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- Palace of WestminsterThe home of Parliament, rebuilt after the 1834 fire; its clock tower holds the bell known as Big Ben.UNESCOLandmark
- Westminster AbbeyThe church where English and British monarchs are crowned and many are buried, rebuilt in Gothic form from the 1240s.UNESCOChurch
- Buckingham PalaceThe monarch's official London residence, with the changing of the guard outside and state rooms open in summer.Palace
- National GalleryEuropean painting from the 1200s to 1900 on Trafalgar Square, from Van Eyck and Piero to Turner and Van Gogh.Art Museum
- Hyde ParkThe largest of the central royal parks, with the Serpentine lake, swimming and the soapbox corner for speakers.Park
- Trafalgar SquareThe square below the National Gallery, with Nelson's Column, the lion statues and a plinth that shows changing artworks.Landmark
- Churchill War RoomsThe underground rooms where Britain's wartime government worked, left much as they were when the lights went out in 1945.History Museum
- Covent GardenThe old market square turned shopping arcade, with street performers under the glass roof and theaters all around.
- Regent's ParkJohn Nash's park ringed by terraces, with a rose garden, an open-air theater and the zoo along its northern edge.Park
- SohoA dense grid of bars, restaurants and theaters in the West End, long the city's night-time quarter.