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Being one of the most important capitals of the world, Londonought to be having a high reputation among the people from allover the world. The country holds a very rich resource ofhistory and domination over the entire world. Londoners cantoday boast of living in one of the historically mostsignificant city of Europe. The city is studded witharchitectural wonder that remind of the engineering advancementsthat the country attained so early. The diverse population ofthe city amounts to a whopping 59 million, which makes it one ofthe most populated cities of the world. The ethnic backgroundsof the people largely vary as London offers some of the mostlucrative job opportunities. People thus flow in from differentparts of the world to find their destiny. The city has evidences to shoe that it had human habitation foralmost 22,000 ago too and since then it has sheltered humansthrough the ice ages and the wars and the invasions. JuliusCaesar walked in to London in 55 BC as a part of the Greekconquest. The protective walls around the city reminds us of theefforts that the city dwellers to withstand the invasion. TheBritish started their domination over the world with the NormanConquest of 1066. Since then the expanse of the British Empiregrew and it went across the lands and the oceans. Modern historyknows London as the capital of almost the whole world as it wasunder the British dominion. Religion acts as a guiding force for the civilizations to grow.In London, religion has a


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special status for the people. Thepeople have diversified beliefs. The firm position of Church ofEngland, one of the oldest embodiments of Christianity, showsthat the country still stands tall on the framework of religion.The conflicting groups of the Christians' viz. Roman Catholicsand Protestants find it as a missing link. How far the church issuccessful is subject to debate. The aesthetic interests of the people of London are much refinedthen anywhere in the world. The cultural map of England startswith London and it is the centre of most cultural activities ofthe country. The different forms of music and dance have beenprevalent in the country for centuries now. The classical music,operas and the English folk music have had a great impact on thepeople of the country. Prior to the 15th century many musiclegends liven in England and had their influence on the music.The pop culture took the country into its hold since the 1960s.Pop bands started to come up and some such bands grew to scalenew heights in the music world. The myths have it that in the many monuments in England manyhave been reported to be haunted by the ghosts of people wholived there and their citing are reported every now and then. Italso gives the tourists a reason to be visiting the place. Aboveand beyond every thing else the country is a example ofupholding the traditions and thus it becomes imperative to gothere and fell them firsthand. About the author: Mansi gupta writes about London travel .

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