https://padlet.com/Cinti/London Curious mind en-us 2017-09-19 22:00:41 UTC 2025-06-14 12:04:50 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Optimplaces.png Cinti https://padlet.com/Cinti/London/wish/189140187 The ArcelorMittal Orbit is a 114.5 meter high observation tower located in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, London, UK.
The steel structure, designed by Anish Kapoor and Cecil Balmond, was made in part with funds from ArcelorMittal. It is the largest public art exhibition in the UK.]]> 2017-09-20 01:20:41 UTC https://padlet.com/Cinti/London/wish/189140187 Cinti https://padlet.com/Cinti/London/wish/189140450 The London Eye, also known as the Millennium Wheel, is a 135-meter ferris wheel located on the western end of the Jubilee Gardens, on the South Bank of the Thames, London's Lambeth district, between the Westminster and Hungerford bridges. The Ferris wheel is next to the County Hall and opposite the offices of the Ministry of Defense.
Completed in 1999 and open to the public in March 2000, it was the largest in the world until the opening of the Nanchang Star in May 2006 and the later Singapore Flyer in 2008.]]> 2017-09-20 01:22:36 UTC https://padlet.com/Cinti/London/wish/189140450 Cinti https://padlet.com/Cinti/London/wish/189141990 Big Ben is the name with which it is known to the great bell of the clock 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 is also used to name the clock of 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 third tallest watch tower in the world. It celebrated its 150 anniversary on May 31, 2009, and several commemorations were held. The tower was completed in 1858 and the clock began to run 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.]]> 2017-09-20 01:31:11 UTC https://padlet.com/Cinti/London/wish/189141990 Cinti https://padlet.com/Cinti/London/wish/189143358 Tower Bridge, is a bridge crossing the River Thames in London. It combines the features of swing bridge and suspension bridge. It is built in neo-Gothic Victorian style, and is located close to the Tower of London, which gives it its name.
The bridge, one of four bridges belonging to the Corporation of London, the City of London, is maintained by Bridge House Estates, a non-profit company. The other three are the London Bridge, the Blackfriars and the Southwark Bridge.]]> 2017-09-20 01:39:51 UTC https://padlet.com/Cinti/London/wish/189143358