Interview made by: Joan López i Soler & Sandra Alcaraz
There is a mistake, we know. Interviwing -> interviewing ü
lunes, 9 de mayo de 2011
martes, 12 de abril de 2011
Interviewing Joan López, a man who had visited London.
Interview made by:
-interviewer: Jose B.
-interviewed: Joan L.
viernes, 14 de enero de 2011
Welcome to Stamford Bridge 11!
Hey bloggers! Welcome to ur blog. Here we're preparing a small tour to London and we will visit some important places there.
10, Downing Street is located in Westminster, London. Concretely, as his name says, in the 10th of the Downing Street. This place is near the Palace of Westminster, the houses of Parliament and Buckingham Palace (the official residence of the British Monarch).
This building house is colloquially known in London as “Number 10”, and years ago it was divided in three independent houses.
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created in the thirteenth century. The House of Commons was originally far less powerful than the House of Lords, but today its legislative powers greatly exceed those of the Lords. Theprime minister must necessarily be elected from the beginning of thecentury XX, between representatives of Commons (before it could befrom among any of the two chambers).
10 DOWNING STREET (José A. Balsa i Valeria)
10, Downing Street is located in Westminster, London. Concretely, as his name says, in the 10th of the Downing Street. This place is near the Palace of Westminster, the houses of Parliament and Buckingham Palace (the official residence of the British Monarch).This building house is colloquially known in London as “Number 10”, and years ago it was divided in three independent houses.
This house is important because it is the residence of the First Lord of Treasury of the United Kingdom.
The building contains about hundred rooms. There is a private residence on the third floor and a kitchen in the basement. On the other floors there are offices and some rooms to do conferences. There are also private places where Prime Minister works and meets with and entertains government ministers, national leaders and foreign dignitaries.
However Number 10 building became linked with many events in British history and there are some words said by Prime Minister Margaret: << Number 10 had become one of the most precious jewels in the national heritage >>.
NATIONAL GALLERY (José A. Balsa i Valeria)
The National Gallery is the main art museum in London, located in the north of Trafalgar Square. It was founded in 1824 and it has a rich collection of over 2,300 pictures from mid-13th century to 1900.
Unlike comparable art museums such as Louvre or El Prado it wasn’t formed by nationalising an existing royal of princely art collection. It started when British government bought 38 paintings, and then the museum became bigger by helping donations. The final museum, is small compared with other museums but has important paintings, like Western Painting, from “Giotto to Cézzane”.
TRAFALGAR SQUARE (José A. Balsa i Valeria)
Trafalgar Square is a square located in central London, England. This square was built and called, because of the Trafalgar Battle, where British naval beat France and Spain. This square was first called King William the Fourth’s square, and then it changed.
The square is empty of sculptures, and the most important is Nelson’s Column, which is guarded by lion’s statues in his base. The other sculptures modern art pieces.
In the northern area of the square we can see the Charing Cross, from which all distances are measured.
Actually, the square is the common meeting place to the protests, near the Nelson’s Column.
The Houses Of Parliament
The business of Parliament takes place in two places, the House of Commons and the House of Lords. Parliament exists to challenge the work of government, approve new laws and debate government policy and current issues.
The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created in the thirteenth century. By the end of eighteenth century the House of Lords lost most of its power for the House of Commons. Nowadays, the House of Lords has less functions than before. It plays a legislative role. It has the ability to discussproposed laws and does in a more free, deep, flexible and rigorous way than the House of Commons.
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created in the thirteenth century. The House of Commons was originally far less powerful than the House of Lords, but today its legislative powers greatly exceed those of the Lords. Theprime minister must necessarily be elected from the beginning of thecentury XX, between representatives of Commons (before it could befrom among any of the two chambers).Westminster Hall is an amazing building and is officially a royal palace. Standing on the banks of the river Thames the Parliamentary buildings hold many important historical stories, most famously Guy Fawkes.
Big Ben
Big Ben is the clock tower at the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, London.
The clock tower is located at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in Central London and was built in 1859. The tower is known as Big Ben because that was the nickname of the largest bell in the clock tower which was originally called the Great Bell. The tower is 96 metres high and there are nearly 400 steps to the top. Unfortunately overseas visitors cannot climb the 393 steps to the top.
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