Londra Video Tour 🇬🇧 Carnaby Street, Covent Garden, Kew Gardens

The area within London that best embodies the essence of the capital It's probably Soho For centuries Soho has existed as a hive of activity residences hotels restaurants music bars and clubs In the past successive waves of populations have brought French Germans Italians Russians Jews Poles Swiss Greeks and especially Chinese into its streets The name Carnaby Street represents the 1960s generation named Swing in London a phrase created by Time magazine Today the area has been revitalized after a period of abandonment and remains a neighborhood that boasts talents in the fields of fashion and the arts With over 140 shops bars and restaurants the neighborhood is definitely worth a visit The Carnaby Street mural is called the Spirit of Soho It is a work by the Free Form Home Trust on St Anne a local church His theme effectively captures the true soul of the Soho neighborhood Built in the late 1670s Soho Square was one of London's most fashionable neighborhoods in its early years Originally it was called King Square after King Charles II In the center of the garden is a pavilion that hosts free outdoor concerts during the summer The Chinese community is one of the oldest communities in London England began negotiations with China in the 17th century and Chinese sailors reached London aboard ships of the East India Company The Chinese are a diverse community Throughout history various waves of Chinese immigrants settled in different parts of London Today London's Chinese community is more evenly spread throughout the city Chinese communities began to emerge around the East End in the Lime House area in the 1880s The Covent Garden station was excavated and built in the early years of the century The façade uses large red tile coverings a color widely used at that time The inner lining is lighter than most of the rest The majority of Covent Garden's charm lies in the adjacent street's infrastructure There are many different influences in the architectural project spanning over five consecutive centuries The history of Covent Garden market is a fascinating story It is now one of London's most popular tourist attractions thanks to the fact that Covent Garden was a fruit and vegetable market the largest in England The land on which Covent Garden stands has been occupied for nearly two thousand years becoming the oldest inhabited area of London Therefore it's no surprise that his story is rich and intriguing With a shopping area unmatched in the region historic theaters a variety of entertainment and over a thousand places to eat or drink Covent Garden offers many advantages to visitors The Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew is widely recognized as one of the leading centers for the study and conservation of plants and fungi Visitors can explore the greenhouses landscapes and 250 years of history by strolling through one of the most famous gardens in the world Conservation programs are carried out on a wide range of threatened and endangered plants in their native habitats The authenticity of Kew Gardens is unquestionable Beyond architecture the visitor finds in the landscaped gardens the past present and future with their bonds closely intertwined La Casa Temperata is the largest surviving Victorian greenhouse in the world and covers 4880 square meters Victorian collectors brought species from all over the world For this reason Kew Gardens has collections of semi-hardy and temperate plants of great value The Temperate House was officially opened although incomplete in 1863 The south wing and the octagon house African plants The main room is rectangular and features tropical trees including palms While the northern wing contains temperate plants from Australia New Zealand Asia and the Pacific The sun provides some additional heat for the South African heat-loving plants in the southern part of the greenhouse The sinuous and sensual Palm House has long been an icon of the gardens It was designed to collect exotic palms collected and introduced into Europe at the beginning of the Victorian era The project was pioneering For the first time engineers used cast iron with a twenty-inch thickness for large spans without column support The result is a large bright and high space that easily accommodates large palms The Casa delle Palme creates conditions similar to tropical rainforests About a quarter of the palms planted here are naturally threatened as are more than half of the living tropical cycads About 70% of all palm species are found in tropical rainforests one of the most threatened habitats on the planet The elegant design with its open space for tall palms was a perfect marriage of form and function Subtitles created by the community Amara org