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The biggest cities in English speaking countries - Coggle Diagram
The biggest cities in English speaking countries
London
The Houses of Parliament - There is also a famous clock-tower with Big Ben.
Whitehall - the street where the government offices are
Downing Street - 10 is the official home of British Prime Ministers.
Westminster Abbey - Britain’s Kings and Queens are crowned here, England’s famous people are buried here in the Poet’s Corner
St. Paul’s Cathedral is one of the largest cathedrals in the world
Trafalgar Square was named after Admiral Nelson’s victory over Napoleon at the Battle of Trafalgar. Nelson’s statue is situated on a high column
Tower Bridge
The National Gallery is in Trafalgar Square. It houses paintings by nearly all the great European artists
The British Museum is the largest museum in the worldbiggest collection of all kinds of animals and minerals and rocks
Buckingham palace Kings residance
The Post Office Tower is the tallest building in Great Britain. It is adapted for telephone and TV services.
Windsor Castle is the residence of nearly all the British sovereigns outside London.
New York
Biggest city in USA
8 mil people
called Big apple
Manhattan
Broadway is the center of cultural life.
Chinatown
East River and the Hudson River
Greenwich Village is the home of artists
A lot of Skycrapers for small size
The best-known skyscrapers are Empire State Building and the World Trade Center
Brooklyn bridge
History
original name was New Amsterdam
original inhabitants were native people of USA
was bought from the Indians by the Dutch
In the southern part of Manhattan Island there used to be a wall against Indians
now there is Wall Street - the centre of financial life with the most important stock-exchange in the world.
Queens
the Bronx
Staten Island
Brooklyn
Statue of Liberty - given from France
The Times square – one of the most popular tourists destination. Full of billboards, lights, bars, theaters, more than 40 milion people visit it in year
Central Park
it is also one of the world’s most filmed locations. There are concerts, two ice skate rings, a zoo, a castle and more
The 5th evenue – it is one of the most expensive streets in the world, there are stores like Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Versace, Prada