The Secret City inside of London Revealed

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  • @friedrice4015
    @friedrice4015 8 років тому +3572

    Because...Romans
    That's basically the story of the entirety of Western Europe.

    • @sepehrsam2323
      @sepehrsam2323 4 роки тому +7

      Yep

    • @a-certain-one
      @a-certain-one 4 роки тому +32

      We are all nothing but Greeks

    • @evertaj8332
      @evertaj8332 4 роки тому +49

      @@a-certain-one and Greeks are nothing now lmao

    • @a-certain-one
      @a-certain-one 4 роки тому +21

      @@evertaj8332 Do not mistake a state for a culture.
      Anyway, the wrath of the gods will fall on your head.

    • @jatin2008-d6u
      @jatin2008-d6u 4 роки тому +7

      @@a-certain-one bruh

  • @flyingcabbage3551
    @flyingcabbage3551 8 років тому +7257

    Seems like the people in the city of London are just really enthusiastic role players

    • @namingisdifficult408
      @namingisdifficult408 7 років тому +24

      LUFC Holmesy perhaps

    • @Gothicktouch
      @Gothicktouch 5 років тому +48

      With a LOT of money.

    • @birdsocks9083
      @birdsocks9083 5 років тому +10

      This is far too true.

    • @Nicolas-zb9uw
      @Nicolas-zb9uw 5 років тому +24

      Many of them can go on with their pedophiles rings, drug abuse or other deviant conducts as long as they are working for the wealth of the queen. The day they don't , their privacy becomes public . Ask Lord M.-Brown.
      City of London steal most of US, Uk , Canadian and Australian patents and sell them to their little friends . Like internet . Watch American Intelligence media on the subject . City of London , respectable criminals .

    • @senoraraton
      @senoraraton 5 років тому +34

      @@Nicolas-zb9uw Your insane. Please seek psychiatric help.

  • @catcastle4377
    @catcastle4377 8 років тому +3172

    I kind of admire the UK's continuity when it comes to traditions.

    • @kreol1q1q
      @kreol1q1q 4 роки тому +204

      Being an island helps a lot with that.

    • @ToxNano
      @ToxNano 4 роки тому +59

      Why? Traditions are stupid

    • @ciarangrey7576
      @ciarangrey7576 4 роки тому +400

      @@ToxNano youre so edgy wow haha

    • @ToxNano
      @ToxNano 4 роки тому +73

      ​@David Ouren So?
      I did not mean to say that everything that is or has been tradition is bad.
      I was criticising the practice of tradition itself.
      Ideas and practices should be judged on their own merits and not based on how long they have been around or how many people agree with them without question.

    • @ToxNano
      @ToxNano 4 роки тому +16

      @David Ouren Not excusing anything.
      If you have no arguments you should stop with the condescending attitude.

  • @catherinewilliams5641
    @catherinewilliams5641 4 роки тому +327

    Easter egg list! I’ll add more if I see any.
    0:08 on the left there is a creeper head.
    0:19 if you put the playback speed on 0.25X you can see the tower of sauron.

  • @AirbusA380rox
    @AirbusA380rox 9 років тому +2885

    The City of London and the City of Westminster are technically both cities within London. It's confusing though, so we just forget about it and just say everything's London.

    • @sertusdionyol
      @sertusdionyol 5 років тому +39

      I thought Westminster just became a borough (or something like that) of London

    • @ifb6368
      @ifb6368 5 років тому +74

      @@sertusdionyol It's still known as the 'City of Westminster' so I assume it still has city status.

    • @dc8890
      @dc8890 4 роки тому +185

      @@ifb6368 You are both right. Westminster has city status, but it is also a London borough (London in this case being the big London of course, a.k.a. Greater London - I'm surprised CGP didn't mention the official name "Greater London"). Whereas the City of London is NOT a London borough (as explained in the video, the City - always with a capital "c" - is pretty unique).
      So, to summarise:
      - Westminster has city status, but is also a borough of Greater London (along with other boroughs, like Camden, Southwark, Lambeth, etc.)
      - The City of London has city status, but is NOT a borough of Greater London (it is a unique entity within the wider London conurbation)
      - London boroughs like Camden, Southwark, Lambeth, do NOT have city status. And neither does the wider conurbation of London (a.k.a. Greater London). Only Westminster and the tiny City of London have official city status.
      Confusingly (as if it wasn't already confusing enough), the City of London does come under the Greater London Authority, even though the City of London is not part of the county of Greater London (yes Greater London is a county for some reason).
      But let's be honest, this is all pointless and inconsequential information.

    • @ifb6368
      @ifb6368 4 роки тому +50

      @@dc8890 It may be pointless and inconsequential but it is definitely intriguing

    • @dc8890
      @dc8890 4 роки тому +10

      @@ifb6368 Fair enough, I only wrote that because I thought I was probably boring people.

  • @baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaam
    @baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaam 9 років тому +5169

    Yo dawg, so I heard you like London.
    So I put a London in your London.

    • @Julianna.Domina
      @Julianna.Domina 9 років тому +144

      BAM! I heard you like geographic inception, so I put a city within your city within your country within your country within your continent within your continent.

    • @logicGatekeeper
      @logicGatekeeper 9 років тому +33

      Yo Dawg, I heard you like islands, so we put an island inside of your lake inside of your island inside of your lake.

    • @logicGatekeeper
      @logicGatekeeper 9 років тому +1

      Ayciate :3 Stfu.

    • @TheENERDchi
      @TheENERDchi 9 років тому +6

      +New American Fishkeeper omg....that makes perfect sense! europe is a continent within a super-continent with three continents!

