BLOOMSBURY - THE BRITISH MUSEUM

Marta Tortajada, 1st A

The British Museum in London is the UK’s largest museum and one of the most visited all over the world. It is located in the Bloomsbury area since its opening, in January of 1759. It has got more than seven million of objects from all the continents.

The Rosetta stone is one of its most important things. It is a part of an ancient Egyptian granodiorite stele from Memphis inscribed with a text that provided the key to understand Egyptian hieroglyphs. It is written in three ancient alphabets. It has been in the British Museum since 1802.

The Egyptian mummies collection is the most popular part of the museum. This collection contains about 140 mummies, the largest collection outside Egypt. There are also some tombs and death masks from these mummies.

The Elgin Marbles, known also as the Parthenon Marbles because they were originally part from the Greek Parthenon, are a collection of classical Greek marble sculptures and architectonical members from ancient Greek art. They are from Athens.

The last of the most important things of this museum is the Mildenhall Treasure, which contains pieces that belong to the most valuable Roman art. This treasure, which is a Roman highly decorated silver tableware from the fourth century, was found in Britain.

HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT AND GREAT SCOTLAND YARD

The Houses of Parliament, also known as the Palace of Westminster is the seat of Britain's two parliamentary houses, the House of Lords and the House of Commons.

In the middle of the 11th century, King Edward the Confessor had moved his court to the Palace of Westminster, situated on a central site near the river Thames.
In 1265 a parliament was created with two houses: the Lords and the Commons. The House of Lords met at the Palace of Westminster while the House of Commons did not have a permanent location. After King Henry VIII moved his court to Whitehall Palace in 1530, the House of Lords continued to meet in Westminster. In 1547 the House of Commons also moved here, confirming Westminster as the central seat of government, a position it still holds today.

Great Scotland Yard is a street in the St James's district within the City of Westminster, London. This is the street that gave its name to the Metropolitan Police of Greater London, which is called Scotland Yard. The Metropolitan Police force was formed in 1829. It remained there until 1890, when it moved out of Great Scotland Yard to new premises at Victoria Embankment. At that time, the Metropolitan Police changed its name to New Scotland Yard. In 1967, it moved again to 10 The Broadway, where it is still located today.