
Kraj: London, država: UK |
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Opis mesta: Soho is a neighborhood in London's West End in the City of Westminster. It is approximately in the area that is bounded on the north by Oxford Street to the west by Regent Street on the south by Piccadilly Circus and Leicester Square and Charing Cross Road in the east. The southern part of Soho is home to Chinatown. Soho is located west of Mayfair.<br /> <br><br><br /> Soho is named after a hunting call which comes from the time, was in the Soho is a small village surrounded by fields ahead of London. The name was acquired for one of the main tourist areas in Hong Kong.<br /> <br><br><br /> Soho is home to a diverse cultural mix, among other gay bars and sex shops, pubs and street markets. It is considered the lesbian and gay district of London's gay community, particularly in the Old Compton Street.<br /> <br><br><br /> On 30 April 1999, located in the Soho gay bar Admiral Duncan scene of a right-wing terrorist attack. In the pub, a pregnant woman died and two others, 70 others were injured by the nail bomb or mutilated.<br /> <br><br><br /> Soho is in many song lyrics of various bands (The Pogues, Kinks, The Who, The Tiger Lillies, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich, The Libertines, Bloc Party) mentioned. Soho is also the scene of the Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht.<br /> |
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