    • @Bastro3000
      @Bastro3000 9 років тому +31

      +BAM! ... so you can visit London while visiting London :P

  • @avakining
    @avakining 8 років тому +2939

    #CityInACityInACountryInACountry

    • @joaquinclavijo7052
      @joaquinclavijo7052 8 років тому +249

      In a continent (Europe) in a continent (eurasia)

    • @vladimirdan1959
      @vladimirdan1959 8 років тому +146

      In a continent(Afro-Eurasia).

    • @cjplayz-aviationgamesactio3673
      @cjplayz-aviationgamesactio3673 8 років тому +132

      Place - ception: The City of London -> Greater London -> England ( constiuent country) -> The United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland ->.
      European Union Area -> Europe -> Eurasia -> Afro - Eurasia -> Earth -> The Solar System -> The Milky Way -> The Local Group -> The Observable Universe -> The Whole Universe -> ?
      Thank me later.😊

    • @gorvindougwinkristoffiplob5137
      @gorvindougwinkristoffiplob5137 8 років тому +11

      CityInACityInACountryInACountryception 0_o

    • @minefilms1122
      @minefilms1122 8 років тому +37

      so basically an area of matter in an area of matter in an area of matter in an area of matter in an area of matter in an area of matter in an area of matter in an area of matter in an area of matter in an area of matter in an area of matter in an area of matter in an area of matter in an area of matter?

  • @ldtobi1
    @ldtobi1 5 років тому +1602

    London: “You’re surrounded! Go back to your country!”
    City Of London: “OK.”
    London: “wait what the-“

  • @leakycheese
    @leakycheese 8 років тому +1432

    What a fascinating place London / England / Great Britain / The United Kingdom* is.
    *Commonwealth's may apply

    • @DanDart
      @DanDart 8 років тому +30

      Don't make it the USA it's even worse there

    • @fightersfightguide4363
      @fightersfightguide4363 8 років тому +1

      I love it in london

    • @jamesloughton62
      @jamesloughton62 8 років тому +4

      Maybe in London but here in Lincolnshire it's boring as fuck. All we have is farms and old houses.

    • @leakycheese
      @leakycheese 8 років тому +11

      +Extreme Cynic I really like London to visit (apart from the driving) but it would personally find it too full on as a permanent place to live. The UK is a great place to live - okay the weather is unpredictable but nothing will eat / envenom / poison you and we don't have to worry about volcanoes and earthquakes either.

    • @jamesloughton62
      @jamesloughton62 8 років тому +2

      leakycheese Yeah I know and i'm glad I live in the UK compared to some place like Syria but some times everyone wants a little adventure and something out of the ordinary.

  • @Jmc-247
    @Jmc-247 11 років тому +637

    I do love how insane the Uk must seem from the outside

    • @atomicsquidofdoom3685
      @atomicsquidofdoom3685 5 років тому +6

      @Karl Pilkington Me good. Different bad.

    • @DeeJayFM
      @DeeJayFM 5 років тому +12

      @Buttrape Bill then why is your name Buttrape Bill?
      No seriously wtf

    • @toni4729
      @toni4729 5 років тому +3

      You hear that from a yank where kids shoot their shcool mates and teachers?

    • @gabbar51ngh
      @gabbar51ngh 4 роки тому +2

      @GazB85 Not investigating them is protecting them. UK went from ruling the world to become cucked as hell.

    • @5.3cheyito
      @5.3cheyito 3 роки тому +3

      Trust me bro I love the UK but every day I get shocked on how weird it is 😂

  • @martinwhosoever
    @martinwhosoever 9 років тому +289

    Hi CGP Grey! I finally visited the City Of London today and took a picture in your honor. Thanks to you, I could recognize its borders and understand more its history (and eventually enjoy the trip even better).

  • @eliegbert8121
    @eliegbert8121 5 років тому +356

    1:55
    "We are an anarcho-syndicalist commune, supreme executive power, derives from a mandate of the masses!"

    • @andrewmurphy5310
      @andrewmurphy5310 5 років тому +13

      I w ndered who else saw the refernce.

    • @Verbindungsfehle
      @Verbindungsfehle 4 роки тому +52

      Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.

    • @szymongorczynski7621
      @szymongorczynski7621 4 роки тому +12

      You can't just expect to wield SUPREME EXECUTIVE POWER!

    • @artistwithouttalent
      @artistwithouttalent 4 роки тому +13

      @@szymongorczynski7621 Just because some watery tart threw a sword at you!

    • @Jin-Ro
      @Jin-Ro 4 роки тому +10

      I thought we were an autonomous collective.

  • @marcowen1506
    @marcowen1506 4 роки тому +328

    That was an amazing video. Fast, accurate and one of the few British history videos that doesn't make us sound like nuts.

  • @CazRaX
    @CazRaX 11 років тому +275

    Because... Romans.

  • @Vytautas4Xfiles
    @Vytautas4Xfiles 9 років тому +362

    Love the music in these videos.

    • @MCbadass7
      @MCbadass7 9 років тому +2

      +Feynstein100 What is the music in this video called? I love the upbeat mood

    • @MCbadass7
      @MCbadass7 9 років тому +1

      ***** Thank you!!

    • @I_am_a_cat_
      @I_am_a_cat_ 7 років тому

      This music is pretty much the same as music from runescape... not very good, and doesn't require that much skill to create...

    • @JonatasAdoM
      @JonatasAdoM 7 років тому +2

      +Cat That's why it is good, it just is. It's not a masterpiece, it's just like the music from his coffee video.
      Also I doubt runescape sound as good as this one, you must have listened too much to it and now you have an emotional attachment to it.

