London England

London, founded as Londinium by the Romans around 43 CE, has grown into a city of 9 million people — the financial and cultural capital of the English-speaking world and home to 300 languages and 300 nationalities. It is headquarters to the City of London (the world's leading international financial center), FTSE 100 companies, global media (BBC, The Economist), fashion (London Fashion Week), and theater (the West End). London's landmarks: the Tower of London (1078, where two princes were murdered, Anne Boleyn executed, crown jewels kept); Westminster Abbey (coronation church for 38 monarchs since William the Conqueror, 1066); St. Paul's Cathedral (Wren's masterpiece, rebuilt after the Great Fire of London 1666); the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben; Buckingham Palace; the British Museum (8 million objects, history's largest collection). The London Underground (the Tube) is the world's oldest metro (1863).