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Around the world in 2000 pictures Around the world in 2000 pictures. Directed by Alex Profit. After ‘Le tour du monde en 80 secondes’, his second project takes us though Paris, Barcelona, Berlin, St Petersbourg, Shanghaï, Tokyo, New York and London. Done in only 24 days. . . . → Read More: Around the world in 2000 pictures       Tower Bridge – London – United Kingdom
Tower Bridge is a combined bascule and suspension bridge in London, England, over the River Thames. It is close to the Tower of London, which gives it its name. It has become an iconic symbol of London. Tower bridge was completed and opened in the year 1894. It was opened by Edward 7th when he was Prince of Wales. It took 8 years in it’s construction, using 5 major contractors and over 400 labourers. When it was completed and as it stands still today, it is one of London’s most famous landmarks, its designers, John Wolfe Barry and Sir Horace Jones can be proud of a splendid piece of engineering.
Architecture Continue reading Tower Bridge – London – United Kingdom Tate Modern Art Gallery – London
Tate Modern is the national gallery of international modern art and also houses a collection of British art from the 1500s. The Gallery was created in 2000 from a disused power station in the heart of London. The buildings vast size becomes apparent when you enter via the dramatic turbine hall which is 152 metres long. The collection of modern and contemporary art represents all the major movements from Fauvism. It includes important masterpieces by both Picasso and Matisse. Continue reading Tate Modern Art Gallery – London British Museum – London
The British Museum is one of the largest and most important human history museums in the world. It was founded in 1700 by Sir Hans Sloane, who allowed his huge private collection of curios to be given to the state, if his heirs were paid £20,000. Eventually the government decided to buy Sloane’s treasures, and following his death in 1753 the British Museum was formally born. The first exhibition galleries and reading rooms opened in Montagu House, Bloomsbury, London, in 1759.
Later donations from Captain Cook and Greek and Roman artifacts sold by Sir William Hamilton saw the museum’s stock shoot up. This was the precursor for the booming 19th century, in which the British Library would become one of the most powerful in the world. Bolstered by objects such as the Rosetta Stone, the Elgin Marbles and Babylonian artifacts, the museum soon outgrew its surroundings, and thus a new, neo-classical building was designed by Sir Robert Smirke, for completion in 1831. Continue reading British Museum – London |
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