Great Britain (3)

Referatas apie Jungtinę Karalystę (anglų kalba). London. A city with a difference. Tradition. Commerce and finance. London Regional Transport. Wales. Language. The Welsh and their words. National Parks. Windsor Castle. The development of the castle.

London was not built as a city in the same way as Paris or New York. It began life as a Roman fortification at a place where it was possible to cross the River Thames. A wall was built around the town for defence, but during the long period of peace which followed the Norman Conquest, people built outside the walls. This building continued over the years, especially to the west of the city. In 1665 there was a terrible plague in London, so many people left the city and escaped to the villages in the surrounding countryside. In 1666 the Great Fire of London ended the plague, but it also destroyed much of the city. Although people returned to live in the rebuilt city after the plague and the Great Fire, there were never again so many Londoners living in the city centre. ...