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by teacherideclare on October 21, 2012 · 2 comments

This is a picture of Buckingham Palace like you have probably never seen it. Beyond the cobblestone streets outside Buckingham Palace is a garden that can be seen from the palace. As I waited for the changing of the guard I took this picture from the center of the garden looking beyond the statue of Queen Victoria just outside the front gates.

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Windsor Castle

October 21, 2012
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About Windsor Castle is the oldest and largest occupied castle in the world. It was originally built by William the Conqueror over 1,000 years ago. It is the official residence of Her Majesty the Queen, Elizabeth II. Not only a residence, it is still used for state visits and receptions. It is also home to [...]

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St. Paul’s Cathedral

October 18, 2012
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About On September 5, 1666 a fire started at a bakery on Pudding Lane. It gutted the medieval city of London inside the old Roman city walls. It threatened, but never reached the aristocratic city of Westminster. 13,200 homes were lost along with 87 parish churches including St. Paul’s Cathedral. It is estimated that 70,000 [...]

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Verulamium – A Roman Town Near London

October 10, 2012
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About Verulamium was one of the largest cities in Roman-Britain. Today it is known as St. Albans, after the martyred saint who was beheaded in 308 AD on order of the Roman Emperor Diocletian. This site was the center of one of two powerful British tribes, the Catuvellauni, encountered by the Romans in 43 AD. [...]

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Roman Baths

October 8, 2012
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About The Roman Baths in Bath are Britain’s only natural occurring hot springs. Roman baths were common, but most were heated by steam caused by heating the water and circulating it under rooms elevated by stacks of flat rock. Thermal springs were uncommon and so when naturally occurring hot springs were found, the pre-Christian Romans [...]

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Roman Britain

October 7, 2012
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The Romans named the part of Great Britain they controlled ”Britannia”. The inhabitants of Britain prior to the Romans had already established trade and cultural communications with continental Europe, but the Romans introduced new developments in commerce, industry, agriculture and architecture. The Roman invasion began in 43 AD and included the entire island south of [...]

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Canterbury Cathedral

October 5, 2012
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About Canterbury has been a place of Christian worship for 1700 years. The city was originally built by the Romans before becoming the capital of Kent under the Saxons. In 400 A.D. the Romans departed Britain and left it a Christian nation, but the Saxons were pagans. It was here in the 6th century that [...]

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Leeds Castle, Outside London

September 29, 2012
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About Leeds Castle has been called “the loveliest castle in the world”. William the Conqueror, the first Norman King in 1066, demanded a survey of English lands, wealth and property for tax purposes. The compilation today is known as the Domesday Book. This 11th century book provides a detailed look at England at the time [...]

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The Pilgrims Meet in Billericay

September 19, 2012
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Billericay is located in Essex, east of London. It is an old community with evidence of occupation that pre-dates Roman Britain. In the 13th and 14th centuries pilgrims began to arrive in Billericay from Canterbury. A meeting of the Pilgrim fathers took place in a basement under one of the businesses on this street prior [...]

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Cleopatra’s Needle

September 12, 2012
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About Along the Thames River in London are a number of monuments. Tourists pass by many of these old monuments without taking the time to learn their history. Cleopatra’s Needle is one of these. It was made in Egypt 1,000 years before Cleopatra was born. It was given to the English in 1819, but remained [...]

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