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| | London - Wikitravel |
 | | London is easily the largest city in the country, eight times larger than England's 'second' city, Birmingham, and dominates the economic, political and social life of the United Kingdom (much to the annoyance of people in "the provinces" - i.e. |
 | | London's long association with the theatre, for example, can be traced back to the English Renaissance (witness the Rose Theatre ( http://www.rosetheatre.org.uk/) and Shakespeare's Globe ( http://www.shakespearesglobe.com/)) and great playwrights, like Shakespeare, who made London their home. |
 | | This paramount status for London was confirmed by the Norman, William the Conqueror, who built the Tower of London after the Conquest in 1066 and was crowned King of England in nearby Westminster. |
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