    • @Maderr4
      @Maderr4 6 років тому +1

      Very good!!! I like the videos about Britain just because of Thatched Villagers

  • @William190
    @William190 2 роки тому +73

    Grey: It's a unique place in the United Kingdom with a long and complicated history!
    Me: So, no different than the rest of the UK then.

  • @117rebel
    @117rebel 9 років тому +369

    Londonception!

  • @cyanmanta
    @cyanmanta 11 років тому +94

    I recently paid my first visit to London, and I find it interesting how each district of the greater city has a different historical feel to it. The City of London is a curious area because despite the presence of all those modern skyscrapers, it has the oldest feel to it.

  • @ahadicow
    @ahadicow 8 років тому +529

    1:17 druids need a buff!!!

  • @mercame
    @mercame 3 роки тому +47

    This is the same as the issue in the capital of the Philippines, Manila.
    The City of Manila is different from Metro Manila (which people say as the capital of the country). The City of Manila is well, a city with over 1.5M people, while Metro Manila, consisting of 15 cities (including Manila City), is not a city nor a province/state but a region, with over 13M people living inside. The Malacañang Palace, the presidential building is located in San Juan, a city inside Metro Manila.

    • @marlinvielma3978
      @marlinvielma3978 Рік тому +7

      Not remotely the same thing.

    • @JAMGAM-pb9rf
      @JAMGAM-pb9rf Рік тому +8

      That issue seems more similar to Paris and NYC rather than London. City of London isn’t the “city proper”, rather just a small ancient district. Paris and NYC, however, have large city propers like Manila and also have much larger metro areas.

  • @ak540i2
    @ak540i2 10 років тому +37

    You would be naive to think to think a self autonomous region run by old guilds and present day multi million dollar corporate conglomerates don't have overreaching influence at the least.

    • @zoompt-lm5xw
      @zoompt-lm5xw 4 роки тому

      Hey look: a guy with a funny hat!

  • @MaidaA22589
    @MaidaA22589 9 років тому +39

    Grey, I honestly have no idea what I'd do without you. Cheers for existing and making terrific videos!

  • @49metal
    @49metal 8 років тому +253

    IT APPEARS that the video accurately depicts the situation that had existed BEFORE the London Government Act of 1963 and Greater London Authority Act of 1999 became effective. Presently, the 32 boroughs that the video labels "London" and the single entity the video calls "The City of London" are all elements of governed by the ""Greater London Authority." While "Greater London" is a ceremonial county that does not include "The City of London," both are subject to the "Greater London Authority." The "Greater London Authority" has within its jurisdiction 33 districts, including the City of Westminster, 31 other boroughs, and the "City of London." The 33 districts of under the "Greater London Authority" all have their own governments and mayors and the "Mayor of London" is the Mayor of the whole of Greater London, which includes all of the 32 boroughs and "The City of London."

    • @AlexOjideagu2
      @AlexOjideagu2 6 років тому +26

      the City of London is still technically a separate county, although part of Greater London

    • @newagetapes
      @newagetapes 6 років тому +13

      TheRenaissanceman65 yes it is, you fucking square. I'm gonna shove you on a locker and give you a swirly

    • @pr1nc3f0x
      @pr1nc3f0x 6 років тому +44

      Wrong. The City of London is the 33rd local authority district located in the Greater London administrative AREA. However it is NOT a London borough like the other 32.
      It also simultaneously has the status of county (of England), just like Greater London.
      As stated in the video (and anywhere else you wish to look), the local authority is the City of London Corporation, headquartered at Guildhall ans headed by the Lord Mayor (of the City of London).
      The Mayor of London and the GLA, at City Hall, have very limited authority in the City (e.g. London-wide strategies such as TfL).

    • @PimpDaddyStyles
      @PimpDaddyStyles 6 років тому +25

      you are completely wrong bruv. the city of london is run by the city of london corporation, they also are the police of the city of london and are quite seperate from the metropolitan police in the rest of london. they even have different voting laws where not only the people who live there get votes but so do the businesses that are based there. and yes the city of london is a county en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ceremonial_counties_of_England

    • @lepangolin4080
      @lepangolin4080 6 років тому +8

      He's telling you he's right. So you can keep your sources and arguments for yourself, he is obviously right by his claim and the fact that he said he live in London. We can't doubt such a persuasive person.

  • @TeamMustacheGaming
    @TeamMustacheGaming 7 років тому +370

    NO England is my city

  • @BoraCM
    @BoraCM 5 років тому +47

    There are so many similarities between the City of London and the Vatican. They both were built when the Roman Empire was in power. They both had their surrounding land taken by outside forces from different lands. They both had strong walls so they both survived. The Lord Mayor of London is elected in a very similar way to the Pope. The kingdoms around them were overthrown by an outside force and both of those powers recognised the cities as independent from them. Both those new nations built a new capital city around it and called it the same name. These similarities are incredibly coincidental.

    • @batavica1875
      @batavica1875 4 роки тому +8

      Vatican city was built long after the Romans were gone

    • @batavica1875
      @batavica1875 4 роки тому +4

      Also no outside kingdom was ever overthrown, the Vatican was just invaded by Piedmont Sardinia but they held out in the Vatican, also the election systems are wildely different

    • @SCrEenNaMe-i9h
      @SCrEenNaMe-i9h Рік тому +3

      The city isn’t a seperate state

  • @kevinehrlich6988
    @kevinehrlich6988 2 роки тому +29

    The fact that this is from 2012 and he used Bitcoins to represent money is hilarious

  • @SticksTheFox
    @SticksTheFox 8 років тому +95

    Missed an interesting fact about the old "entrance" to the city which have all become place names, such as Moorgate, Ludgate, Aldgate etc

  • @XZhyperZX
    @XZhyperZX 8 років тому +51

    we Brits are confusing, a city within a city in a country within a country. city of London within London in England in great Britain.

