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The City of London is a small area in Greater London. The modern conurbation of London developed from the City of London and the nearby City of Westminster, which was the centre of the royal government. The City of London is now London's main financial district. It is often referred to as just the City or as the Square Mile, as it is approximately one square mile (2.6 square kilometres) in area: note that those terms may also be used as synonyms for the UK financial services industry which is principally based there. In the middle period the City was synonymous with London, but the latter term is now reserved for the large conurbation surrounding it. The City of London is still part of London's city centre, but apart from financial services, most of London's metropolitan functions are centred on the West End. The City of London has a resident population of about 8,000 but a daily working population of around 300,000.St Paul's Cathedral is a cathedral on Ludgate
Swiss Re is the world's second-largest reinsurance company (after Munich Re/ Münchener Rück), and the world's largest life and health reinsurer. The company's headquarters are in Zürich, Switzerland. It employs around 8500 people. It was founded in 1863 by the forerunner of Credit Suisse. Its new London headquarters are located in the award-winning 30 St Mary Axe tower, completed in 2004. In October 2003 it announced that it would become a carbon neutral business within ten years.
London Wall was the defensive wall built by the Romans around Londinium, their strategically important port town on the river Thames in England. The wall had a number of gates around the outside that led to important Roman roads, leading to other towns in the country. The original list of gates on the wall going clockwise from Ludgate in the west to Aldgate in the east were: Ludgate, Newgate, Aldersgate, Cripplegate, Bishopsgate and Aldgate. Some of the gates, though now long gone, are remembered by the areas or roads where the gates stood being named after them. Due to the rapid growth of the city, the number of gates was increased to cope with the extra traffic in the mediaeval period, and the walls were also strengthened and built upon. Today all that remains of the wall are a few (albeit substantial) fragments, some of which can be seen in the grounds of the Museum of London, in the Barbican Estate and around Tower Hill. Part of the route originally taken by the northern wall is commemorated by the road also named London
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