Культурология. Горелова А.В - 57 стр.

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are the Banqueting House of Whitehall Palace, and Kew Palace with Queen
Charlotte’s Cottage, sited in the heart of the beautiful and popular Kew Gardens.
5.8. Buckingham Palace: Facts and Figures
Buckingham Palace first threw its doors open to the public in 1993 and
since then more then two million people have visited it. It is the administrative
base of the United Kingdom monarchy and it is also official London residence
of Queen Elizabeth the 2
nd
, so some parts of the building remain private. But
there is an official tour that includes all 18 of the State Rooms that are used for
official, state and ceremonial occasions. The palace is on the ‘must see’ list for
most visitors to London.
Public Art Gallery to Open at Buckingham Palace. Plans for a public
art gallery at Buckingham Palace, London, have been unveiled. The
development, which will be completed it time for Queen Elizabeth the 2
nd
Golden Jubilee in 2002, would improve the showing of the Royal Collection,
one of the largest accumulations of art in the world. The collection, which is
entirely self-financing, comprises some 9,000 pictures along with books,
furniture, sculpture, glass, porcelain, armour, textiles and jewellery including the
Crown Jewels. The Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh and the Prince of Wales have
all ‘taken an active and enthusiastic part’ in the project that will consist of a
series of interconnected rooms. For example, there will be a Stranding Gallery to
be open all year round to snow a selection of a paintings; a Graphic Art Gallery
exhibiting drawings and watercolors, and a Micro Gallery providing electronic
assess to the Royal Collection. The present gallery will close at the end of 1999
and is due to reopen, in its new form, in February 2002.
Taking Stock of the Royal Swans. Each year in the third week of July a
group of men wearing colorful jackets take to the River Thames in traditional
rowing skiffs as part of a historic conservation programme. Their task is to
check on the population of swans - the United Kingdom’s largest bird - along
the river between Sunbury Lock, near Hampton Court Palace, in southwest
London, and Abington Bridge, near Oxford. The practice is known as swan
upping and has been taking place since the 12
th
century.
5.9. Bronte Sisters
Bronte, Anne, pseudonym Acton Bell (b. Jan.17, 1820, Thornton,
Yorkshire, Eng.- d. May 28,1849, Scarborough, Yorkshire), English poet and
novelist, author of Agnes Grey (1847) and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848),
generally considered less brilliant than the novels of her two sisters, Charlotte
and Emily Bronte.
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