    • @Physicist-
      @Physicist- 8 років тому +17

      XZhyperZX great britain is not a country but the uk is .
      you are confused bud

    • @onetwo6803
      @onetwo6803 7 років тому +3

      Greater London isn't a city like CGP Grey has suggested, it's just a cancerous County, that has 2 cities (The City of Westminster and the City of London) inside it.
      Also, the UK is very confusing, it can be considered countries in a union to make up one country, but the countries inside are usually referred to as nations.

    • @grabern
      @grabern 7 років тому +2

      +Chelsea Rule City of London is separate to Greater London, but it is a part of London.
      London = City of London + Greater London

    • @mrannunaki6852
      @mrannunaki6852 5 років тому

      with 14 overseas territories (not including the commonwealth) - and then there is the commonwealth which is half the world and who the queen is head of state and head of armed forces...

    • @alex-sv8ru
      @alex-sv8ru 4 роки тому

      @@grabern London is a region.
      The City of London and Greater London (which consists of everything else in the london region but The City of London) are administrative units.

  • @894Time
    @894Time 11 років тому +9

    I've watched every one of your videos today and in one sitting... and I learned more than I did in all of my social studies courses. Well done, sir. You are phenomenal.

  • @deciocusmano1086
    @deciocusmano1086 10 років тому +152

    anyone see the tower of sauron?

  • @Nemoticon
    @Nemoticon 11 років тому +107

    The City of London (the financial part) is also known as the Square Mile, although it isn't actually a square mile... it's not even a square!
    Even though it looks mostly shiny and new with our little glassy sky scrapers, there are still the ancient, ancient pubs down tight alleys and beneath the older buildings that feel like you've gone back in time a five hundred years.
    They do great 'bitters' and incredible pies. Some of them actually feel like refurbished medieval dungeons too, like the lower levels of 'Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese'. Yes it is actually called that xD
    Btw, they are little Dragons on the Crest of London, Griffins have eagles heads (usually). I used to think they were Wyverns, but those only have two legs!!!

  • @Sinclairelim
    @Sinclairelim 7 років тому +61

    3:40...
    Me thinks: "Huh, Freemasons must absolutely love this pl-"
    3:50
    Me says: "Yeap. Called it".

  • @FranciscoXAbad
    @FranciscoXAbad 10 років тому +13

    The most educational 5 minutes of my life (I moved to London 3 months ago and this answers SO MANY questions!) :O

    • @FCOJABADMON
      @FCOJABADMON 10 років тому +1

      No entendí todo pero es interesante... ;)

    • @Daniel__Nobre
      @Daniel__Nobre 5 років тому +1

      And go visit it on a weekend. It’s nearly deserted (it’s mostly companies and banks there meaning almost no one lives there). Incredibly busy on work days, awkwardly empty on weekends.
      It’s so strange, since it’s right in the middle of London, a city always incredibly busy.

  • @MrMrBilko
    @MrMrBilko 11 років тому +72

    The City of London is a seperate state outside of the UK where Corporate Law as we know it doesn`t apply. This is why most of the biggest banks and corporations in europe are registered there. Its also the biggest tax haven on the planet. As far as old tradition is concerned its also run by the Knights Templar Society which also controls the Middle Temple Law society and as you mentioned Old Bailey. Yes the Banking and Law are controlled from The City. I`m no conspiracy nut as you no doubt call inquisitive people who see through the total scam which is Western Society. So the whole of the UK is controlled by a fraternity of Gnostic Priests. Why the desperate cover up from all quarters.

    • @owenb2
      @owenb2 11 років тому

      lol not bad

  • @Tiffanyknows99
    @Tiffanyknows99 10 років тому +32

    I never knew about this, despite the fact that I've lived in London my whole life. Wow.

    • @isaac4404
      @isaac4404 4 роки тому +4

      the City of London or London?

  • @anzellecoetzee8518
    @anzellecoetzee8518 7 років тому +16

    This was super interesting! I always wondered about some signs saying City of London and the different crests

  • @brickman409
    @brickman409 10 років тому +136

    I don't know why, but this makes me want to play Age of Empires 2

    • @radithyajoenan4640
      @radithyajoenan4640 10 років тому +20

      i swear i thought i was the only one..
      till i read this comment..

    • @gosucalime
      @gosucalime 10 років тому +7

      Omg ,you read my mind

    • @JerseyDevil26
      @JerseyDevil26 10 років тому +6

      Best reply ever. I can't tell you how much I miss playing that game.

    • @ilmisteriosofranceseradene7548
      @ilmisteriosofranceseradene7548 10 років тому +3

      It works on windows 7-8, and there is a hd remake on steam with the workshop

    • @theXb0yz
      @theXb0yz 9 років тому +4

      frankish paladins

  • @STUCASHX
    @STUCASHX 11 років тому +9

    A better history lesson than I EVER had in my English/British/UK (whatever) school
    You just won a sub. I must watch them all... NOW !

