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74  L ONDON AREA B Y AREA

Street-by-Street: Whitehall
and Westminster

Compared with many capital cities, London has little
monumental architecture designed to overawe with pomp.
Here, at the historic seat of both the government and the
established church, it most closely approaches the broad, stately
avenues of Paris, Rome and Madrid. On weekdays the streets are
crowded with members of the civil service, as most of their work
is based in this area. At weekends, however, it teems mainly 0 . Churchill War Rooms
The meticulously preserved
with tourists, visiting some of London’s most famous sights. War Rooms were
Winston Churchill’s
World War II
headquarters. D O W N I N G S T R E E T
The Treasury is where
the nation’s finances
are administered.

Central Hall is a florid example of K I N G C H A R L E S S T R E E T
the Beaux Arts style, built in 1911
as a Methodist meeting hall. In 1946
the first General Assembly of the T
United Nations was held here. E E
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The Abbey is London’s oldest E G R E A T G E O R G E S T R E E T L I
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and most important church. R

7 Parliament Square
Statues of famous statesmen, such as
Benjamin Disraeli, Sir Winston Churchill
and Nelson Mandela, stand here. E
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The Sanctuary was a medieval safe B R O A D S A N C T U A R Y U A B R I D G E S T R E E T
place for those escaping the law. P A R L I A M E N T Q
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6 St Margaret’s Church
Society weddings often take place E T
here, in Parliament’s church. E
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5 Dean’s Yard
Westminster E T
School was R
founded here G A
in 1540.
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3 Jewel Tower O N S
Kings once stored D
their most valuable G
Richard I’s Statue, by possessions here. N
G R E A T C O L L E G E S T R E E T
Carlo Marochetti (1860), The Burghers of Calais B I
depicts the 12th-century is a cast of Auguste A
Coeur de Lion (Lionheart). Rodin’s original in Paris.
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