London

LONDRA. – Capital of Great Britain and metropolis of the Empire, in an eccentric position in relation to the island, it covers an area of approximately 1,800 sq km, including the central core and the suburbs, with a population of more than 8 million inhabitants. The central core consists of the City, where the original nucleus of the Roman city was located, founded on the terrace that now overlooks the valley of the Thames, near the bridge of L.: the surrounding port area, the East End, the West End, the South Side, and the districts with the centers of Hampstead Garden, Wilesden, Greenwich (from which the observatory was recently transferred because of the smoke from the surrounding factories), Brentford, Harrow on the Hill, Norwood, Wimbledon, Richmond, Romford, etc.