Monument to William Wallace

William Wallace National Monument is a tower located on top of Mount Abbey Craig, near Stirling in Scotland. Figure commemorates William Wallace, Scottish soldier who fought thirteenth century King Edward I of England in the War of Scottish Independence.

Construction

The tower was built thanks to a fundraising campaign, amid renewed Scottish nationalist sentiment during the nineteenth century. In addition to this public subscription was also funded by some foreign employers, including the Italian leader Giuseppe Garibaldi. It was completed in 1869 following the designs of architect John Thomas Rochead, and consists of a sandstone tower about 70 meters high, in Victorian Gothic style. It is situated high on the hill of Abbey Craig, a crag that rises above Cambuskenneth Abbey, and from which it is said that William Wallace watched the English army before the Battle of Stirling Bridge.

To access the monument is needed to climb the hill, and in turn can climb to the top of the monument through the 246 steps of the spiral staircase. From the top you can see the views of the Ochil Hills and the Forth River valley. Inside the tower are also preserved various objects which are said to belong to William Wallace, as his Great Sword Battle of 1.67 meters long.

"Braveheart" William Wallace

William Wallace statue at the foot of the hill, now withdrawn.

In 1997 he installed a new statue honoring William Wallace at the foot of Monument Hill, next to the car park. However, the hero's portrait seemed less historical than the original face of Mel Gibson, who had incarnated in the film Braveheart-term also appeared in the coat of the hero in the statue.

According to William Temby2 this caused the discontent of the Scots, and the mobilization of social groups who demanded its removal, it was denied, and since then the monument suffered recurring vandalism that marred especially the face of the statue. Hence, the statue had to be protected by bars, something surprising when you consider that the title of the statue was Libertad.3 Under Rampant Scotland Newsletter news when in September 2004 was completed within occupied space rental by the statue, the author put up for sale by auction with a starting price of £ 350,000, with no buyers.

Leadenhall Market

This market is located in the epicenter of London's financial district just steps from the subway station Bank. The environment is certainly attractive, the floor is made of cobblestones, the area is covered by a glass roof and wrought iron along with the decor of the shops and pubs of the street give an air of another time. In fact the outdoor market have been used in various films like Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.
The market dates back to the 14th century although the current design, really spectacular, dating from 1881. It sold, chiefly, fresh foods, such as meats and cheeses, but there are florists, cafes and pubs.

Stonehenge

This is a documentary of Stonehenge:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvVDlhPAhqA

Stonehenge is a megalithic monument, cromlech type of Bronze Age located near Amesbury, in Wiltshire, England, about eight miles north of Salisbury.

Stonehenge consists of large stone blocks in four concentric circles. The exterior, a hundred feet in diameter, consists of large rectangular stones sandstone originally were topped by lintels, also of stone, leaving only seven now in place. Within this outer row is another circle of smaller blocks of bluestones. This involves a horseshoe-shaped structure constructed with sandstone stones of the same color. Inside remains micaceous sandstone slab known as "the Altar."

The whole is surrounded by a circular ditch that measures 104 m in diameter. Within this space stands a patch appearing in 56 pits known as "Aubrey holes." The patch and the moat are cut from "Avenue", a processional path 23 meters wide and three kilometers long, approximately. Close by is the "Stone of Sacrifice." Opposite is the "Heel Stone."

The goal that was building this great monument is unknown, but is supposed to be used as a religious temple, monument or astronomical observatory that was used to predict the seasons.

At the summer solstice, the Sun ran right through the center of the building, which suggests that the builders had knowledge of astronomy. The same day, the sun was crossing the axis of Woodhenge, where they found many bones of animals and objects that show that there were feasts, probably anochecer.

London eye

The London Eye, also known as Millennium Wheel, finished in 1999 and opened the public in March, 2000, was the major treadmill - viewing-point of the world up to the opening of Nanchang's Star in May, 2006. The London Eye Jubilee Gardens reaches a height of 135 m on the western end of, in the South Bank of the Thames, Lambeth's London district, between the bridges of Westminster and Hungerford. The treadmill is together with the County Hall and opposite to the offices of the Defense Department.

There was a financial polemic:

On May 25, the mayor of London Ken Livingstone promised that the attraction would remain in London, asking also that if the conflict was not solved would use his power to request the London Development Agency who was executing an order of obligatory purchase. The Southbank Centre and the London Eye signed a contract of lease for 25 years on February 8, 2006, after a judicial review on the dispute for the rent. The agreement of rent was meaning that the Southbank Centre, a charitable organization publicly financed, would receive at least 500,000 £ annual of the attraction, that in turn assured his medium-term situation.

