandahalfcenturiesh

3、asresultedinthecreationofseveralbranchinstitutions,thefirstbeingtheBritishMuseuminSouthKensingtonin1887.Until1997,whentheBritishLibraryopenedtothepublic,theBritishMuseumwasuniqueinthatithousedbothanationalmuseumofantiquitiesandanationallibraryinthesamebuliding.BuckinghamPalace白金汉宫Bucking

4、hamPalacehasservedastheofficiallondonresidenceofBritain'ssovereignssince1836,andtodayitistheadministrativeheadquartersoftheMonarchandhasprobablythemostfamousandeasilyrecognizablefacadeofanybuildingintheworld.AndtheBuckinghamPalaceGardenisthelargestprivategardeninLondon..TheTowerOfLondon伦

5、敦塔TheWhitetower,whichgivestheentirecastleitsname,wasbuiltbyWilliamtheConquerorin1078,theWhiteTowerhasbeendescribledas"themostcompleteeleventh-centurypalaceinEurope".Itusedasthepalace,acourt,andlateraprisoninthehistory.ThewhiteTowerconversanareaof7.2hectares,surroundedbyawallbuiltupwithth

6、ickstones.TheBigBen大笨钟TheBigBenislocatedinthetowerattheeasternendoftheHousesofParliament.ItwasdesignedbyEdmundBeckettandBaronGrimthorpe.TheBigBenisfamousnotonlyforits13-tonweight,butalsoforitsaccuracywhichisaresultofitsprecisemechanism.Evenoneextrapenny'sweightonthebalancewillcauseagaino

7、ftwofifthsofasecondintwentyfourhours.Thankyou!Englishbuildinghasalonghistory.