Question

Przygotuj 2 opisy ciekawych miejsc (2) Po angielsku !!

Answer 1

Big Ben:

Is the nickname for the great bell of the clock at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London, and is generally extended to refer to the clock or the clock tower as well. The clock tower holds the largest four-faced chiming clock in the world and is the third-tallest free-standing clock tower. It celebrated its 150th anniversary on 31 May 2009, during which celebratory events took place. The tower was completed in 1858 and has become one of the most prominent symbols of both London and England, often in the establishing shot of films set in the city.

 

London Eye:

Also known as the London Eye Millennium Wheel - observation wheel. Designed by David Marks, Julia Barfield, Malcolm Cook, Mark Sparrowhawk, Steven Chilton and Nic Bailey. Wheel is located in the London Borough of Lambeth in London, on the southern bank of the Thames between Hungerford and Westminster Bridges. London Eye has a height of 135 meters. At the wheel there are 32 air-conditioned passenger capsules combined with the outer periphery of the wheel, which rotates at a speed of about 0.9 km / h. Full rotation of the wheel takes 27 minutes exactly, and 21-22 seconds. Wheel does not stop to pick up and setting down passengers - low speed allows you to make these operations have been performed.

Answer 2

Warsaw is a city situated on the Vistula River, in the region of Mazovia. Since 1596, the Polish capital. Here are the highest offices of government: President of the Republic, the Parliament, the Senate, the Council of Ministers, the Supreme Court and central offices.

Warsaw was founded at the turn of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, however, had already existed in this place fair settlement. In the sixteenth century, Warsaw was one of the residence of the dukes of Mazovia. The biggest boost in Warsaw in the years 1674 - 1696 when it ruled Jan III Sobieski and the years 1764 - 1795 during the reign of Stanisław August Poniatowski. During the partition of Polish city comes under the sovereignty of Prussia, later becoming the capital of the Duchy of Warsaw, then part of the Polish Kingdom. In 1918, Warsaw again became the capital of an independent state, and six years later, reached number equal to one million inhabitants.

 

 

 

 

The first information on the Gdynia comes from 1253, where he is mentioned as a village called Gdina. The 1308 is dominated by the army of the Teutonic Knights, and only in 1466 by the Second Peace of Thorn returns to Polish. In 1772, Gdynia comes under Prussian partition.

In 1870 opened a rail link from the Gdynia Gdansk to Szczecin. At the beginning of the twentieth century became famous bathing place, the construction of the port and the city. February 10, 1926 Gdynia obtained city rights. Public space is opened less than a year later.

During the Second World War, the city has survived almost untouched, but the port was completely destroyed. In 1970 took place in Gdynia many strikes and demonstrations workers erected in memory of the victims of Monument to the Victims of December 1970.

Today Gdynia is the center of many cultural events, in addition to Gdansk and Sopot is a tourist attraction in the region. Numerous museums and pleasant atmosphere of the city attracts many tourists.

 

 

 

 

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