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London, England

The Romans named it Londinium when they built it around 50AD. Londinium grew to a port city with a population of about 45,000 people and was a major trade center for Rome. The Romans left England in 407AD, and were replaced by the Anglo-Saxons, who came from the German regions of Angeln and Saxony. Anglo-Saxon rule ended in 1066 following the death of Edward the Confessor. William of Normandy claimed the crown and crossed the channel from France to defeat Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings. The rest, as they say, is history.

Over the Top - London, England Third Place 2008
The London Eye, built for the millennium, sits at the center of London as a symbol of modern Britain. Since its opening in 2000, the London Eye attracts 3.5 million paid visitors per year. The wheel is 442 feet high with a circumference of 1,392 feet. Thirty-two capsules can carry 800 passengers during each thirty minute rotation. The slow rotation allows passengers to step on and off without stopping the wheel. On a clear London day, passengers can see as far as Windsor Castle, about twenty-five miles from the London Eye.
The Clock Tower—London, England
The Clock Tower is at the northeast end of the Houses of Parliament in Westminster. The largest of the five tower bells, Big Ben, first rang in July of 1859. Big Ben is heard on the hour, and the four smaller bells are heard playing Westminster Quarters each quarter hour. The clock's reliability is famous. The time is kept fine tuned by placing a stack of old penny coins on top of the pendulum. Adding or removing the pennies alters the pendulum's center of gravity. Adding or removing a penny changes the clock's timing by four tenths of a second per day.
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Crooked Tree
Driveway
Hanger
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Chariot
Porcupine
Leaving
Blue Casino

Tilt-A-Phone—London, England
Sir Giles Gilbert Scott designed the bright red telephone booth seen on the streets throughout the United Kingdom, Malta, Bermuda, and Gibraltar. It is red so it is easy to spot. The red booth resulted from a competition held in 1924 to design a kiosk acceptable to the various London boroughs. The United Kingdom Post Office originally produced a concrete phone kiosk in 1920, which was considered atrocious. In 1952, Elizabeth II departed from the practice of using the "Tudor Crown" as the symbol of government began using a representation of the actual crown used at coronations—St. Edwards Crown.
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Dolphin Boy
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Big Ben-Up Close The Clock Tower is at the northeast end of the Houses of Parliament in Westminster. The largest of the five tower bells, Big Ben, first rang in July of 1859. Big Ben is heard on the hour, and the four smaller bells are heard playing Westminster Quarters each quarter hour. The clock's reliability is famous. The time is kept fine tuned by placing a stack of old penny coins on top of the pendulum. Adding or removing the pennies alters the pendulum's center of gravity. Adding or removing a penny changes the clock's timing by four tenths of a second per day.
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