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Westminster Abbey was built by Edward the Confessor and completed just before his death in 1065. Since William the Conqueror all the kings & queens of England have been crowned here.
The lion sculpture was once painted red and stood over the Red Lion Brewery on the South Bank in the 18th century. When the area was redeveloped in the 1950s the lion was saved and moved here.
The Mall took on its current form as a royal processional route around 1912. The palace approach was widened, and Admiralty Arch was built at one end and the Victoria Memorial at the other
London Bridge was once crowded with buildings and prone to fires. It survived the 1666 Great Fire because an earlier fire had destroyed houses at the north end, creating a fire break!
This place is MASSIVE. In total, there are five arenas, each hosting a different sport at the Games. You could stay here for-ev-er.
Be prepared for an unreal athletic demonstration. Volleyball players have some of the highest vertical jumps of any group of athletes.
The home of tennis and of The Championships, Wimbledon, Olympic tennis will have one major difference here: The players do not have to wear white.
It took 5 ½ Olympic swimming pools worth of dirt to build the BMX track. That’s a lot of dirt, but the awesome riding here will make it worth it.
Be prepared to see some unreal hand-eye coordination on display here for the Badminton competition during London 2012.
True story: the waters here are credited by the Royal Yachting Association as the best in Northern Europe. Guess it’s not too bad a spot for Olympic Sailing.
This entire arena has been built as a temporary. One idea for its usage after the Games is to pack it all up and ship it to Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 Olympics.
The Velodrome will play host to all cycling events for the Olympics. It is also endearingly known as The Pringle due to its unique shape akin to the popular snack.
Phelps. Lochte. Records being broken. This is the place to see all three.
Given its reputation, you wouldn’t think the Jazz Café was such a newbie on London’s music map, but the venue was only converted from a branch of Barclays in 1990. Baca selengkapnya.
The Olympic Park contains several sporting venues such as Zaha Hadid's Aquatics Centre. In 2013, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee.
