England

Touristic Part of he City

London is considered to be one of the world's most important global cities and has been called the world's most powerful,most desirable, most influential, most visited,most expensive,innovative, sustainable,most investment-friendly, and most-popular-for-work city. London exerts a considerable impact upon the arts, commerce, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcare, media, professional services, research and development, tourism and transportation.London ranks 26th out of 300 major cities for economic performance. It is one of the largest financial centres and has either the fifth or the sixth largest metropolitan area GDP. It is the most-visited city as measured by international arrivals and has the busiest city airport system as measured by passenger traffic. It is the leading investment destination, hosting more international retailers and ultra high-net-worth individuals than any other city. London's universities form the largest concentration of higher education institutes in Europe,and London is home to highly ranked institutions such as Imperial College London in natural and applied sciences, the London School of Economics in social sciences, and the comprehensive University College London and King's College London.In 2012, London became the first city to have hosted three modern Summer Olympic Games.

London contains four World Heritage Sites: the Tower of London; Kew Gardens; the site comprising the Palace of Westminster, Westminster Abbey, and St Margaret's Church; and the historic settlement in Greenwich where the Royal Observatory, Greenwich defines the Prime Meridian and Greenwich Mean Time. Other landmarks include Buckingham Palace, the London Eye, Piccadilly Circus, St Paul's Cathedral, Tower Bridge, Trafalgar Square and The Shard. London has numerous museums, galleries, libraries and sporting events. These include the British Museum, National Gallery, Natural History Museum, Tate Modern, British Library and West End theatres.The London Underground is the oldest underground railway network in the world.

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The same flag, referred to as the Banner of Victory, was early shown in artistic representations of Christ

The origin of the flag, its association with&nbsp;St. George&nbsp;(look at page 12)

It is known that English Crusaders used a red flag with a white cross about 1189. Another record, dating from 1277, attests that a red&nbsp;Cross of St. George&nbsp;on white was used for pennants flown by the troops of King&nbsp;Edward I.

Saints of England

Every nation has its own Patron Saint who in times of great peril is called upon to help save the country from its enemies. St George being the patron saint of England.

St. George, so the story goes, killed a dragon on the flat topped Dragon Hill in Uffington,&nbsp;Berkshire, and it is said that no grass grows where the dragon’s blood trickled down!

Stories of his strength and courage soon spread throughout Europe. The best-known story about St. George is his fight with a dragon, but it is highly unlikely that he ever fought a dragon, and even more unlikely that he ever visited England, however his name was known there as early as the eighth-century.

English Catholic sources lack information on St. Arthur of Glastonbury's martyrdom under Henry VIII. It is possible that the legendary&nbsp;King Arthur&nbsp;of Camelot, believed to have been connected with Glastonbury, and the story of a local martyr&nbsp;may have been conflated in Breton oral tradition; there were a number of Catholic martyrs during the&nbsp;English Reformation&nbsp;who hailed from the region including&nbsp;Richard Whyting&nbsp;of&nbsp;Glastonbury Abbey. Martyred with Whyting was&nbsp;John Arthur Thorne, treasurer of the abbey and owner of the original&nbsp;Glastonbury chair.

Saint Arthur of&nbsp;Glastonbury&nbsp;(died November 15, 1539)

Scafell Pikes in the Southern Fells of Cumbria in north-west England is the highest point in the country. Although England is a largely flat nation, it is still home to a number of majestic mountains and hilly plains. Most of England's highest peaks are located in the Lake District and have contributed enormously to making the region one of the country's top tourist destinations.

The territory of England is mostly hilly, to the north there are some mountainous areas. The dividing line between the two areas is known as Tees-Exe line. In the eastern part of the country there is a flat area whose marshes have been reclaimed to allow their cultivation.

The climate is relatively mild oceanic temperate. Precipitation is regularly distributed in all months of the year even if in summer and winter they are more intense. May and June are the sunniest months, but temperatures are still quite cool; summer is a little warmer but rain showers are always possible. November and December are the most cloudy months with weak insolation in the north west but increasing towards the south east.

England shares the borders with Scotland to the north and west with Wales. To the northwest is the Irish Sea, to the southwest the Celtic Sea, to the east the North Sea and to the south is the English Channel Strait, which separates it from continental Europe. England encompasses almost the entire central and southern part of the island of Great Britain. The country has more than 100 smaller islands, such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight.

The rivers in the UK are numerous but of modest size. The longest river in the United Kingdom is the Severn (354 km) which flows between Wales and England and together with the Thames they are the main ones. The other longest rivers are: Trent, Humber, Yorkshire, Ouse, tyne, Dee, Avon

The Lake District, also known as The Lakes or Lakeland, is a mountainous region in the north west of England known tourist resort, is famous for its lakes. Only one of the lakes in the Lake District is called real lake, and it's Bassenthwaite Lake. All the others, such as Windermere, Coniston Water, Ullswater and Buttermere are mere and water (mere is less common, more common water).

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