Brighton is the largest seaside resort in the ______.

Brighton is the largest seaside resort in the southwest of England. For many people it seems a town of contrasts, a mixture of elegant eighteenth-century architecture and loud, modern places of amusement. The town was at first a fishing village, and didn’t become popular until the eighteenth century, when doctors began to prescribe sea-bathing as a cure for illness. Rich people began to visit Brighton in large numbers, and when the Prince of Wales, later George Ⅳ, arrived and decided to build a house there, its future as a tourist center was assured. The Royal Pavilion, as the house was called, was decorated in the Chinese style popular at the time, but completely rebuilt between 1815 and 1822 in its present Indian Style. The king continued to visit it until 1827, but queen Victoria didn’t like it, and it was bought by the Brighton Local Government.  It is open to the public every day and there is a special exhibition there in the summer.
   The other side of Brighton, the popular seaside resort, grew up in the nineteenth century. It offers all kinds of entertainment, from concerts and plays in the theatre to the popular amusement centers and such local attractions as the Aquarium, established over 100 years ago, a waxworks and an electric railway running between the Aquarium and the Black Rock.