  • @rebeccamiller1400
    @rebeccamiller1400 7 років тому +53

    I love how complicated and bizarre many things are in England and the UK :D

  • @goha9218
    @goha9218 4 роки тому +10

    I never knew this and I've lived in London most of my life. I really need to go outside more

  • @cisummusic22
    @cisummusic22 9 років тому +357

    the city of london is the Vatican City of england

    • @somestuff9751
      @somestuff9751 9 років тому +8

      ***** So, like the Vatican?

    • @nightrise45
      @nightrise45 9 років тому +15

      ***** no they just fuck the choir boys.

    • @codex8085
      @codex8085 5 років тому +4

      No, because it only has local government authority, the Remmeberancer can be overruled, the confusing status is done to subvert the EU.

    • @L.M1792
      @L.M1792 5 років тому +9

      It’s the banking part.

    • @Jaqen-HGhar
      @Jaqen-HGhar 5 років тому +12

      yeah except for the whole part where he specifically states it's not like the Vatican City in the video.

  • @SacredDaturaa
    @SacredDaturaa 9 років тому +49

    Could have added another layer at the end there, since the UK is part of the EU.

    • @ViDeOMaStErPaUl
      @ViDeOMaStErPaUl 9 років тому +3

      Blackfish But that extra layer isn't confusing.

    • @pivotcat9
      @pivotcat9 9 років тому +3

      Which is part of nato,which is part of the UN

    • @Dafisha
      @Dafisha 9 років тому +15

      +pivotcat9 Which is in Earth which is in the solar system which is in the milky way which is in the local group which is in The Universe

    • @Lucasp110
      @Lucasp110 9 років тому +1

      +Barney Laurance And NATO isn't part of UN by the same reason

    • @alisilcox6036
      @alisilcox6036 9 років тому +1

      Yeah, but for various reasons the UK gives the EU shit all sovereignty so it's not really worth mentioning.

  • @jugzster
    @jugzster 8 років тому +13

    "City in a city in a country in a country" haha I love CGPGrey's videos!

  • @cairielle017
    @cairielle017 3 роки тому +20

    this video made me think about how in the philippines, there is the city of manila which is the country's capital and manila (metro manila or ncr), a region that comprises multiple cities, one of which is the city of manila. i just think it's fascinating how both london and manila are nesting london and manila inside them

    • @MagnusOfficial
      @MagnusOfficial 2 роки тому +1

      now imagine that, but with Intramuros instead, as it is a walled city too

    • @cairielle017
      @cairielle017 2 роки тому +2

      @@MagnusOfficial how could i forget - Intramuros is a city inside the city of manila inside metro manila 😂

    • @MagnusOfficial
      @MagnusOfficial 2 роки тому

      @@cairielle017 exactly 🤩

  • @L.A.97.
    @L.A.97. 12 років тому +4

    I'm going to write about London at school! You have just saved my life, as well as giving the answers to so many questions I've always twisted my head around! Thank you!

    • @pilipalod
      @pilipalod 2 роки тому

      I think if your teacher knew what they were doing that you got terrible marks. The video is full of inaccuracies!

  • @anananwar
    @anananwar 11 років тому +32

    TEACH THE CONTROVERSY!

    • @johnjones6049
      @johnjones6049 5 років тому +1

      Teach me something about the controversy... or at least gimme some information to look into...

  • @GideonGleeful95
    @GideonGleeful95 11 років тому +12

    I'm a brit, and I sort of knew about this, but didn't really know that it was that separated.

  • @bobsapp3133
    @bobsapp3133 5 років тому +4

    If the London Mayor has no power over the City of London then how did Sadiq Khan manage to veto the 'Tulip Tower' project after it had been approved by the City of London Corporation?

    • @stuartd9741
      @stuartd9741 5 років тому

      I don't know the answer.
      However. If the city of London tried to overule the London mayor wouldn't that let the cat out of the bag?
      Unnecessary scrutiny?

    • @bobsapp3133
      @bobsapp3133 5 років тому

      @@stuartd9741 I get what you're saying but that would be a bit far-fetched IMO. It doesn't make much sense that they'd go through all that trouble to project a false narrative that the London Mayor has power over the City of London when he doesn't in reality.

    • @bobsapp3133
      @bobsapp3133 5 років тому

      @@stuartd9741 perhaps the City of London had the option to appeal the veto, but for whatever reason they decided not to. I mean, it looks like an eyesore compared to the older parts of The City.

    • @stuartd9741
      @stuartd9741 5 років тому

      @@bobsapp3133
      In the 1st video CP mentioned that even the London mayor (Sadiq Kahn's) role is limited to TFL.
      So I believe that mayoralty is mostly ceremonial/symbolic
      Yet at the same time. Given the total faff for a major of the city of London has to go through.
      That role seems just ceremonial even symbolic
      (Considering no salary)
      Who knows.
      Maybe we're reading to much into it.
      And the application was refused due to it being an ugly building???

    • @bobsapp3133
      @bobsapp3133 5 років тому +1

      @@stuartd9741 Taken from The Guardian:
      The scheme had initially received the go-ahead but Khan dashed the hopes of its designers, Foster + Partners, on Monday. “The mayor has a number of serious concerns with this application and having studied it in detail has refused permission for a scheme that he believes would result in very limited public benefit,” Khan’s spokesman said.
      “In particular, he believes that the design is of insufficient quality for such a prominent location, and that the tower would result in harm to London’s skyline and impact views of the nearby Tower of London world heritage site. The proposals would also result in an unwelcoming, poorly designed public space at street level.”

  • @everydaytyrone
    @everydaytyrone 8 років тому +14

    The City of London sounds like Intramuros which means "within the walls" it is the capital of the Philippines during the Spanish Era it is also known as Manila but as time passes by the City of Manila grew and became much larger than the walls of Intramuros. Unfortunately for Intramuros it's now just a part of Manila and mostly taken care off for tourism and its history.

