Please tell me the names of well known buildings/statues/monumen... in London?

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Lisa D

St Pauls Cathedral - built by sir Christopher Wren
Buckingham Palace - home of the Queen
Tower of London - home of the Crown Jewels and Beefeaters
Westminster Abbey - Charles and Di got married there
Big Ben - world famous clock tower
Nelson's Column - Lord Nelson
Houses of Parliament - Parliamentary offices
10 Downing Street - home of the Primeminister
Whitechapel - Jack the Ripper
Tower Bridge - opens to allow passage of ships along the Thames

oeasensible

Trevor's Peak. It is a little know monument in central London. It commemorates the day Sir Trevor Smith first walked on the surface of his lounge. He spent three days there and returned to the dog and duck gasping for a pint.

A statue was erected in his memory after he died in an accident involving a sore finger, melted cheese and the Norwegian Prime Minister. The statue can be seen next to Nelson's Column with the inscription "let no man underestimate the challenge undertaken by men of valour"

chippie_minton

St Pauls Cathedral
Westminster Abbey
The Palace of Westminster (Houses of parliament and Big Ben)
Tower bridge...

I could go on but:-

http://www.londondrum.com/cityguide/landmarks.php

cathbd4

Buckingham Palace
The Houses of Parliament
St. Paul's Cathedral
Nelson's column
The London Eye
Cleopatra's Needle
The Torpedo building (sorry I don't know it's given name)
Tower Bridge

frogost2

London Eye , Big Ben (Houses of Parliament): , Westminster Abbey, British Museum, Natural History Museum, National Gallery & Portrait Gallery, Royal Academy of Arts, Tate Modern, Tate Britain, Victoria & Albert Museum, Tower of London, Tower Bridge, Buckingham Palace, St Paulâ€™s Cathedral ....

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alden brown

london eye

Elanshaw

Big Ben

CLIVE H

Here below are some images of important monuments, buildings etc here in London.

Check out the links below

http://www.artofthestate.co.uk/london_photos/london_monuments_and_statues.htm

More Statues in London
http://www.milesfaster.co.uk/gallery/statues/london-statue-pictures.htm

This next statue is Boy & a Dolphin - it's not a girl
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisww/2904563095/

Parliament Square statues
http://www.milesfaster.co.uk/gallery/parliament-square/statues-parliament-square.htm

Abe Lincoln statue in Parliament Square is covered up at the moment - works being undertaken nearby
http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=The_statue_of_Abraham_Lincoln_in_Parliament_Square

George Washington statue - Trafalgar Square - think this was presented to London in about the 100th anniversary of the 1776 -
http://www.inetours.com/England/London/photos/GW-Statue_3309.html

There are many hundreds of statues here in London but there does not seem to be a complete list collected together. Maybe someone will do something about that one day.

Try this clickable list of London statues. . . .
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_statues_in_London

Carrie S

Well there is the "Monument" near Monument station which is a large structure to remember the great fire of London.

There's the Cenotaph where they have the memorial day celebrations.

There's the large gold statue of Prince Albert in Hyde Park near the Albert Hall which is just amazing now that it's been cleaned up.

There is No. 1 St Mary Axe, also known as the Gherkin or Swiss Re building which just looks amazing on the skyline now.

There's the towers at Canary Wharf with the little light on top to stop planes flying into it.

St Paul's Cathedral which must be visible from any available point in London and architects must take this into consideration when building new buildings which is why a new one nearby is triangular so as not to obscure the view.

Battersea Power station is very iconic with it's white towers. The Tate Modern is very imposing in brown brick. The Oxo Tower with it's red OXO is a wonderful building and great for views too.

The Telecom Tower can be seen from a distance (used to be the Post Office Tower).

The London Eye is not technically a building but still an iconic part of London.

The Houses of parliament, big ben, Westminster Cathedral are all tourist must-sees.

Buckingham Palace is probably the most famous building in London.

Harrods is iconic as it is the largest department store in Europe and was the first public building to use escalators.

Tower Bridge has iconic status due to the fact that it lifts up to let the boats pass.

Trafalgar square is not a building but the lions and fountains are very famous.

Angel

There are to many to list here,

Daniel S

Canary Wharf Tower
Buckingham Palace
London bridge there are lots of places

Emma â™¥ LFC.

http://www.londonby.com/sightsee/sight2.htm

InspiredWritingResearch

You will find lots of them on our London travelog, especially in our visit to Trafalgar Square - here are some:

Nelson's Column
Eros
Florence Nightingale
Prince Albert
John Betjeman Charing Cross
Queen Victoria

Trafalgar Square ones in detail below:

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