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Londres / Reino Unido

Londres é a capital da Inglaterra e do Reino Unido. Por dois milênios, foi um grande povoado e sua história remonta à sua fundação pelos romanos, quando foi nomeada Londínio. O centro de Londres, a antiga City of London, também conhecida como The Square Mile ou The City, mantém suas fronteiras medievais. Pelo menos desde o século XIX, o nome "Londres" se refere à metrópole desenvolvida em torno desse núcleo. Hoje, a maior parte dessa conurbação constitui a região da Grande Londres, cuja área administrativa tem seu próprio prefeito eleito e assembleia.Londres é uma importante cidade global e é um dos maiores, mais importantes e influentes centros financeiros do mundo. O centro de Londres abriga a sede de mais da metade das 100 melhores companhias do Reino Unido e mais de 100 das 500 maiores da Europa. Londres possui forte influência na política, finanças, educação, entretenimento, mídia, moda, artes e cultura em geral, o que contribui para a sua posição global. É um importante destino turístico para visitantes nacionais e estrangeiros. Londres sediou os Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 1908, 1948 e 2012.Londres tem uma gama diversa de povos, culturas e religiões e mais de 300 idiomas são falados em seu território. Em julho de 2007, a população oficial era de 7 556 900 habitantes dentro dos limites de Londres, tornando-se o município mais populoso da União Europeia. Sua área urbana tem uma população de 8 278 251 habitantes, enquanto a região metropolitana tem uma população total estimada entre 12 milhões e 14 milhões de habitantes. O Metrô de Londres, administrado pela Transport for London, é a mais extensa rede ferroviária subterrânea do mundo, o Aeroporto de Londres Heathrow é o aeroporto mais movimentado do mundo em número de passageiros internacionais. e o espaço aéreo da cidade é o mais movimentado do qualquer outro centro urbano do mundo.A cidade possui quatro Patrimônios Mundiais: a Torre de Londres; os Reais Jardins Botânicos de Kew; o local que compreende o Palácio de Westminster, a Abadia de Westminster e a Igreja de Santa Margarida; e o local histórico de Greenwich . Outros marcos famosos incluem o Palácio de Buckingham, a London Eye, Piccadilly Circus, a Catedral de São Paulo, a Tower Bridge, a Trafalgar Square e o The Shard. Londres é a sede de inúmeros museus, galerias, bibliotecas e outras instituições culturais, como o Museu Britânico, a National Gallery, Tate Modern e a Biblioteca Britânica. O metrô de Londres é a mais antiga rede ferroviária subterrânea do mundo.

University of Greenwich

Londres / Reino Unido

The University of Greenwich is a public university located in London and Kent, United Kingdom. Previous names include Woolwich Polytechnic and Thames Polytechnic.The university's main campus is at the Old Royal Naval College, which along with its Avery Hill Campus, is located in the Royal Borough of Greenwich. Greenwich also has a satellite campus in Medway, Kent, as part of a shared campus. The university's range of subjects includes architecture, business, computing, mathematics, education, engineering, humanities, maritime studies, natural sciences, pharmacy and social sciences. Greenwich's alumni include two Nobel laureates. In 2019, the university was awarded the Queen's Anniversary Prize for its research in pest management and control to combat human and animal diseases in the UK and internationally. It received a Silver rating in the UK government's Teaching Excellence Framework.

Universidade de Londres

Londres / Reino Unido

A Universidade de Londres é uma federação de faculdades e instituições situada em Londres e fundada em 1836. Juntos constituem uma das maiores universidades do mundo. Aproximadamente 5% de todos os estudantes britânicos atendem uma de suas filiais.[carece de fontes?]

18 Stafford Terrace

Londres / Reino Unido

18 Stafford Terrace, formerly known as Linley Sambourne House, was the home of the Punch illustrator Edward Linley Sambourne in Kensington, London. The house, now Grade II* listed, is currently open to the public as a museum. 18 Stafford Terrace was an almost new townhouse when the Sambournes moved in, in 1875. It was Linley Sambourne who set about re-decorating the house in the Aesthetic style. Today the house is a fine example of middle-class Aestheticism; its influences can still be seen permeating throughout the house, from decorative Sunflower motifs in the stained glass windows to the fine selection of William Morris wallpapers that hang within the rooms through to the displayed collection of blue-and-white Chinese import porcelain.

