The first place _that_they visited in London was the Big Ben.为什么不用where?

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The first place _that_they visited in London was the Big Ben.为什么不用where?

对于这种从句,可以倒回去看,they visited the first place,主谓宾全了。visit 是及物动词,不需加介词,而where相当于in which。
或者这样理解,that后的从句:they visited in London, in london 是地点状语,先忽略掉,那么they visited缺少宾语,用that而不是where。

定语从句,that做visit的宾语。

并不是先行词表地点,就要用where来引导的,关键要看这个名词在从句中做什么成份
从句they visited 中,visit是及物动词,所以缺宾语,也就是说 they visited the place
因此用that 来引导