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,Haga clic para modificar el estilo de ttulo del patrn,Haga clic para modificar el estilo de texto del patrn,Segundo nivel,Tercer nivel,Cuarto nivel,Quinto nivel,21/04/2010,N,London,The MerlinEntertainmentsLondon Eye(commonly theLondon Eye,orMillennium Wheel)is anextremelylargepassenger-carryingFerris wheel situated onthe banksof the River Thamesin CentralLondon intheUnited Kingdom.Standingat aheight of135metres,itis the largestFerris wheel in Europe,and has becomethe most popular paid touristattractionin the UnitedKingdom,visited byoverthreemillion peoplein one year.At the time itwas erected,in1999,itwas the tallestFerris wheel in theworld,until it wassurpassedby the Star ofNanchang(160metres),and then the Singapore Flyer(165metres).,London,eye,TheLondon Bus is one ofLondons principalicons,the archetypal red rear-entrancedouble-deckRoutemasterbeing recognisedworldwide.AlthoughtheRoutemasterhasnowbeen largely phasedoutofservice,with only two heritageroutes stillusing the vehicles,themajority ofbuses in Londonarestill red and thereforetheredbusremainsaniconic symbol ofthecity.,In Britain bus-typevehiclesused for long distancesorwhere itisnotpossibletogeton at any stop and buy aticketarealways called coaches ratherthan buses.,London,bus,Theredtelephone box,apublictelephone kioskdesignedbySirGiles Gilbert Scott,isa familiar sightonthestreetsof the United Kingdom,Malta,Bermuda and Gibraltar,anddespitea reductionintheir numbers inrecentyears,red boxescanstill be seen in many places and current orex-BritishColoniesaroundtheworld.The colorredwaschosento makethemeasy tospot.,Telephonebox,GreaterLondonisthetop-leveladministrativesubdivisioncoveringLondon.Thesmall,ancientCityofLondonatitscoreoncecontainedthewholesettlement,butastheurbanareagrewtheCityCorporationresistedattemptstoamalgamateitwithitssuburbs,causingLondontobedefinedinanumberwaysfordifferentpurposes,London map,A taxicab,alsotaxior cab,is a type of vehicleforhire,witha driver,fora single passenger,or small groupof passengers,typicallyfor anon-shared ride.Ataxicab conveyspassengers betweenlocationsof their choice.Inmodesof publictransport,thepick-up and drop-off locations aredetermined bythe service provider,notby the passenger,although demandresponsivetransportandsharetaxis providea hybrid bus/taxi mode.,Enlish taxis,The GlobeTheatre was a theatre inLondon associated with WilliamShakespeare.It wasbuilt in1599by Shakespeares playingcompany,the Lord Chamberlains Men,andwasdestroyedby fire on29 June 1613.AsecondGlobeTheatrewasbuiltonthesamesitebyJune1614andclosedin1642.AmodernreconstructionoftheGlobe,namedShakespearesGlobe,openedin1997.Itisapproximately230metres(750ft)fromthesiteoftheoriginaltheatre.,Globetheatre,BigBenisthenicknameforthegreatbelloftheclockatthenorthendofthePalaceofWestminsterinLondon,andisoftenextendedtorefertotheclockortheclocktoweraswell.BigBenisthelargestfour-facedchimingclockandthethird-tallestfree-standingclocktowerintheworld.Itcelebratedits150thanniversaryinMay2009(theclockitselffirsttickingon31May1859),duringwhichcelebratoryeventstookplace.,TheBigben,BuckinghamPalaceistheofficialLondonresidenceoftheBritishmonarch.LocatedintheCityofWestminster,thepalaceisasettingforstateoccasionsandroyalhospitality.IthasbeenarallyingpointfortheBritishpeopleattimesofnationalrejoicingandcrisis.,BuckinghamPalace,
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