Famous Sights in the English Speaking Countries

Marika Kivistik

Juhendaja: Marika Anissimov

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Famous sights in the English-speaking countries Sights in Britain Saint Paul´s Cathedral Tower of London Buckingham Palace Stonehenge Statue of Liberty The Niagara Falls Sydney Opera House Empire State Building Formation of questions

Sights in Britain

LONDONLONDONBuckingham Buckingham PalacePalace

Tower of Tower of LondonLondon

Saint Paul´s Saint Paul´s CathedralCathedral

Madam Madam Tussaud´sTussaud´s

GREAT GREAT BRITAINBRITAIN

StonehengeStonehenge

YorkYork

BathBathEdinburgh Edinburgh CastleCastle

Isle of Isle of ManMan

LochnessLochness

Westminster Westminster AbbeyAbbey

Saint Paul´s Cathedral

The largest cathedral in England

Architect Sir Christopher Wren designed it

It was built from 1675 to 1710

The dome is 111metres from the ground

Many famous British people are buried in St.Pauls

The Tower of London

The oldest part was built in the 11th century

It has been a fortress,royal palace, a prison and a zoo

Now it is a museum The guards is called

beafeaters

Buckingham Palace

Designed and made in 1914

Official London residence of the Queen

It has more than 600 rooms

Edinburgh Castle

The most famous of Scottish castles

It has been a residence of Scotland Kings and the Queen Mary I

It is the home of the Scottish Crown jewels

Today it is a mixture of palace, fortress,chapel and war memorial

Stonehenge

An acient monument (over 3000 years old) in southern England

Consists of circles of huge stones

Stones are up to 7 meters high and weigh

25 to 50 tons

The Statue of Liberty

It is the symbol of freedom

It is 46 metres high and weighs 250 tons

France gave it to the United States in 1884

Located in the harbour of New York

The Niagara Falls

Waterfalls on the border between the United States and Canada

The American Falls in the States

The Horseshoe Falls in Canada (48m high,120m wide)

Sydney Opera House

Was opened in 1973 Looks like sailes in

the wind John Utzon (Danish

architect) designed it

Empire State Buliding

One of the tallest building in the world

One of the symbols of New York

Made from glass, steel, aluminium

It has 6000 windows and 102 stories

It is 149 meters high

Formation of questionsKüsisõna Abitegu-

sõna Alus Öeldis Sihitis,

määrused

When was Tower of London

built?

Is The Statue of Liberty

symbol of good luck?

Where does Stone-

henge

lie?

How old is Sydney Opera

House?