  • @AuliaRachmanAlfahmy
    @AuliaRachmanAlfahmy 11 років тому +7

    Hmmm City of London.. It's quite same with Daerah Istimewa (Special Region) Yogyakarta. Now it's one of the provinces in a country named Indonesia. When the other provinces elected their own governor through modern democracy (general election), Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta has their Governor through the tradition of Mataram Kingdom, the ancient Kingdom which has been existed before the emerging of Indonesia as one nation in 1945 - after got the independence from Hollands colonization (or Netherlands? Or Dutch :p, we - I'm Indonesian- call them "Belanda" or "Londo").
    In my opinion, you're the one who have a big passion about historical of mankind , I suggest you to learn a little bit about Asian Civilization, which has many awesome or weird facts (also misconceptions)..
    Anyway, I'm always enjoying your videos

  • @linky0064
    @linky0064 8 років тому +9

    I actually go to the City of London school, so this is fascinating.

  • @NAOMINATION
    @NAOMINATION 2 роки тому +2

    Very edifying video!
    Ever since I learned this fact my mind has not been able to compute it.
    This video somewhat helped me further digest it!

  • @MrWinklbauer
    @MrWinklbauer 2 роки тому +80

    You make it seem innocuous and harmless. London City, Vatican, D.C. Where most of are problems come from.

  • @vrulg
    @vrulg 12 років тому +6

    Edward Rutherfurd's historical fiction London is a great book to read on this topic. It follows several families in London from pre-Roman days to WWII.

  • @samoukidonauki
    @samoukidonauki 12 років тому +15

    I sorry but I must speak Polish: Super odcinek, naprawdę wszystko robi ogromne wrażenie.

  • @mwolf768
    @mwolf768 2 роки тому +1

    One of the best videos on city of London. Great stuff.

  • @electraheart5591
    @electraheart5591 10 років тому +45

    wow... I live in London, and I didn't know anything about this.

    • @elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770
      @elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770 5 років тому +2

      I imagine most Londoners don’t

    • @Competitive_Antagonist
      @Competitive_Antagonist 5 років тому +3

      You stupid youngens don't know your damn history. I've known this for at least 2 years and I don't even live in London. *shakes stick manically*

  • @Halibit1
    @Halibit1 11 років тому +14

    This makes me want to go live there now.

    • @toni4729
      @toni4729 5 років тому +1

      You don't need a car, there's too many trains and busses. Traffic jams calore.

  • @LivvyHackett
    @LivvyHackett 7 років тому +10

    You can go between the two really easily, sometimes I don't even notice when I'm walking around

  • @augustrempelewert4377
    @augustrempelewert4377 2 роки тому +2

    This actually explains a lot about what my uncle was ranting about when he came over last week.

  • @YoBadMama
    @YoBadMama 8 років тому +7

    Seeing the bit about the masonic temple really makes me want to see Grey make a video about the Freemasons and their origins. That'd be cool.

  • @Sammy1234568910
    @Sammy1234568910 11 років тому +24

    Your use of the word "crest" in this video is incorrect. You are talking about the coat of arms, the crest is on top of the helmet on the coat of arms not an alterative name for such.

  • @chtholly8084
    @chtholly8084 7 років тому +17

    I've been to the City of London hundreds of times (due to living real close by) but I didn't know half of what was in this video until now.

  • @anon3247
    @anon3247 2 роки тому +2

    The Monty Python reference at 1:54 was so nicely put in

  • @AlejandroRodolfoMendez
    @AlejandroRodolfoMendez 5 років тому +5

    learning German because i like to learn languages with apps, i learned that in german the word City it is used for the center of the city or in some cases cities inside cities because history and stuff ( the second it is anecdotical) the word for actual city it is Stadt a very different word. but the centered city inside in a city it is not just london, buenos aires also have the city of buenos aires that nowadays have banks and money exchanges places. also the vatican is a city inside other city, rome. i wonder how many " center city" cities are. also the equivalent in english to the german city word would be downtown (even than should be "center").

  • @mich90907
    @mich90907 11 років тому +17

    0:19 Eye of Sauron appears

  • @siratthebox
    @siratthebox 11 років тому +62

    If they taught this kind of stuff in history I'd actually be interested in the subject.

    • @lw1zfog
      @lw1zfog 2 роки тому +6

      if they taught this kind of stuff in history there would be a revolution

  • @yoroshiku137
    @yoroshiku137 6 років тому +7

    This video is from 2012, and CGP Grey was already using the Bitcoin symbol. You KNOW he's rolling in cash right now.

  • @uremawifenowdave
    @uremawifenowdave 4 роки тому +3

    3:50 it’s not the oldest Masonic temple. The oldest Masonic temple still in use today is St Mary’s Chapel Lodge in Edinburgh, which has records dating back to 1599.

    • @timmartin2894
      @timmartin2894 2 роки тому

      England is better than Scotland though, so it doesn't really matter...

  • @TheJoyQC
    @TheJoyQC 8 років тому +4

    0:19 - Shard --> Sauron Tower. Thank you

  • @gladiatorinasuit3094
    @gladiatorinasuit3094 8 років тому +27

    It's hidden in plain sight ...

  • @_fedmar_
    @_fedmar_ 3 роки тому +2

    1:27
    Ayyy that's near my house! I pass in front of it every day when I go go school!

  • @jacksonthesyndicalist2771
    @jacksonthesyndicalist2771 10 років тому +36

    0:08 creeper lower left corner shopping

  • @whitejared309
    @whitejared309 11 років тому +25

    My (however many greats) grandfather Sir Thomas White was Lord Mayor of London in 1553

    • @linaszukaitis822
      @linaszukaitis822 10 років тому +3

      Wow, you certainly must be proud.

