The history of the Tower of London Richkova Viktoriy 6 B
The Tower of London is not really a tower: it is, or rather has been a royal place, a fortress & a prison& a place of excursion.
White tower It story begins with William the Conqueror. The construction of Tower took 20 years. It consists of 13 towers. The White Tower is the main tower.
The Bloody Tower. The Bloody Tower got its name from the murder of the little Prince, Edward V & his brother The Duke of York.
St. Tomas`s Tower was the prison of Sir Walter Raleigh. In the Bell Tower Sir Tomas More & also Princes Elizabeth (future Queen) were imprisoned. Beneath St. Thomas` s Tower there is a gate. In the old day prisoners were bought to Tower though this gate in barges which landed at the foot of the Bloody Tower.
All treasures of Tower are kept in the Wakefield Tower.
Beefeaters are the Yeomen of Warder. On important occasions they wear their very picturesque scarlet & gold Tudor dress.
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