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10 DOWNING STREET
10 DOWNING STREET
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 >>.