    • @hugo57k91
      @hugo57k91 5 років тому +1

      @@linaszukaitis822 yeah he goes and says my great x 1000 was a Mayor of London get off you'r hats you uncicilised villagers

    • @ng3027
      @ng3027 5 років тому

      yeah me too
      ua-cam.com/video/Fm0hOex4psA/v-deo.html

  • @MichaelWite19
    @MichaelWite19 5 років тому +3

    1:35 Where is Sicily, Corsica & Scardinia?
    Also, where is Crete plus alot of other Greek & Turkish Islands & Cyprus?

  • @SuperClloyd
    @SuperClloyd 4 роки тому +2

    Point of order. The crest of the city that was featured on Paddington Station is actually just the crest of the Great Western Railway and also featured the crest of the city of Bristol in the west. Whilst it's money may have been used they didn't really control or manage Paddington station. The Great Western did

  • @VanpyroGaming0
    @VanpyroGaming0 10 років тому +38

    Because, Empire.

    • @hugo57k91
      @hugo57k91 5 років тому

      I thought that too then he was dead serius romans

    • @stoffer6365
      @stoffer6365 4 роки тому

      The Roman Empire, to be exact.

  • @NoamBakunin
    @NoamBakunin 8 років тому +405

    tfw what you call the conspiracy nut in 2012 ends up being the truth in 2016

    • @xaviergarcia234
      @xaviergarcia234 8 років тому +115

      remember all those crazy bums who spouted how the government was listening in to all our phone calls in throughout the 90's and beyond? well, one of them had to know something for such a ridiculous rumor to start.

    • @Miranox2
      @Miranox2 8 років тому +92

      You're being disingenuous. Tax havens discovered in the Panama papers are a very different thing than the conspiracies CGP Grey is talking about.

    • @normandelingpole
      @normandelingpole 8 років тому +4

      +JRheu not really

    • @leamJG
      @leamJG 8 років тому +85

      +JRheu The majority of conspiracy theories are bullshit. A blind squirrel finds a nut eventually.

    • @Axel1711-c6h
      @Axel1711-c6h 8 років тому +78

      How is "rich people hiding money" a conspiracy?

  • @N-HTTi
    @N-HTTi 5 років тому +21

    4:31
    The UK is a mess
    Well... that’s what you get when you allow empires
    Just looking at the US empire
    It the biggest mess of them all

    • @jasonrogers1854
      @jasonrogers1854 5 років тому

      It goes to show truth .look up the 3 main city's .you be shocked just what is going on in plain sight . Vatican. London and Columbia DC....check the truthvout

    • @N-HTTi
      @N-HTTi 4 роки тому +1

      Hunter Zeus the US is an empire
      If you haven’t noticed yet then look up us imperialism
      It’s an empire trying to pass as a country because empires aren’t accepted and they can use the human rights bs to justify there explanation
      Look at some there conquests
      Iraq Syria Afghanistan Cuba Colombia Venezuela Vietnam and more

  • @itsmarius3778
    @itsmarius3778 2 роки тому +2

    Saint Louis, Missouri is similar to London, in the fact that is it entirely seperate from Saint Louis county. It is one of the only cities if not only in America to not be in a county

  • @Original_Tenshi_Chan
    @Original_Tenshi_Chan 9 років тому +12

    ummm, CGP, did you slip in a split second subliminal pic around the:19 to :20 second mark? I swear, when you sat "skyscrapers" and change the pic from the high rise, there is a brief flash of a dino or godzilla...

    • @SalemSprite
      @SalemSprite 9 років тому +25

      It's the Eye of sauron from lord of the rings

    • @wiktor_9057
      @wiktor_9057 9 років тому

      I saw it!!!

    • @DriveGamingLive
      @DriveGamingLive 8 років тому

      +Tenshi Chan It's at 0:19.75

    • @Rallinale
      @Rallinale 8 років тому

      +Tenshi Chan
      The image changed to Barad-dûr from The Lord of the Rings.

    • @nelumvia
      @nelumvia 8 років тому

      +Tenshi Chan Lol yes its Sauron's tower in Moria, complete with the eye on top and all

  • @r.anthony8685
    @r.anthony8685 8 років тому +148

    Don't make fun about those conspiracy theorists. You never know...

    • @v3nom11065
      @v3nom11065 8 років тому +30

      +Antonis Rountas With the recent email leaks, its becoming funny how people made fun of some of those conspiracies..

    • @vanquish421
      @vanquish421 8 років тому +23

      +Brendon Andrews The same people told us it was just a conspiracy theory that the NSA was collecting all our calls, texts, and emails.

    • @ricksmith2477
      @ricksmith2477 8 років тому +8

      Panama papers........ That will be all

    • @knox140
      @knox140 8 років тому +4

      +Brendon Andrews to be fair those conspiracy theories were still mostly unfounded and not based on evidence, the fact that they turned out to be true is nothing more than a weird coincidence.

    • @xaviergarcia234
      @xaviergarcia234 8 років тому +4

      +knox140 well an idea has to begin somewhere. the conspiracy may have drug a bunch of nuts into its web, but somewhere down the line, someone knew.

  • @FiveOClockTea
    @FiveOClockTea 5 років тому +3

    1:40 I kinda love how you used a German picture here :-D I guess it was just the one with the best quality, but still

  • @biginjapan89
    @biginjapan89 8 років тому +1

    Once a group of British told me that the true cockneys are the ones that live within hearing range of the Bow Bells, which are on the St Mary-le-Bow church in the City of London. It's a short radius of hearing distance, and according to those Brits, those who could not hear the bells from their homes when growing up are not cockney.

