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Wembley Stadium is a football stadium in Wembley. With 90,000 seats the stadium has the second largest capacity in Europe and the largest in the world with every seat under cover. Following its opening, it has often been referred to as the "new Wembley Stadium" to distinguish it from the original stadium. The stadium is also the most expensive stadium ever built. The previous Wembley Stadium was one of the world's most famous football stadia, being England's national stadium for football and because of the geographical origins of the game was often referred to as "The Home of Football".

Buckingham Palace is the official London residence of the British monarch. The Palace is a setting for state occasions and royal entertaining and a major tourist attraction. It has been a rallying point for the British people at times of national rejoicing and crisis. Originally known as Buckingham House, the building forming the core of today's palace was a large townhouse built for the Duke of Buckingham in 1703 and acquired by King George III in 1762 as a private residence, known as "The Queen's House". It was enlarged over the next 75 years, principally by architects John Nash and Edward Blore, forming three wings around a central courtyard.

St Paul's Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral on Ludgate Hill and the seat of the Bishop of London. The present building dates from the 17th century, and is generally reckoned to be London's fifth St Paul's Cathedral, although the number is higher if every major mediƦval reconstruction is counted as a new cathedral. The cathedral is one of London's most visited sites. The cathedral is built of Portland stone in a late Renaissance style that is England's sober Baroque. Its impressive dome was inspired by St Peter's Basilica in Rome. It rises 365 feet to the cross at its summit, making it a famous London landmark.

Situated on the bank of River Thames near Waterloo Station, the London Eye (Millennium Wheel) is the world's largest observation wheel. Towering 135ft (41.15m) over the river, it rotates a few inches every second and takes over 30 minutes to make a full circle, giving a splendid views of such London landmarks as Westminster Bridge and Victoria Embankment. Constructed in sections, it was floated on barges up the river and assembled lying flat on pontoons, being slowly raised to an upright position. Opened on the eve of the new millennium by the then Prime Minister, Tony Blair, "the Eye" has become a major landmark and tourist attraction.

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