Tussauds also Marks Barfield announced the acquisition of other two thirds in British Airways's hands and the family, as well as the assumption of the debt with the first one. These agreements granted 100 % of the London Eye to Tussauds and solved the problem of the debt of the original financing for the construction of the treadmill, which British Airways had estimated in more than 150 millions of £ in 2005 and had gone 25 % per year being increased. It was inaugurated on December 31, 1999, though it was opened for the public newly on March 3, 2000.

Brighton

Brighton  is the major part of the city and unitary authority of Brighton and Hove (formed from the previous towns of Brighton, Hove, Portslade and several other villages) on the south coast of Great Britain. Formerly part of the non-metropolitan county of East Sussex, it remains part of the ceremonial county of East Sussex, within the historic county of Sussex.

The ancient settlement of Brighthelmstone dates from before Domesday Book (1086), but it emerged as a health resort featuring sea bathing during the 18th century and became a destination for day-trippers from London after the arrival of the railway in 1841.

Interesting places

The Royal Pavilion

The Royal Pavilion is a former royal residence located in Brighton, England. It was built in three campaigns, beginning in 1787, as a seaside retreat for George, Prince of Wales, from 1811 Prince Regent. It is often referred to as the Brighton Pavilion. It is built in the Indo-Saracenic style prevalent in India for most of the 19th century, with the most extravagant chinoiserie interiors ever executed in the British Isles.

Grand Hotel

The hotel was designed by architect John Whichcord Jr., and built in 1864 on the site occupied previously by a battery house. It was originally built for members of the upper classes visiting Brighton and remains one of the most expensive hotels in the town. Among its advanced engineering features at the time was the "Vertical Omnibus", ahydraulically powered lift powered by cisterns in the roof. This was the first lift built in the United Kingdom outside London, where only two others had been installed. The building itself is an example of Italian influence in Victorian architecture.

There are 201 rooms in the hotel, including 8 singles, 115 standard twin and standard double rooms, 31 sea-view twin and sea-view double rooms, 42 "sea-view deluxe" rooms and 4 sea-view suites, including the "Presidential Suite". It offers bespoke conferencing facilities for up to 800 guests. The largest room is the Empress Suite, which has a capacity of 800 guests. It is commonly used as a matrimonial venue for weddings. The hotel's 43ft yacht, the AnnabelOlivia, can be used for corporate functions. It was awarded 5 star status in 1988.

Brighton Wheel

 The Brighton Wheel, also known during its planning and construction phase as theBrighton O and the Wheel of Excellence, is a transportable Ferris wheel installation erected in October 2011 on the seafront in Brighton, part of the English city of Brighton and Hove. It has planning permission to remain in place until 2016. Situated below the East Cliff near Brighton Pier and built with private funding, its promoters anticipate that several hundred thousand visitors per year will experience the 12-minute ride. The wheel's location in a conservation area with many residential buildings has proved controversial.

St Nicholas' Church

The Church of Saint Nicholas of Myra, usually known as St. Nicholas Church, is an Anglican church in Brighton. It is both the original parish church of Brighton and the oldest surviving building in Brighton. It is located on high ground at the junction of Church Street and Dyke Road in the city centre, very close to the main shopping areas. Due to its architectural significance the church is a Grade II* listed building.

The ancient Southover Priory in Lewes was responsible for the church from the end of the 11th century until 1537, when the last prior surrendered it to the Crown. In 1540, it passed to Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex; in 1541, following his death by execution in July 1540, the advowson was granted to Anne of Cleves; and finally, in 1558, the Bishop of Chichester gained it. The holder of that title has been the patron of the church ever since.

The Brighton Beach

The seafront has bars, restaurants, nightclubs and amusement arcades, principally between the piers. Being less than an hour from London by train has made the city a popular destination, especially with big party groups. Brighton beach has a nudist area.

Brighton's beach, which is a shingle beach up to the mean low tide mark, has been awarded a blue flag. The Monarch's Waylong-distance footpath heads west along the seafront above the beach.

Trafalgar Square

Trafalgar Square is a square of the center of London, constructed to commemorate Trafalgar's Battle in which the British navy won to the navies French and Spanish opposite to the coasts of Cadiz, Spain. The original name was a square of Guillermo IV, but George Ledwell Taylor suggested to change the name.

