The Palace of Westminster• Known as the Houses of Parliament, because there are two Houses of Parliament of the UK : - the House of Lords red – Izba Lordów - the House of Commons green
Trang 1The Palace of Westminster
• Known as the Houses of Parliament, because there are two Houses of Parliament of the UK :
- the House of Lords (red) – (Izba Lordów)
- the House of Commons (green) – (Izba Gmin)
Trang 2• The House of Lords (Izba Lordów) – it is red.
Trang 3• The House of Commons (Izba Gmin) – it is
green.
Trang 5• The Houses of Parliament and Westminster Bridge
Trang 6Westminster Bridge & River Thames
- the bridge was opened in 1862.
Trang 7• The Houses of Parliament and
Westminster Bridge by night.
Trang 9The Clock Tower commonly known
as Big Ben
• Is the part of the
Palace of Westminster
(the Houses of Parliament)
Trang 10Big Ben
is the nickname of the great bell
of the clock.
There are five bells and Big Ben
is the heaviest
Trang 11Big Ben
-the famous
bell struck each quarter hour
Trang 12Cleaning Big Ben