LondonisthecapitaloftheUnitedKingdomandtheConstituentCountryofEngland,andisthelargestcityintheEuropeanUnion.Animportantsettlementfortwomillennia,London"shistorygoesbacktoitsfoundingbytheRomans.Sinceitsbeginnings,Londonhasbeenpartofmanymovementsandphenomenathroughouthistory,suchastheEnglishRenaissance,theIndustrialRevolution,andtheGothicRevivalinarchitecture.Thecity"score,theancientCityofLondon,stillretainsitslimitedmedievalboundaries;butsinceatleastthenineteenthcentury,thename"London"hasalsoreferredtothewholemetropolisthathasdevelopedaroundit.TodaythebulkofthisconurbationformstheLondonmetropolitanregionandtheGreaterLondonadministrativearea,withitsownelectedmayorandassembly.