In the north zone of the square the royal stables placed from the epoch of Eduardo I, whereas in the southern part the original Charing Cross was. Nowadays Charing Cross is considered to be the heart of London and from her all the distances measure up. In 1820, the king Jorge IV entrusted to John Nash the urbanization of the zone. The current architecture of the square owes Charles Barry to itself and it was finished in 1845.The square is a habitual place of political manifestations and is the place on the one that raises Nelson's column.

The square is formed by a great central area surrounded with streets in three of four sides, and by the stairs that lead the National Gallery for other one. Nelson's column is placed in the center of the square, surrounded by the sources designed by sir Edwin Lutyens in 1939 and for four enormous lions of bronze esculpidos for sir Edwin Landseer. It is said that the metal used for esculpirlos comes from a cannon of the French fleet. The column is crowned by a statue of the admiral Nelson.

In four corners of the square there place four plinths, the placed ones in the north zone they established themselves to use as support to equestrian statues and they are of major width that the two placed in the south zone. Three of them shelter statues: Jorge IV, Henry Havelock and sir Charles James Napier.

Opposite to the National Gallery two statues place, that of Jacobo II to the west of the entry of the portico and that of George Washington in the eastern part. The latter statue, gift of Virginia's condition, is placed on soil imported from the United States in order to fulfill the declaration of Washington of which nevermore the foot would put in soil Britisher 2 En 1888 the statue of the General Charles George Gordon got up. In 1943 the statue moved back to return to be re-placed in 1953 in Victoria Embankment. The square has turned into a symbol of enormous social and political importance for the Londoners and the visitors.

His symbolic importance was demonstrated in 1940, when the Schutzstaffel elaborated secret plans to move Nelson's column to Berlin after a supposed German invasion.

The Tower of London

Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress, more commonly known as theTower of London, is a historic castle on the north bank of the River Thamesin central London, England, United Kingdom. It lies within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, separated from the eastern edge of the square mile of theCity of London by the open space known as Tower Hill. It was founded towards the end of 1066 as part of the Norman Conquest of England. The White Tower, which gives the entire castle its name, was built by William the Conqueror in 1078, and was a resented symbol of oppression, inflicted upon London by the new ruling elite. The castle was used as a prison since at least 1100, although that was not its primary purpose. A grand palace early in its history, it served as a royal residence. As a whole, the Tower is a complex of several buildings set within two concentric rings of defensive walls and a moat. There were several phases of expansion, mainly under Kings Richard the Lionheart,Henry III, and Edward I in the 12th and 13th centuries. The general layout established by the late 13th century remains despite later activity on the site.

The Tower of London has played a prominent role in English history. It was besieged several times and controlling it has been important to controlling the country. The Tower has served variously as an armoury, a treasury, a menagerie, the home of the Royal Mint, a public records office, and the home of the Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom

The Big Ben

This one is a documentary of the bbc of fireworks londres of the new alive year in the big ben:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1yLRK2M8YQ


The Big Ben is the clock placed in the side northwest of the Palace of Westminster, the headquarters of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, in London, 1 and popularly for extension it is in use for naming also to the clock of the tower. His official name was Clock Tower until on June 26, 2012, in honor to the diamond jubilee the queen Isabel II, decided that the tower would happen to be been called Elizabeth Tower (Isabel's tower).

The tower shelters the biggest clock of four faces of the world, and is the third tower of clock more discharge of the world. It celebrated his 150 anniversary on May 31, 2009, and there were carried out diverse acts of conmemoración. The tower was completed in 1858 and the clock entered functioning on September 7, 1859. It has turned into one of the most famous symbols of London and England.

The tower is designed in Neogothic style and has a height of 96,3 meters (about 16 floors). In spite of being one of the most famous tourist attractions of the world, the interior of the tower is not opened foreign visitors. The residents in the United Kingdom can request a visit in advance across the Parliament. The tower does not have elevator, for what the visitors must raise 334 steps of stone up to the top part.

Four wings of the clock and his spheres were designed by Augustus Pugin. Augustus Pugin. Every wings are formed by a spherical structure of iron of 7 meters that contains 312 pieces of opaque crystal, as a window. Some of these pieces they can withdraw to check the handles of the clock. The frames of the spheres are golden. In the base of every face of the clock, done with letters of brass, there is an inscription in Latin: LATIN TEACHER SALVAM FAC REGINAM NOSTRAM VICTORIAM PRIMAM (God guards our queen Victoria I).