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London has a recorded history that goes back over 2,000 years. ... A panorama of London by Claes Van Visscher, 1616. Old St Paul's had lost its spire by this time. ... – PowerPoint PPT presentation

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Title: London has a recorded history that goes back over 2,000 years' During this time, it has experienced


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HISTORY
  • London has a recorded history that goes back over
    2,000 years. During this time, it has experienced
    plague epidemic, devastating fire, civil war,
    aerial bombardment and terrorist attacks.

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  • During the 12th century reign of Norman kings
    William the Congueror was the first to come in
    1066 the royal court moved from Winchester, the
    former capital, to London for ever.

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  • Sir Christopher Wren
  • was appointed the main architect and he
    constructed about 50 churches and some other
    public building, including his masterpiece
  • St. Pauls Cathedral.

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  • A panorama of London by Claes Van Visscher,
    1616.
  • Old St Pauls had lost its
    spire by this time.

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  • The two theatres on the foreground
  • (Southwark) side of the Thames are
  • The Bear Garden
  • The
    Globe

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  • The large church in the foreground is
  • St. Saviour's (Mary Overie), now
  • Southwark Cathedral.

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Chronicler of Stuart London Samuel Pepys.
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Made by
  • Nikola Kubicová
  • aneta Markowská
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