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Великобритания

Великобрита́ния , или Соединённое Короле́вство , полная официальная форма — Соединённое Короле́вство Великобрита́нии и Се́верной Ирла́ндии , — островное государство на северо-западе от континентальной Европы. Единое Королевство Великобритания образовалось в 1707 году вследствие политического объединения королевств Шотландии и Англии; но ещё ранее, в 1603 году, король Шотландии Яков VI унаследовал престолы Англии и Ирландии в порядке личной унии . В 1800 году Королевство Великобритания и Королевство Ирландия объединились, образовав Соединённое Королевство Великобритании и Ирландии, которое после отделения от него в 1922 году Ирландского Свободного государства стало именоваться Соединённым Королевством Великобритании и Северной Ирландии. Великобритания — одно из крупнейших государств Европы, ядерная держава с 1952 года , постоянный член Совета Безопасности ООН, бывшая метрополия Британской империи; британский монарх также является главой 15 иных независимых государств и главой Содружества. Бывший центр мировой империи, Великобритания и сейчас играет важную роль в международных делах. Английский язык стал вторым языком во многих странах мира; он преобладает в интернете и других международных средствах связи. Экономика Великобритании — девятая в мире по уровню развития; военный бюджет страны — один из самых высоких в мире. Форма правления — парламентарная монархия. Форма государственного устройства — квази-унитарное государство, где с конца XX века три из четырёх составляющих стран обладают правами ограниченной автономии. Столица — город Лондон, один из крупнейших городов Европы и финансово-экономических центров мира. Официальные языки: по всей стране — английский; также официально признаны валлийский в Уэльсе; гэльский и скотс в Шотландии; корнский в Корнуолле ; ирландский в Северной Ирландии.

Balhousie Castle

Перт (Шотландия)

Balhousie Castle, located in Perth, Scotland , was built in the 17th century.

Merchant Company of Edinburgh

Эдинбург

The Royal Company of Merchants of the City of Edinburgh, also known as the Merchant Company of Edinburgh or just the Merchant Company, is a company or society with a Royal Charter from 1681, but dating back to at least 1260. The Company or Confraternity was created to protect trading rights of the merchants of the royal burgh of Edinburgh. It also carries out a significant amount of charitable and educational work. Along with the Incorporated Trades it is one of the Guilds of the City of Edinburgh. The company historically formed part of the now defunct Corporation of the City of Edinburgh.

Museum of Wigan Life

Уиган

The Museum of Wigan Life is a public museum and local history resource centre in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The nineteenth-century listed building is by the noted architect Alfred Waterhouse. It originally housed Wigan Library, where George Orwell researched his book The Road to Wigan Pier in 1936.The museum works with other museums in Greater Manchester as part of the Greater Manchester Museums Group .

Arlington Court

Девон (графство)

Arlington Court is a neoclassical style country house built 1820-23, situated in the parish of Arlington, next to the parish church of St James, 5 1/4 miles NE of Barnstaple, north Devon, England. It is a Grade II* listed building. The park and gardens are Grade II* listed in the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.The house was commissioned by Colonel John Palmer Chichester to the design of the North Devon architect Thomas Lee, replacing the earlier Georgian house of about 1790, built on a different site and demolished, designed by John Meadows. Arlington Court was considerably expanded in 1865 by John Palmer Chichester's grandson, Sir Alexander Palmer Bruce Chichester, 2nd Baronet , son of Sir John Palmer Bruce Chichester, 1st Baronet . In 1873 according to the Return of Owners of Land, 1873 the Arlington estate comprised about 5,300 acres.Sir Bruce's unmarried daughter and heiress, Rosalie Chichester , donated the mansion to the National Trust together with 3,500 acres two years before her death in 1949. Today, the house, together with the Chichester family's collection of antique furniture and an eclectic collection of family memorabilia, is fully open to the public.

Clevedon Court

Walton in Gordano

Clevedon Court is a manor house on Court Hill in Clevedon, North Somerset, England, dating from the early 14th century. It is now owned by the National Trust. It is designated as a Grade I listed building.The house was built and added to over many years. The great hall and chapel block are the earliest surviving parts of the structure with the west wing being added around 1570, when the windows and decoration of the rest of the building were changed. Further construction and adaptation was undertaken in the 18th century when it was owned by the Elton baronets. The house was acquired by the nation and was given to the National Trust in part-payment for death duties in 1960. The Elton family is still resident in the house, which is now open to the public. In addition to the main house, the grounds include a selection of walls and outbuildings, some of which date back to the 13th century. The gardens are listed on the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.

Milestones Museum

Basingstoke

Milestones Museum of Living History is a museum located on the Leisure Park in Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK. Milestones is made up of a network of streets that have been recreated according to those found in Victorian and 1930s Hampshire. It was opened on 1 December 2000 by Duke of Edinburgh as a joint project between Hampshire County Council and Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund. In the year running 2007/8 the museum received 88,338 visitors.In 2014, ownership of the Milestones Museum was transferred to the Hampshire Cultural Trust as part of a larger transfer of museums from Hampshire County Council and Winchester City Council.

Pembroke College, Oxford

Оксфорд

Pembroke College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England, located in Pembroke Square. The college was founded in 1624 by King James I of England, using in part the endowment of merchant Thomas Tesdale, and was named after William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, Lord Chamberlain and then-Chancellor of the University.Like many of Oxford's colleges, Pembroke admitted its first mixed-sex cohort in 1979, having previously accepted men only. As of 2019, Pembroke had an estimated financial endowment of £63 million. Pembroke offers the study of almost all the courses offered by the university. Sir Ernest Ryder, a former Lord Justice of Appeal, has been Master of the College since July 2020.

Сент-Джонс колледж (Оксфорд)

Оксфорд

Сент-Джонс — колледж Оксфордского университета. Является самым богатым колледжем университета, бюджет на 2010 год 313 млн фунтов. Помещения колледжа находятся на большой территории, они включают как современные постройки, так и древние здания колледжа.

Williamson Art Gallery and Museum

Уиррал

The Williamson Art Gallery and Museum is situated in Claughton, Birkenhead, Merseyside, England and houses the Wirral's art collection. Opened on 1 December 1928, the single-storey building is Neo-Georgian in style, and was deliberately designed to blend in with the local surroundings. Financial support for its establishment was provided by John Williamson, a Director of the Cunard Steamship Co. Ltd. and his son Patrick Williamson.Its collection includes Victorian oil paintings, including works by Albert Moore and Philip Steer, English watercolours, Liverpool Porcelain, and the UK's largest public collection of Della Robbia Pottery. It also has a large collection of ship models, focusing on Cammell Laird shipbuilders, the Mersey Ferries, and the vessels that used the River Mersey. The gallery also hosts regular exhibitions that can include work by nationally and internationally renowned artists. There are regular musical concerts and the gallery is also a venue for art and crafts workshops.

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