Travel around London online, historic sites with new ideas

Historic sites around the world bear the historical memory of generations, witness the brilliant human civilization, and are the precious cultural heritage that the whole society protects together.

Release time : 2020-04-21 14:23:55

source : London&Partners

Historic sites around the world bear the historical memory of generations, witness the brilliant human civilization, and are the precious cultural heritage that the whole society protects together. Do you know that these landmark buildings have a special anniversary?

In 1982, the International Council on monuments and sites held a scientific seminar in Tunis, during which one of the participants proposed to establish the international day of monuments and sites, and advocated to hold global celebrations every year. The proposal was approved by UNESCO the following year, and "4.18 international heritage site day" was officially established. Since 2001, ICOMOS has also set up a theme with profound implications for the anniversary. This year's theme is "shared cultures, shared heritage, shared responsibility", which aims to promote the hope that different cultural groups can work together to protect historic sites.

Britain is rich in natural and cultural heritage, including 4 natural heritage, 26 cultural heritage and 1 mixed cultural and natural heritage, ranking eighth in the world in total. The people of London are not satisfied with only using these historic sites as containers of "the past" and "history", but constantly integrating and innovating, so that they can still glow with new vitality in the context of the new era.

Tower of London & Tower Bridge

Built along the Thames, the tower of London is a classic castle built by William I to protect London and occupy the territory. The magnificent white tower is a typical example of Normandy's military architecture, which symbolizes the power of the royal family and also has a great impact on the British architectural style. James I was the last ruler to live in the palace. Since then, the identity of the tower of London has been diversified and used as fortress, armory, treasury, mint, palace, observatory, shelter and prison. This historic fortress was named