ENGLAND

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Anthem of England

Flag

Flag of England is the Cross of St. George. The red cross appeared as an emblem of England during the Middle Ages and the Crusades and is one of the earliest known emblems representing England. It also represents the official coat of arms of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, and achieved the status of national flag of England during the sixteenth century.

Shiled

 The shield of England consists of a single red field in which               there are three gold passant, lampasados ​​and armed azure.

Currency 

The currency of England is "British Pound". Name is used in formal contexts. Sometimes they say only "sterling" is abbreviated as 'ster'.

 The sterling was an English coin made ​​of sterling silver (92% silver and 8% copper). However, originally, the pound was the value of a pound Tower weight of sterling silver.

Tourist Attractions in England

1)  Buckingham Palace 

Buckingham Palace has served as the official residence of Britain's sovereigns since 1837 and today is the administrative headquarters of the Monarch. Although the use of the many official events and receptions held by The Queen, the State Rooms at Buckingham Palace are open to visitors every year.

Buckingham Palace has 775 rooms. These include 19 State rooms, 52 royal and guest bedrooms, 188 staff bedrooms, 92 offices and 78 bathrooms. For measurements, the building is 108 meters long in the front, 120 meters deep (including the central courtyard) and 24 meters high.

Although Buckingham Palace is furnished and decorated with valuable works of art that are part of the Royal Collection, one of the most important art collections in the world today.

Its State Rooms form the heart of the working Palace and are used regularly by the Queen and members of the Royal Family for officers.

Over 50,000 people visit the Palace each year as guests to banquets, lunches, dinners, receptions and the Royal garden parties.

2) Ingleton Waterfalls

Ingleton Waterfalls are located in the county of North Yorkshire and are considered the most spectacular waterfalls in the north of England. Surrounded by thick jungle, visiting this waterfall takes you through a thick forest of oak and is undoubtedly a great tourist attraction for outdoor activities. Sitaudas near the village of Ingleton, which is surrounded by a magnificent landscape with caves, waterfalls and mountains.

3) Richmond Park

Richmond Park is the largest of all the Royal Parks of London. It is located near the city of Richmond, hence its name, 30 kilometers from central London, where you can see squirrels, deer, bunnies and beautiful birds. More than 1,000 hectares of forest with huge oak trees over 100 years old. One of the most important places are the gardens of Isabella with large amounts of azaleas, camellias, magnolias and rhododendrons.

4)  New Forest

In 1079 William the Conqueror said Coto Real forests of the New Forest, Hampshire, giving rise to the largest native forest area of England. Its territory covers 232 square kilometers is covered with birch, holly, and oak trees Conifères as Knightwood Oak, one of the most famous trees of the reserve by seven meters cinrcunferencia measuring its trunk. One attraction of walking through the area is spotted deer and ponies grazing in the meadows.

5) Blenheim Palace

Blenheim Palace is a magnificent palace located in the County Oxfortshire in Woostock countryside. Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1987, is the only building not English episcopal palace called. It is one of the largest palaces in the country, and was built between 1705 and 1722 as a residence in English Baroque style. Is visited by, among other things, for being the birthplace of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.

6) Swanage beach

The coastal town of Swanage is a Victorian town geared to tourism and, in addition to having one of the cleanest beaches around the country, very close to her is the famous Old Harry Rocks and Corfe Castle. The town of Swanage is located at the eastern end of the Jurassic Coast and the beauty and richness of geographic lospaisajes was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

7) National Gallery

One of the most impressive art collections in the world, whose collection includes 2,000 paintings, a series of masterpieces that reflect the history of European Pintur the thirteenth to the nineteenth. The impressive portico of the National Gallery overlooks Trafalgas Square and the fountains designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.

8) Anegada Island 

Anegada Island is very different from the other Virgin Islands, there are no mountains, is completely flat, Its formation is equivante the Pacific atolls surrounded by coral reefs, which make navigation a bit risky. Nearly 300 ships have been wrecked here, his remains have become dive site. This island was a refuge for pirates, it would be rare to find on the beach a forgotten Spanish doubloon pirates.

9) Wookey Caves

Wookey is a village located 2 miles west of Wells and the action of the river Axe formed these caves in the limestone hills. These caves are mainly used for diving, but also thanks to its constant temperture of 11 degrees C were used for cheddar cheese ripening and no trace of having been occupied for 50,000 years.

10) Chelsea Physic Garden

Chelsea may be the best London borough where the English obsession shown by the elegance and order. This neighborhood is full of history of bohemian artists and corporations alturistas. In this neighborhood is the Chelsea Physic Garden, a botanical garden with a small but long and curious history. He specializes in all types of plants that humans have found some use, either to perfumes, to eat, empeciar or cure. The garden is closed for the winter, but they open the first two weekends of December.

11) Bristol Cathedral

The Anglican cathedral in the city of Bristol was founded in 1140, and in 1542 became a diocesan town and cathedral of the new diocese of Bristol, German Gothic style where one of the main features is that the aisles are of the same height as the choir, plus the height of the aisles causing an absence of light clerestory that the central space, as is common in English medieval architecture. All interior light should come from the side windows, consequently, are very large.

12) Lake Serpentine

Located in Hyde Park in central London, the Serpentine lake gets its name from its curved shape, like a snake. As a form of tourism, there are boats and elegntes solar boats crossing the lake. Energy is stored in batteries to run even on days nubaldos. This lake also has a place to swim.

13) Harrogate

Harrogate is a spa town located north of England, more precisely in the county of Yorkshire, beautiful city surrounded by beautiful gardens and famous for its hot springs. Harrogate is a town that invites romantic walks, cycling or horse riding, ready to receive tourists and growing infrastructure which has very good hotels and excellent restaurants.

14) Brighton Royal Pavilion

It was originally a farmhouse solid and simple, but the crown prince needed a love nest and the decor had to keep up. Between 1815 and 1821, which would subsequently be George IV, had built a playground, the Royal Pavilion, a building style as a Mongolian historicist mosque domes, minarets and towers imitating oriental ornaments.

15) London

London, capital of England, situated on the River Thames in the southeast of the island of Great Britain. Geographically the Thames through the city and divides it into two.

London was founded in AD 43 by the Romans on the north bank of the river. For many centuries, there was only one bridge in the city (London Bridge) activation of the area's largest and most historic of the city is the northern bank of the river. Now here is where most tourist attractions, concert halls, theaters, cinemas, art galleries, etc