Cemitério de Kensal Green

Londres / Reino Unido

Kensal Green Cemetery é um cemitério em Kensal Green, no oeste de Londres, Inglaterra. Foi imortalizado no poema The Rolling English Road de G. K. Chesterton, de seu livro The Flying Inn: "Porque há ainda notícias boas para serem ouvidas e coisas boas para serem vistas; Antes de irmos para o Paraíso via Kensal Green". Ele ainda está em operação, é um dos sete cemitérios monumentais londrinos e o mais antigo deles.

Danson House

Londres / Reino Unido

Danson House is a Palladian mansion and a Grade I listed building at the centre of Danson Park, in Welling in the London Borough of Bexley, south-east London.

Palácio de Eltham

Londres / Reino Unido

O Eltham Palace é um antigo palácio Real da Inglaterra, situado em Eltham, dentro do borough londrino de Greenwich, no sudeste de Londres. Actualmente, está na posse do English Heritage e encontra-se aberto ao público. Tem sido dito que a Art Deco presente no interior do palácio é uma "obra prima do desenho moderno".

Florence Nightingale Museum

Londres / Reino Unido

The Florence Nightingale Museum is located at St Thomas' Hospital, which faces the Palace of Westminster across the River Thames in South Bank, central London, England. It is open to the public seven days a week. It reopened on 12 May 2010 following an extensive £1.4m refurbishment.The museum tells the real story of Florence Nightingale, "the lady with the lamp", from her Victorian childhood to her experiences in the Crimean, through to her years as an ardent campaigner for health reform. Nightingale is recognised as the founder of modern nursing in the United Kingdom. The new museum explains her legacy and also celebrates nursing today: it is a member of The London Museums of Health & Medicine group. In 1860, four years after her famous involvement in the Crimean War, Nightingale founded the Nightingale Training School for nurses at St. Thomas' Hospital and the museum is located on this site.The new museum is designed around three pavilions that tell her story. The Gilded Cage tells the story of Nightingale's privileged childhood and her struggle against stifling social conventions. The Calling shows how Nightingale and her team coped with the crisis in the military hospitals where the legend of the lady with the lamp was born. Reform and Inspire shows the other side of Nightingale, the reformer who campaigned tirelessly for health reform at home and abroad. Highlights from the Collection include the writing slate Nightingale used as a child, her pet owl Athena , and Nightingale's medicine chest, which she took with her to the Crimean. It contains a mix of medicines and herbal remedies, from bicarbonate of soda to powdered rhubarb. The museum displays a rare Register of Nurses that lists women who served under Nightingale in the military hospitals in Turkey and the Crimean. Audio tours are free with entry and accessed via a set of stethoscopes. Interactive exhibits have been created to offer different ways of exploring Florence's story and influence. Free creative activities for children are offered during the holidays. There is also a resource centre which is open by appointment to students, academics and other researchers, who may use the museum's collections, books and documents related to Florence Nightingale. The museum is a member of the London Museums of Health & Medicine.

Fulham Library

Londres / Reino Unido

Fulham Library is a Grade II listed building at 598 Fulham Road, Fulham, London. It was built in 1908, and the architect was Henry Hare.Among the staff was Edward Dudley, winner of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals first Cilip medal, who worked there as a librarian from 1936 to 1939.

Lambeth Archives

Londres / Reino Unido

Lambeth Archives is an archive in South London, managed by the London Borough of Lambeth. Containing records of Lambeth businesses, organisations and individuals, it is housed at the Minet Library on Knatchbull Road. The archive holds various documents for tracing family history, including parish records, electoral registers, civil registers, census returns, poll books, cemetery records, trade and commercial directories, and historic newspapers. The archive is open to the public free of charge.

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