England Photos

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-7-11 17:03:54

stonehenge-twilight_3582_600x450.jpg 保存到相册

Get Wallpaper

Stonehenge

Photograph by Ken Geiger, National Geographic Staff

Stonehenge, on Salisbury Plain, is arguably England's greatest archaeological treasure. Though weathered and broken, its ruins are a window on a prehistoric world, guarding secrets after more than 4,500 years. Here, lights from the nearby town of Amesbury lend a lavender glow to the sky above the enigmatic monument

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-7-11 17:04:08

hadrian-wall-england_9048_600x450.jpg 保存到相册

Hadrian's Wall

Photograph by Rod Edwards/Photo Library

Named for the Roman emperor who commissioned it in A.D. 122, Hadrian's Wall stretches 73 miles (117 kilometers) across northern England from coast to coast. Its purpose: to deter the barbarians in what is now Scotland from their raids on Roman Britain. It was eventually breached in A.D. 367, and Roman rule in Britain ended about 40 years later.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-7-11 17:04:24

buckingham-palace-guard_12369_600x450.jpg 保存到相册

Buckingham Palace, London

Photograph by Greg Peters, My Shot

Seeing the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace is an obligatory stop for tourists in London. The ceremony takes place daily from March 31 to July 31 and on alternate days the rest of the year. The Queen's Guard's iconic fuzzy hats, called "bearskins," can be up to 80 years old and are handed down from generation to generation.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-7-11 17:04:37

kew-gardens-london_9049_600x450.jpg 保存到相册

Kew Gardens, London

Photograph by Jonathan Blair

London's Kew Gardens, formally called the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, began as a private garden at a royal estate in the 16th century. In 1759, after several ownership changes, Princess Augusta began to build the garden's exotic plant collection. It now holds about 33,000 types of living plants, millions of dried specimens, and a voluminous research library. Here, a gardener carries the massive pad of a Victoria amazonica lily.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-7-11 17:05:16

british-museum_9046_600x450.jpg 保存到相册

British Museum, London

Photograph by Rick Wianecki, My Shot

World renowned for its focus on archaeology, London's British Museum started in 1753 from three private collections. This view from above shows the recently completed glass-and-steel canopy over the Great Court. In the middle is the famed circular Reading Room, where such literary luminaries as Karl Marx and Virginia Woolf once went to study and write.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-7-11 17:07:41

lake-district-united-kingdom_9050_600x450.jpg 保存到相册

Lake District

Photograph by Nicolas Pogrebniak, My Shot

England's famed Lake District, in the northwestern county of Cumbria, boasts breathtaking scenery that has inspired some of the country's most famous poets and novelists. Blanketed by rolling mountains, the isolated region is home to an abundance of wildlife, some found only here and nowhere else.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-7-11 17:07:53

london-south-bank_9051_600x450.jpg 保存到相册

London Cafe

Photograph by Jodi Cobb

Until recently, there was little reason to venture to London's Southwark neighborhood, a bleak urban jungle of warehouses and wharves. But a successful effort to transform the borough has shifted London's center of gravity south. Now, upscale restaurants and clubs, pricey real estate, and edgy architecture attract London's bon vivants across the Thames.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-7-11 17:08:05

nanew-globe-theater-london_9053_600x450.jpg 保存到相册

Globe Theatre, London

Photograph by Jodi Cobb

Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in Bankside, London, represents a well-studied best guess at what William Shakespeare's original 1599 Globe playhouse might have looked like. Finished in 1997, the Globe was constructed near the site of the original theater using techniques and materials common in the 1500s, including a reed-thatch roof. Here, actors perform Julius Caesar before a packed house.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-7-11 17:08:19

natural-history-museum_9057_600x450.jpg 保存到相册

Natural History Museum, London

Photograph by Bryanna Plog, My Shot

The cathedral-like Central Hall of London's Natural History Museum boasts a towering arched ceiling ribbed with exposed iron beams and adorned with hundreds of hand-painted tiles depicting plants and animals. Designed in the 1860s in the German Romanesque style by architect Alfred Waterhouse, the building first opened its doors in 1881.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-7-11 17:08:34

tower-bridge-london_9054_600x450.jpg 保存到相册

Tower Bridge, London

Photograph by Tomasz Zakrzewski, My Shot

Among the most famous spans in the world, London's Tower Bridge is named not for its massive support structures but for its proximity to the Tower of London. Completed in 1894 after eight years of construction, it was the largest and most sophisticated bascule bridge (drawbridge) of its time. In 2008, work began on a three-year, $6.6 million restoration project, including a new coat of paint for the bridge's flashy blue suspension chain.

帐号		自动登录	找回密码
密码			免费注册

[其他] England Photos

相关帖子 » 标签