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A trip around London’s markets
London is a gold mine for anyone looking for unusual and original items.For anyone looking for alternative shopping Camden town is heaven, an area which has kept its working class character. In the seventies and eighties it became a trendy area: Verlaine and Rimbaud lived there. The centre of life in this area is the market, which has increased in size and is open every day. It’s an excellent market for clothes, both new and second hand, records and all kinds of other objects. Whilst walking around Camden Town it is not rare to meet curiosity-seekers and all kinds of people, such as punks or dandys. Even on classic rainy days Camden town makes you cheerful and full of life; it is considered by many to be a place not to be missed when visiting London.Another lively market is the one situated in Portobello Road, where it is possible to find all kinds of antiques, as well as used records, antique clothes and jewels stalls. The best day to visit the market is Saturday, from early morning to circa 4.30 p.m.

Natural History and Geological Museum
This is where the natural history collections of Sir Slogane where moved to, which were the museum’s first collections. The museum is in a Victorian building designed by Alfred Waterhouse.The Natural History and Geological Museum is now one of the largest natural history museums in the world, with more than 65 million finds exhibited. In recent years the museum’s departments have been substituted by theme exhibitions, which bring together audio-visual and computerised aids with interactive mechanisms. In this way visits to the museum are transformed into an experience similar to the special effects of JurassicPark.

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Tower Bridge
It is the last bridge on the Thames in the urban area. It was designed by Sir Horace Jones in 1886, taking into consideration the need for aesthetic harmony with the Tower of London and the requirement of a structure which could be opened, thereby permitting the passage of ships. The building work was carried out through the collaboration of John Wolfe Barry and the engineer G.D. Stevenson. Seeing the bridge being opened is now a rare sight. The Tower Bridge Museum tells the history and functioning of the bridge. The entrance to the Tower is from the northern bank of the river; there is a glass covered pedestrian walkway which takes you to the other side of the river; the view is impressive. Tower Bridge is one of the symbols of London and it offers a indescribable sight, in particular at night when thousands of lights from the City make it even more beautiful.
National Gallery
The National Gallery has become a unique museum in the world because of the decision to exhibit its entire collection. In fact, visiting any one of its halls gives you a complete journey is the history of European Art in the XIII and XIX centuries. The second criteria for selecting the works of art was in fact that of promoting an understanding of the development of the different artistic schools and periods through the main works of art of the great masters.
The National Gallery is in a neoclassical building which occupies all of the northern side of Trafalgar Square. The museum’s original collection was made up of 38 paintings, bought by the English government in 1824. Subsequent purchases have brought the number of art works in the current collection to a total of circa 2000. In the National Gallery it is possible to admire, just to drop a few names, masterpieces of the Florentine Renaissance (Masaccio, Gentile da Fabriano, Lorenzo Monaco) and fourth century Sienese art works, not to mention Caravaggio paintings and other sixth century Italian paintings.




Buckingham Palace – The changing of the Guard
we highly recommend going to see one of the spectacular Changing of the Guard ceremonies. The changing of the guard takes place in front of Buckingham Palace, in front of the Horse Guards Palace and at St. James Palace. The most spectacular one is undoubtedly the one which takes place in front of Buckingham Palace. The new Guard, normally belonging to one of the Foot Guard’s (infantry) five regiments, with its scarlet uniforms and tall bearskin hats, line up in the Wellington Barracks courtyard in Birdcage Walk, at 10:45 a.m., to then march to the palace for the changing of the guards at 11.27 a.m.