https://padlet.com/kimberlybaquero/i6jqhyfstohf TWO BEAUTIFUL PLACES IN LONDON TO VISIT en-us 2019-02-16 23:28:52 UTC 2024-05-28 15:55:09 UTC hello@padlet.com https://imgglb.padletcdn.com/v13/image?t=g_auto&url=https%3A%2F%2Fpadlet.net%2Ficons%2Fpng%2F1f303.png kimberlybaquero https://padlet.com/kimberlybaquero/i6jqhyfstohf/wish/346954902  The London Eye is a large ferris wheel located on the South Bank of the River Thames in London, United Kingdom. It is the tallest ferris wheel in Europe7 and the most popular tourist attraction in the United Kingdom with more than 3.75 million visitors per year.8

It is 135 m high and the circle of the ferris wheel has a diameter of 120 m. When it opened to the public in 2000 it was the tallest ferris wheel in the world. However, its height was exceeded by the Nanchang Star (160 m) in 2006, the Singapore Flyer (165 m) in 2008, and the Las Vegas High Roller (168 m) in 2014. Supported by a structure with A shape only on the one hand, unlike the tallest ferris wheels in Nanchang and Singapore, the London Eye is described by its owners as "the tallest cantilever ferris wheel in the world."

The London Eye was the tallest public viewpoint in London10 until it was surpassed by the viewpoint located on the 72nd floor of The Shard, 245 m high, 11 which opened to the public on February 1, 2013.12

The London Eye borders the west side of the Jubilee Gardens (which previously housed the former Dome of Discovery), and is located on the South Bank of the River Thames between Westminster Bridge and Hungerford Bridge, next to the Condal Hall, in the Municipality of Lambeth.]]> 2019-03-31 21:38:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kimberlybaquero/i6jqhyfstohf/wish/346954902 kimberlybaquero https://padlet.com/kimberlybaquero/i6jqhyfstohf/wish/346955137 A predecessor of the London Eye, the Great Wheel, was built for the Empire of India Exhibition in Earls Court and opened to the public on July 17, 1895.Inspired at the original Ferris Wheel in Chicago, it was 94 m high14 and 82, 3 m in diameter 16 17 It was in operation until 1906, the year in which its forty cabins (each of which had capacity for forty people) had transported more than 2.5 million passengers. The Great Wheel was demolished in 1907 after being last used at the Imperial Austrian Exhibition.]]> 2019-03-31 21:40:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kimberlybaquero/i6jqhyfstohf/wish/346955137 kimberlybaquero https://padlet.com/kimberlybaquero/i6jqhyfstohf/wish/346955508 The Elizabeth Tower, formerly known as Clock Tower and popularly known as Big Ben, was built as part of the design of a new palace, after the old Palace of Westminster was destroyed by fire on the night of October 16, 1834.8 9 The new Parliament was built in neo-Gothic style. Although Barry was the chief architect of the Palace, he commissioned Augustus Pugin to design the clock tower, which is similar to other Pugin designs, including one for Scarisbrick Hall, a country house located in Lancashire. The design of the clock tower was Pugin's last before falling into depression and madness, and when Barry last visited him to pick up his designs, Pugin wrote: «Never in my life had I worked so hard for the Lord Barry, tomorrow I will deliver the designs to finish his bell tower and it is magnificent. ”The tower is also designed in neo-Gothic style and has a height of 96.3 meters (around 16 floors).]]> 2019-03-31 21:43:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kimberlybaquero/i6jqhyfstohf/wish/346955508 kimberlybaquero https://padlet.com/kimberlybaquero/i6jqhyfstohf/wish/355894620 Big Ben is the name by which the great bell of the clock is known located in the northwest side of the Palace of Westminster, the seat of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, in London, and popularly by extension it is also used to name the clock of the tower. Its official name was Clock Tower until on June 26, 2012, in honor of the diamond jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, it was decided that the tower would be renamed Elizabeth Tower.

The tower houses the world's largest four-sided clock, and is the fourteenth tallest clock tower in the world. It celebrated its 150th anniversary on May 31, 2009.5 and various commemoration events took place. Tower was completed in 1858 and the clock began operating on September 7, 1859.

The Big Ben tower is a British cultural icon, as it is one of the most prominent symbols of the United Kingdom and frequently appears as a plan of establishment in films, television series, programs or documentaries set in London.]]> 2019-05-01 17:25:12 UTC https://padlet.com/kimberlybaquero/i6jqhyfstohf/wish/355894620 kimberlybaquero https://padlet.com/kimberlybaquero/i6jqhyfstohf/wish/373194777 2019-08-04 23:10:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kimberlybaquero/i6jqhyfstohf/wish/373194777 kimberlybaquero https://padlet.com/kimberlybaquero/i6jqhyfstohf/wish/373194831 2019-08-04 23:12:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kimberlybaquero/i6jqhyfstohf/wish/373194831 kimberlybaquero https://padlet.com/kimberlybaquero/i6jqhyfstohf/wish/373194962 2019-08-04 23:13:08 UTC https://padlet.com/kimberlybaquero/i6jqhyfstohf/wish/373194962 kimberlybaquero https://padlet.com/kimberlybaquero/i6jqhyfstohf/wish/373195111 2019-08-04 23:14:25 UTC https://padlet.com/kimberlybaquero/i6jqhyfstohf/wish/373195111 kimberlybaquero https://padlet.com/kimberlybaquero/i6jqhyfstohf/wish/373195146 2019-08-04 23:15:22 UTC https://padlet.com/kimberlybaquero/i6jqhyfstohf/wish/373195146 kimberlybaquero https://padlet.com/kimberlybaquero/i6jqhyfstohf/wish/373195292 2019-08-04 23:16:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kimberlybaquero/i6jqhyfstohf/wish/373195292 kimberlybaquero https://padlet.com/kimberlybaquero/i6jqhyfstohf/wish/373195421 2019-08-04 23:18:22 UTC https://padlet.com/kimberlybaquero/i6jqhyfstohf/wish/373195421 kimberlybaquero https://padlet.com/kimberlybaquero/i6jqhyfstohf/wish/373195442 2019-08-04 23:18:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kimberlybaquero/i6jqhyfstohf/wish/373195442