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The introduction of London As we all know,London is located in the south of England, at the southeast coast of England, located in the Thames from east to west across the city. But also the capital of the United Kingdom. London is British political, economic and cultural center, has been called the world capital, the 2012 Olympic Games will be held here, the City of London is working to reform urban landscape and the environment, with a new look to welcome athletes from around the world and tourists. Tower Bridge Tower Bridge, bridge on the Thames River in London, near the tower of London, one of the city’s principal landmarks. built between 1886 and 1894, it has two gothic-style towers and a central drawbridge; this design was governed both by the navigational requirements of ships and barge trains that passed below and by the gothic style that parliament demanded in order to harmonize with the nearby Tower of London. The London eye Paris has the Eiffel Tower, New York the Empire State, and now London has the British Airways London Eye - an extraordinary symbol for an extraordinary city. London Eye is not only the fourth construction in height of London, but also the highest sightseeing-rotating wheel in the world. (135 meters in height). Recently, The London Eye was voted the worlds best tourist attraction in a poll commissioned by the snack company Pringles. Big Ben Named for Sir Benjamin Hall, the Chief Commissioner 委员of works when the bell was cast in 1856, Big Ben is the great bell in the clock tower on the eastern end of the Houses of Parliament in London. The booming 13.5-ton bell first rang out in 1859. The introduction of author Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was an author most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include scien