Match the place with its name. 

1. From prison to palace, treasure vault to private zoo, the magnificent __________ has fulfilled many different roles down the centuries. One of Britain's most iconic structures, this spectacular World Heritage Site offers hours of fascination for visitors curious about the country's rich history - after all, so much of it happened here. Inside the massive White Tower, built in 1078 by William the Conqueror, is the 17th-century Line of Kings with its remarkable displays of royal armaments and armor. 

 

2. Displaying one of the world's finest collections of antiquities, the _________ contains more than 13 million artifacts from the ancient world. With priceless objects from Assyria, Babylonia, China, Europe, and elsewhere, it's hard to know where to begin. But most tourists head first for the museum's most famous exhibits: the controversial Elgin Marbles from the Parthenon, the Rosetta Stone, the colossal bust of Ramesses II, the Egyptian mummies, and the spectacular hoard of 4th-century Roman silver known as the Mildenhall Treasure. 

 

3. Nothing screams "London" more emphatically than the 318-foot tower housing the giant clock and its resounding bell known as _________ . It's as iconic a landmark as Tower Bridge, and the tolling of ________ is known throughout the world as the time signal of the BBC. Below it, stretching along the Thames, are the Houses of _________ , seat of Britain's government for many centuries and once the site of the royal Westminster Palace occupied by William the Conqueror. 

 

4. ________________ is part of a South Kensington-based group of museums that includes the Natural History Museum and Science Museum. Founded in 1852, the ________ covers close to 13 acres and contains 145 galleries spanning some 5,000 years of art and related artifacts. 

Exhibits include ceramics and glass, textiles and costumes, silver and jewelry, ironwork, sculpture, prints, and photos, and are conveniently arranged into four main categories: Asia; Furniture, Textiles, and Fashion; Sculpture, Metalwork, Ceramics, and Glass; and Word and Image. 

 

5. Another location with a long association with British royalty, ______________ stands on a site that's been associated with Christianity since the early 7th century. Officially known as the Collegiate Church of St. Peter in Westminster, __________ was founded by Edward the Confessor in 1065 as his place of interment. 

 

6. This masterpiece of Gothic architecture not only has the highest Gothic nave in England (102 feet), it's also one of London's most popular tourist attractions, drawing well over a million visitors each year. Highlights of a visit include seeing the more than 600 memorials in the Nave, including the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior; Poet's Corner in the Transepts, with its memorials to the likes of Shakespeare, Chaucer, and Dickens; the Westminster Abbey Museum; and the attractive gardens. 

 

1. Westminster Abbey 

2. Natural History Museum 

3. The Tower of London and Tower Bridge 

4. The British Museum 

5. The Victoria and Albert Museum 

6. Big Ben and Parliament

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  1. 1. The Tower of London and Tower Bridge 

    2. Big Ben and Parliament

    3. ?

    4. Natural History Museum 

    5.Westminster Abbey  

    6. -

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  2. 1. Westminster Abbey

    2. Natural History Museum

    3. The Tower of London and Tower Bridge

    4. The British Museum

    5. The Victoria and Albert Museum

    6. Big Ben and Parliament

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