2. ♦ANCIENT AGE ♦
Stonehenge is
a megalithic
monument ,
type dolmen of
the Bronze
Age .
Is located near
Amesbury in
Wiltshire ,
England .
3. ♦MEDIEVAL AGE ♦
Her Majesty ' s
Royal Palace and
Fortress , more
commonly known
as the Tower of
London, is a
historic castle on
the north bank of
the River Thames
in central London ,
England .
4. ♦MODERN AGE ♦
• The Bank of England was founded in 1694
by William Paterson . Is the UK´s central
bank . Before this bank was standardized in
1946, it was a private bank of the UK´s
Government .
5. • The history of Kensington Gardens started in 1689,
when King William III and Mary II bought the
Nottingham house in Kensington . The house was turned
into a palace by Christopher Wren and the 12 acre
(5 ha ) large garden was enlarged by Queen Anne ,
partly by acquiring 100 acres (40 ha ) of Hyde Park in
1705.
6. ♦CONTEMPORARY AGE ♦
Big Ben is the nickname for
the great bell of the clock
at the north end of the
Palace of Westminster in
London , and is generally
extended to refer to the
clock or the clock tower as
well .
The clock tower holds the
largest four - faced chiming
clock in the world and is
the third - tallest free -
standing clock tower
7. Trafalgar Square
Commemorates the Battle of Trafalgar (1805)
• In the 1820 s , George IV engaged the architect John
Nash to redevelop the area . Nash cleared the square
as part of his Charing Cross Improvement Scheme .
The present architecture of the square is due to
Sir Charles Barry and was completed in 1845.