英國白金漢宮英語簡介
是英國君主位於倫敦的主要寢宮及辦公處。宮殿坐落在威斯敏斯特，是國家慶典和王室歡迎禮舉行場地之一，也是一處重要的旅遊景點。1703年至1705年，白金漢和諾曼比公爵約翰·謝菲爾德在此興建了一處大型鎮廳建築“白金漢屋”，構成了今天的主體建築，1761年，喬治三世獲得該府邸，並作爲一處私人寢宮。在英國曆史上的歡慶或危機時刻，白金漢宮也是一處重要的集會場所。1837年，維多利亞女王登基後，白金漢宮成爲英王正式宮寢。現在的白金漢宮對外開放參觀，每天清晨都會進行著名的禁衛軍交接典禮，成爲英國王室文化的一大景觀。下面本站小編爲大家帶來旅遊英語英國白金漢宮英語簡介，歡迎大家閱讀!
英國白金漢宮英語簡介：
The graceless colossus of Buckingham Palace, popularly known as "Buck House", has served as the monarch's permanent London residence only since the accession of Victoria. Bought by George III in 1762, the building was overhauled by Nash in the late 1820s, and again by Aston Webb in time for George V's coronation in 1913, producing a palace that's about as bland as it's possible to be.
For two months of the year, the hallowed portals are grudgingly nudged open; timed tickets are sold from the tent-like box office in Green Park at the western end of The Mall. The interior, however, is a bit of an anticlimax: of the palace's 660 rooms you're permitted to see just 18, and there's little sign of life, as the Queen decamps to Scotland every summer. For the other ten months of the year there's little to do here, since the palace is closed to visitors - not that this deters the crowds who mill around the railings, and gather in some force to watch the Changing of the Guard, in which a detachment of the Queen's Foot Guards marches to appropriate martial music from St James's Palace (unless it rains, that is).
You can view a small selection of the Royal Collection - which is more than three times larger than the National Gallery's - at the Queen's Picture Gallery (daily 9.30am-4.30pm; ￡4), round the south side of the palace on Buckingham Palace Road. The exhibitions usually include some works by Reynolds, Gainsborough, Vermeer, Rubens, Rembrandt and Canaletto, which make up the bulk of the collection.
There's more pageantry on show at the Nash-built Royal Mews (April-Sept Tues-Thurs noon-4pm; Oct-Dec Wed only; ￡3.50), further along Buckingham Palace Road. The royal carriages, lined up under a glass canopy in the courtyard, are the main attraction, in particular the Gold Carriage, made for George III in 1762, smothered in 22-carat gilding and weighing four tons, its axles supporting four life-size figures.