  • @hdanylo
    @hdanylo 10 років тому +6

    Although I live in London, I never knew this. I do know however that there is a place called the square mile, which is infamous for being covered in CCTV as this is where all the big companies and finance people sit. Could someone clarify whether the square mile and the city of London are the same thing?

    • @neilmoulang90
      @neilmoulang90 6 років тому +4

      Danylo Hordiyevych sorry I'm four years late, but the answer is yes

  • @alexfido2935
    @alexfido2935 9 років тому +12

    I love my country. We are so brilliant.

    • @ghettomist1575
      @ghettomist1575 9 років тому +4

      Not as brilliant as you once were but you have a damn cool country.

    • @alexfido2935
      @alexfido2935 9 років тому +1

      GhettoMist Depends on your opinion of Empires. Arguably the Empire was the worst thing about this country and it's a crime it existed in the first place. But yes. We were MORE brilliant, now we're just brilliant.

    • @ChrisPBacon21
      @ChrisPBacon21 9 років тому

      GhettoMist I think you are confusing brilliant with colonialism, which is very bad.

    • @ViDeOMaStErPaUl
      @ViDeOMaStErPaUl 9 років тому +1

      Alex Fido Erm Arguably our Empire was one of the best things to happen.....as long as we remember and look down on the slave trade.
      Im quite sick of people ignoring the good and focus solely on the bad while at the same time glorifying the Romans that made animals rape virgins in the Colosseum for entertainment.
      Yes, that was a thing, wasn't the Romans Awesome?

    • @alexfido2935
      @alexfido2935 9 років тому

      ViDeOMaStErPaUl No you're completely misunderstand me. I agree I think the British Empire is a really good thing. However there are some people think it's terrible like "OH NO ALL THOSE PEOPLE WE OPPRESSED!!" When actually, it's "All those people we brought government and industry and economy and education to" In reality, most lived under our benevolent empire, unlike other empires, as we wouldn't massacre the native populace for no reason, and treated people in colonies fairly, such that, when TWO WORLD WARS BROKE OUT, COLONIES such as Indians and South Africans and ANZACs willingly fought for the British.

  • @daddyleon
    @daddyleon 9 років тому +4

    lol, the ending was such a fairy tale!
    The city within a city, in a country within a country. You could probably also add union there? EU, UN? :P

    • @HercadosP
      @HercadosP 4 роки тому

      EU not anymore

    • @daddyleon
      @daddyleon 4 роки тому

      @@HercadosP lol, indeed!

  • @evanator3521
    @evanator3521 2 роки тому +1

    Being from a small gold mining town in California, the oldest thing I have grown up with is a statue. Seeing these countries with such extensive history baffles me

  • @deet0109mapping
    @deet0109mapping 8 років тому +4

    0:07 Business is booming (in the bottom left corner, that is)

  • @letoslavzahrada3274
    @letoslavzahrada3274 Рік тому +4

    this city of london didnt have to apply EU financial directives when UK was in EU, apparently, but hey

  • @PeterMoore5
    @PeterMoore5 11 років тому +9

    Look closely at the tower at 00:19.

    • @MahikMamun
      @MahikMamun 11 років тому

      WHY?!?!?!

    • @PeterMoore5
      @PeterMoore5 11 років тому

      Mahik Luigi You will see...

    • @LydiaTereK
      @LydiaTereK 11 років тому +3

      Oh lord the skyscraper, cannot be unseen. lol

    • @PeterMoore5
      @PeterMoore5 11 років тому +1

      LydiaTereK IKR!!

    • @ashheilborn
      @ashheilborn 10 років тому

      I'm looking at the tower... I maybe am missing a reference? I see nothing worth trying to unsee.

  • @paulinaruiz928
    @paulinaruiz928 5 років тому +2

    I love you CGP Grey! 😘😉

  • @grigorijklymenko3198
    @grigorijklymenko3198 5 років тому +4

    Community : can we get the new video plz?
    Gray: no, but you can look at the road

  • @Jans6ever
    @Jans6ever 7 років тому +17

    I love how the United Kingdom and all those organizations within have modernized so gradually and peacefully while maintaining tradition. No french revolutions, no bullshit needed.

  • @Digital111
    @Digital111 11 років тому +7

    it would be awesome if they renamed it Londinium to honor it's origin and further distinguish it from London (Also Londinum sounds awesome lol)

  • @Superboi7777
    @Superboi7777 5 років тому +1

    4:25 or the city in a city ruled by a country ruled by a country having laws placed by a union in a continent which could be in another continent which itself could be another continent which is in a word in a solar system in a galaxy in a universe which might be in the multiverse.

  • @granada1493
    @granada1493 5 років тому +4

    Lord Mayor is not elected but appointed by medieval guilds. The city of London is a private entity.

    • @bright1948light
      @bright1948light 3 роки тому +1

      The City of London also tells the Houses of Parliament what laws to make and how to rule the country, it is totally independent from the rest of London and the UK. Bear in mind the Rothschilds are involved in the City of London too along with a lot of other elite.

  • @Whapadoodle
    @Whapadoodle Рік тому +3

    0:24 London is still home to over 11,000 people. (technically)

  • @diamondsam
    @diamondsam Рік тому +3

    one of my friends (who lives in greater london still refuses to accept that they technically do not live in london)

  • @dvineone1393
    @dvineone1393 5 років тому

    at 3:35 that is the logo for great western railways which contains the crest for the city of London but also the city of Bristol because the company operated trains between the two cities