Buckingham Palace is one of the most important and beautiful

Buckingham Palace
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Buckingham Palace is one of the most important and beautiful royal palaces in the world, and the official residence of the Queen of Britain. Also, the palace is the most expensive in the world at all, and valued at 1.55 billion Dollars, and consists of 775 rooms, of which 19 formal rooms, 52 bedroom and 188 rooms for workers, and 92 Office, and 78 bathrooms, And in this article I will take you on a tour to this unique place.

Buckingham Palace was built in 1705 for John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham, and then bought by King George III in 1761 to be a house for his wife Charlotte, the palace has been expanded by engineers
(John Nash and Edward Baylor) in the reign of King George IV, in 1938 after the coronation of the Queen (Victoria), it became the official residence of the Queen of England.
On the way to Buckingham Palace you can find many stalls that sell souvenirs, small replicas of the palace or medals engraved with a picture of the palace.

Once you arrive at the palace, tourists take a special clothes to distinguish them  from the indigenous population of the city, and a guide in English and French until you identify the full explanation of the history of the royal family and  the various parts of the palace.

Buckingham Palace features the largest private garden in Britain of design (Cabapelety Brown) and re-designed by John Nash and William Nish, also includes a large lake was built in 1828.
Buckingham Palace has four key wings on a rectangular shape, the royal family lives in the north wing, which includes 52 chambers, and social events are held in the halls, which are located on the first floor of the palace.
These halls include the dance hall, it is the official hall for celebrations at the Palace, characterized by its Excellency  furniture and its walls that decorated with beautiful oil paintings, and the throne room, in addition to the hall known as ( The Queen Gallery ), which lies on the western side of the palace was bombed during World War II, was restored and reopened in 1962, then was expanded to be re-opened in 2002 during the celebration of the Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, which is open to tourists most times of the year and contains many works of art about 450 pieces of the royal family holdings.

And there is an event awaited around the world, many of the tourists are keen to watch it in the world, is a change the Royal Guard which occurs daily in 11:30 at the morning and it takes half an hour, where tourists can watch the Royal Guards with their distinctive  clothes and their unique hats, and they move with the music playing. 

If the time that you dedicated to discovery London is limited, I advise you to visit Buckingham Palace and rest assured that you'll find Buckingham Palace very wonderful. And you will know the whole history of Britain in just one place.

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