Welcome to The City of London
Welcome to The City of London, once the preserve of stuffy bankers - The City is re-inventing itself as the place to be. New restaurants, bars and hotels have ...
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London - it’s easy to recognise… but look closely at a map In the very centre there’s a one square mile cut out This is The City of London which lives in a city named London The City has its own mayor, laws, and police force. In fact it behaves more like a separate country within the United Kingdom This is because The City’s been around for much longer than than the UK It was built by the Romans. And has remained semi-autonomous even since To embody its fiery independence, the city’s emblem is a dragon… not a bad choice You’ll spot these statues - they guard the boundary of the Square Mile Nowadays The City is arguably the financial capital of the world And London is the world's biggest foreign exchange market But The City has a tiny residential population Every we...
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London - it’s easy to recognise… but look closely at a map In the very centre there’s a one square mile cut out This is The City of London which lives in a city named London The City has its own mayor, laws, and police force. In fact it behaves more like a separate country within the United Kingdom This is because The City’s been around for much longer than than the UK It was built by the Romans. And has remained semi-autonomous even since To embody its fiery independence, the city’s emblem is a dragon… not a bad choice You’ll spot these statues - they guard the boundary of the Square Mile Nowadays The City is arguably the financial capital of the world And London is the world's biggest foreign exchange market But The City has a tiny residential population Every we...
