on the senate square in st. petersburg there is a monument to peter the great ( peter l ) which is called the "bronze horseman". this is a giant equestrian statue made of bronze. peter the great sits proudly astride a beautiful horse. a cloak is fluttering behind him, and you can see a laurel wreath of the winner on his head. his right hand is raised and points towards the neva river, the left hand gripps the reins. under the hooves of his horse there is a wriggling snake - a symbol of the defeated enemies of russia.
a famous sculptor etienne falcone created this monument on the order of catherine the great. he worked at this sculpture for 12 years, and a student marie ann colo helped him. she made the head of the sculpture.
it took a lot of time to find a suitable stone for the pedestal. a huge piece of grey granite was at last found on the shore of the gulf of finland. it was called a thunder stone. hundreds of people were involved to move this huge stone to st.petersburg. later on alexander pushkin wrote a poem about peter the first and he called it "the bronze horseman." so the sculpture got its name.
1. Its official name is the Palace of Westminster. Most of the building was built in
1840 after a fire in 1834 destroyed the old palace. At the north end of the building
by Westminster Bridge in the famous clock tower, Big Ben. In fact Big Ben is
really the name of the bell in the tower not the clock.
2. It is London’s oldest building. Since it was built by William the Conqueror in the
11th century, this castle has been a royal palace, a prison, a place of execution, a
zoo, the Royal Mint and observatory. Today it’s a museum and houses the crown
Jewels. Gift shop.
Open Monday- Saturday 9.30 - 5.45, Sundays 2-5.45
3. It is situated in Kensington. One of London’s greatest museums. A huge
collection of animals and plants, including a quarter of a million butterflies, a
blue whale and the famous dinosaur skeletons. Cafeteria, gift shop and book
shop.
Open daily 10-5.45
4. It is 10 miles outside London on a hill above the river Thames. It contains
telescopes and displays about astronomy, including Halley’s Comet and Black
Holes. The international meridian line runs through the Observatory.
Video theatre and souvenir shop. Picnic in the park. Take a river boat to
Greenwich from Westminster Bridge.
Open 10.30- 5.30 p.m., closed 25-28 December.
А. The National History Museum
B. The Royal Observatory
C. The Houses of Parliament
D. The Tower of London
E. HidePark
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Переведите текст на язык . florence nightingale got her name from the city of florence. at that time women didn't work. they served tea and gave parties. florence didn't like this lifestyle. she was interested in books and medicine and wanted to go to university. at first her family was against it, but after many emotional battles her father agreed. she got a good education in germany and started to work in a hospital when she came back to england.march 1854 brought the start of the crimean war when britain, france and turkey declared war on russia. florence nightingale left england and became a nursing administrator of the english general hospitals in turkey. she took 38 other nurses with her. together they went to battlefields and organized hospitals. the wounded soldiers called her an angel because at night she went from one bed to another with a lamp. florence nightingale has stayed in history as "the lady with the lamp" the first professional nurse who saved thousands of lives.