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Londra / Regno Unito

Londra è la capitale e maggiore città dell'Inghilterra e del Regno Unito, con i suoi 8 961 989 abitanti. La sua estensione territoriale la rende la terza città più estesa d'Europa, preceduta da Mosca e Istanbul e seguita da San Pietroburgo, Roma e Berlino. L'area metropolitana conta infatti circa 14 milioni di residenti e si estende per svariate decine di chilometri lungo la valle del Tamigi, fino al suo enorme estuario. Molti degli abitanti, chiamati londinesi , provengono dall'estero o sono di origine straniera, il che la rende una delle città più cosmopolite e multietniche del mondo. Londra è stata la capitale dell'Impero britannico e quindi meta di flussi migratori durante e soprattutto dopo la fine dell'era coloniale. Ha il più elevato PIL fra tutte le città europee e il quinto al mondo. I suoi sei aeroporti internazionali ne fanno il più grande snodo del traffico aereo globale; è anche sede del più antico sistema di metropolitana del mondo, la London Underground . È la seconda città più visitata al mondo dal turismo internazionale, dopo Bangkok in Asia. Per tutte le caratteristiche elencate, Londra conquista il titolo di Città globale, classificandosi come l'unica città britannica nella lista delle Città Mondiali Alfa. A Londra hanno sede numerose istituzioni, organizzazioni e società internazionali. Vi si trovano importanti musei e teatri; la città contiene quattro patrimoni dell'umanità. Inoltre, presso Buckingham Palace vi risiede stabilmente il monarca del Regno Unito, ed il Palazzo di Westminster ospita il Parlamento; il numero 10 Downing Street è la residenza del Primo ministro e la sede del Governo del Regno Unito. Dal 2000, con le riforme volute dal governo di Tony Blair, Londra è amministrata secondo una speciale legislazione sui generis che determina e coordina i poteri della superiore Autorità della Grande Londra, composta dal Sindaco e dall'Assemblea di Londra, con quelli di 33 borghi londinesi a livello inferiore.

Museo della scienza (Londra)

Londra / Regno Unito

Il Museo della scienza di Londra è uno dei tre maggiori musei lungo la Exhibition Road a South Kensington. Fu fondato nel 1857 e al giorno d'oggi costituisce una delle principali attrazioni culturali della capitale inglese. Come molti altri musei che si basano sulle donazioni, non richiede il pagamento di un biglietto. Ad ogni modo, in occasione di esposizioni temporanee, potrebbero essere applicate delle tariffe speciali.

Londra / Regno Unito

Bruce Castle is a Grade I listed 16th-century manor house in Lordship Lane, Tottenham, London. It is named after the House of Bruce who formerly owned the land on which it is built. Believed to stand on the site of an earlier building, about which little is known, the current house is one of the oldest surviving English brick houses. It was remodelled in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. The house has been home to Sir William Compton, the Barons Coleraine and Sir Rowland Hill, among others. After serving as a school during the 19th century, when a large extension was built to the west, it was converted into a museum exploring the history of the areas now constituting London Borough of Haringey and, on the strength of its connection with Sir Rowland Hill, the history of the Royal Mail. The building also houses the archives of the London Borough of Haringey. Since 1892 the grounds have been a public park, Tottenham's oldest.

William Morris Gallery

Londra / Regno Unito

The William Morris Gallery is a museum devoted to the life and works of William Morris, an English Arts and Crafts designer and early socialist. It is located in Walthamstow at Water House, a substantial Grade II* listed Georgian home. The extensive grounds of the building are a public park, known as Lloyd Park.

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital

Londra / Regno Unito

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital is a 430-bed teaching hospital located in Chelsea, London. Although the Hospital has been at its present site since only 1993, the Hospital has a rich history in that it serves as the new site for the Westminster Hospital. It is operated by Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, and has close ties with Imperial College London. Many of the hospital's employees hold research contracts with Imperial College London, and the hospital plays an integral role in teaching students at Imperial College London.

South London Gallery

Londra / Regno Unito

The South London Gallery, founded 1891, is a public-funded gallery of contemporary art in Camberwell, London. Until 1992, it was known as the South London Art Gallery, and nowadays the acronym SLG is often used. Margot Heller became its director in 2001.

Royal College of Physicians

Londra / Regno Unito

The Royal College of Physicians is a British professional body dedicated to improving the practice of medicine, chiefly through the accreditation of physicians by examination. Founded in 1518, it set the first international standard in the classification of diseases, and its library contains medical texts of great historical interest. The college hosts four training faculties: the Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine, the Faculty for Pharmaceutical Medicine, the Faculty of Occupational Medicine and the Faculty of Physician Associates. The college is sometimes referred to as the Royal College of Physicians of London to differentiate it from other similarly named bodies. Its home in Regent's Park is one of the few post-war buildings to be granted Grade I listed status. In 2016 it was announced that the North of England centre of excellence was to be based at a new building in the Liverpool Knowledge Quarter in Liverpool. The new centre is set to open in 2020.

Londra / Regno Unito

The 4th House of Orléans , sometimes called the House of Bourbon-Orléans to distinguish it, is the fourth holder of a surname previously used by several branches of the Royal House of France, all descended in the legitimate male line from the dynasty's founder, Hugh Capet. The house was founded by Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, younger son of Louis XIII and younger brother of Louis XIV, the "Sun King". From 1709 until the French Revolution, the Orléans dukes were next in the order of succession to the French throne after members of the senior branch of the House of Bourbon, descended from Louis XIV. Although Louis XIV's direct descendants retained the throne, his brother Philippe's descendants flourished until the end of the French monarchy. The Orléanists held the French throne from 1830 to 1848 and are still pretenders to the French throne today.

St George's Hospital

Londra / Regno Unito

St George's Hospital is a teaching hospital in Tooting, London. Founded in 1733, it is one of the UK's largest teaching hospitals and one of the largest hospitals in Europe. It is run by the St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. It shares its main hospital site in Tooting in the London Borough of Wandsworth, with St George's, University of London which trains NHS staff and carries out advanced medical research. The hospital has around 1,300 beds and most general tertiary care such as accident and emergency, maternity services and care for older people and children. However, as a major acute hospital, St George's Hospital also offers specialist care for the more complex injuries and illnesses, including trauma, neurology, cardiac care, renal transplantation, cancer care and stroke. It is also home to one of four major trauma centres and one of eight hyper-acute stroke units for London. St George's Hospital also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in the South East of England, for specialities such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide endoscopy training service.

Museum of Freemasonry

Londra / Regno Unito

Museum of Freemasonry , based at Freemasons’ Hall, London, is a fully accredited museum since 2014, with a designated outstanding collection of national importance since 2007 and registered charitable trust since 1996. The facility encompasses a museum, library, and archive. The collections are composed of masonic ceremonial objects, jewellery, regalia, ceramics, glassware, silverware, clocks, furniture, books, prints and manuscripts relating to English freemasonry and its interactions with overseas lodges and orders. It also retains artefacts relating to other associated fraternal orders and friendly societies such as the Oddfellows, Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, Sons of the Phoenix and Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia. The Museum is open to the public Monday to Saturday, 10am to 5pm. Admission is free.