3 September 2024 | Author/Destination: Great Britain / Großbritannien | Rubric: General , London
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The Strand (commonly referred to with a leading “The”, but formally without) is a major street in the
City of Westminster ,
Central London . The street, which is part of London’s
West End theatreland , runs just over 3/4 mile (1.2 km) from
Trafalgar Square eastwards to
Temple Bar , where it becomes
Fleet Street in the
City of London , and is part of the
A4 , a main road running west from inner London.
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31 October 2023 | Author/Destination: Great Britain / Großbritannien | Rubric: General , Architecture , London
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The Great Fire of London was a major
conflagration that swept through central
London from Sunday 2 September to Thursday 6 September 1666, gutting the medieval
City of London inside the old
Roman city wall , while also extending past the wall to the west. The death toll is generally thought to have been relatively small, although some historians have challenged this belief.
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1 December 2022 | Author/Destination: Great Britain / Großbritannien | Rubric: General , House of the Month , London , Museums, Exhibitions , Opera Houses, Theaters, Libraries
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The
Barbican Centre is a
performing arts centre in the
Barbican Estate of the
City of London and the largest of its kind in Europe. The centre hosts classical and
contemporary music concerts, theatre performances, film screenings and
art exhibitions . It also houses a library, three restaurants, and a
conservatory . The Barbican Centre is a member of the
Global Cultural Districts Network . The
London Symphony Orchestra and the
BBC Symphony Orchestra are based in the centre’s Concert Hall. In 2013, it once again became the London-based venue of the
Royal Shakespeare Company following the company’s departure in 2001.
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6 July 2022 | Author/Destination: Great Britain / Großbritannien | Rubric: General , London
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Fleet Street is a major street mostly in the
City of London . It runs west to east from
Temple Bar at the boundary with the
City of Westminster to
Ludgate Circus at the site of the
London Wall and the
River Fleet from which the street was named.
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6 June 2022 | Author/Destination: Great Britain / Großbritannien | Rubric: General , London
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Bevis Marks Synagogue, officially
Qahal Kadosh Sha’ar ha-Shamayim (“Holy Congregation Gate of Heaven”), is the
oldest synagogue in the United Kingdom in continuous use. It is located off
Bevis Marks ,
Aldgate , in the
City of London . The synagogue was built in 1701 and is affiliated to London’s historic
Spanish and Portuguese Jewish community. It is a Grade I
listed building . It is the only synagogue in Europe which has held
regular services continuously for more than 300 years .
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3 May 2021 | Author/Destination: Great Britain / Großbritannien | Rubric: General , London , Shopping
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Leadenhall Market is a covered market in London, located on
Gracechurch Street but with vehicular access also available via Whittington Avenue to the north and
Lime Street to the south and east, and additional pedestrian access via a number of narrow passageways. It is one of the oldest markets in London, dating from the 14th century, and is located in the historic centre of the
City of London financial district.
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1 January 2021 | Author/Destination: Great Britain / Großbritannien | Rubric: General , House of the Month , London
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The Royal Exchange in London was founded in the 16th century by the merchant
Sir Thomas Gresham on the suggestion of his factor
Richard Clough to act as a centre of
commerce for the
City of London . The site was provided by the
City of London Corporation and the
Worshipful Company of Mercers , who still jointly own the freehold. It is
trapezoidal in shape and is flanked by
Cornhill and
Threadneedle Street , which converge at
Bank junction in the heart of the City. It lies in the ward of Cornhill.
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6 July 2020 | Author/Destination: Great Britain / Großbritannien | Rubric: General , London , Shopping
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Old Billingsgate Market is the name given to what is now a hospitality and events venue in the
City of London , based in the
Victorian building that was originally
Billingsgate Fish Market , the world’s largest
fish market in the 19th century.
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30 October 2019 | Author/Destination: Great Britain / Großbritannien | Rubric: General , London
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Tower Hill is a complex
city or
garden square northwest of the
Tower of London , in the
London Borough of Tower Hamlets just outside the
City of London boundary yet inside what remains of the
London Wall – a large fragment of which survives toward its east.
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