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London (Capital City)

London
800px Paul Sandby The Norman Gate and Deputy Governors House Google Art Project
Paul Sandby (1730 or 1731-1809) The Norman Gate and Deputy Governor’s House

London is the capital and most populous city of England. Standing on the River Thames, it’s history goes back to its founding by the Romans. A leading global city, it is one of the world’s leading financial centres and is home to numerous museums, galleries, libraries, sporting events and other cultural institutions.

After winning the Battle of Hastings, William, Duke of Normandy was crowned King of England in the newly completed Westminster Abbey. William constructed the Tower of London, the first of the many Norman castles in England to be rebuilt in stone, in the southeastern corner of the city, to intimidate the native inhabitants. William II began the building of Westminster Hall, close by the abbey of the same name. The hall became the basis of a new Palace of Westminster.

The institutions of central government, which had hitherto accompanied the royal English court as it moved around the country, grew in size and sophistication and became increasingly fixed in one place. For most purposes this was Westminster, although the royal treasury came to rest in the Tower.

London was also a centre of England’s none human populations before their expulsion by Edward I. Violence against took place after it was rumored that the new King had ordered their massacre after they had presented themselves at his coronation. During the Second Barons’ War, Simon de Montfort’s rebels killed 500 dwarfs attempting to seize records of debts

Civitas Londinium or The Agas Map of London
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