Whitehall is a street in the center of London to two thirds of the distance since Trafalgar Square towards Parliament Square; the other third forms Parliament Street. The two streets are a length of a little less than one kilometer and half (one thousand).

The name comes from the Palais of Whitehall which occupied the zone but was destroyed in 1698. The street Parliament was then widened to reach that of Whitehall. Only a panel marks division. The framework is mainly the result of an urban development at the 19th century.

The Maison of the banquets is the only building remaining of the old palate. Charles I {{er}} was carried out the January 30th 1649 on a estrade set up outside, reaching it since a window of the first stage. The royalists still commemorate the regicide annually the birthday day.

Whitehall and the surroundings are the administrative center of the government of the United Kingdom also the name is a short cut to refer there or the government.

The Cenotaph, the principal military monument of the country, is placed in the middle of the street, where one celebrates the annual ceremonies of the Sunday of the memory.

The central part of the street is dominated by buildings assigned to the various military administrative services including those of the horse guards and admiralty. The street lodges also the equestrian statue of George, duke of Clarence, a former commander-in-chief of the army.

Downing Street leads to the south-western end of Whitehall, just above Parliament Street. It is not opened any more with the public, being closed with the two ends by a door of massive safety since 1969. A van been parked on Whitehall was used by the ( Irish Republican Army ) will launch an terrorist attack to the mortar on the 10, Downing Street on February 7th, 1991. The shooting missed by little and nobody was wounded.