Chapter 4 · Modern Society
Famous British Landmarks and Architecture
Source: Handbook p.79
Key architectural landmarks:
• Buckingham Palace — official residence of the monarch
• Palace of Westminster (Houses of Parliament) — Charles Barry and Augustus Pugin
• Big Ben — the Great Bell inside the Elizabeth Tower
• St Paul's Cathedral — designed by Christopher Wren after the Great Fire of 1666
• Tower of London — fortress, prison, and home of the Crown Jewels
• Edinburgh Castle — dominates the Edinburgh skyline
• The Angel of the North — sculpture by Antony Gormley
• The Eden Project — environmental complex in Cornwall
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