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The Tower of London is almost a thousand years.

The foundations have already been in the 11th century and construction / renovation work has increasingly far away, at the time.

Successors kings and queens have expanded the original structure began during 1078

The Tower of London has long been a castle fortress of the king, constantly changed and is now the oldest currently very strong and Royal Palace in prison across Europe.

Treason is still a capital crime in the UK and is punishable in law today of the death penalty (in the Tower grounds no doubt).

The Norman king William the Conqueror “conquest of England (for the year 1066 AD) and the President has defeated the Saxon King Harold at the Battle of Hastings, then on Christmas Day in 1066, then he was crowned king of England.

After choosing later the banks of the Thames, as his fief, London Bridge was the farthest downstream of a medieval bridge crosses the Thames, without collapse flows in the bottom of its own weight.

King William demanded an impregnable fortress to support his army, for medieval English lords under his control and they prevent revoltierende attack against him and back on the throne of English.

London did not like the invasion of King William and his loyalty has no control easily, because it was seen as a foreigner, just Normandy in France.

It took out a position of fighting force, and how in the old days.

You can say that nothing has really changed over the last thousand years, vis-à-vis the recent global conflicts in progress!

It is interesting to the point, William attacked for its army was exactly the same place as the Roman Emperor Claudius chosen English as its base, several centuries ago and still can be wonderful characters Roman Engineering Skills visible here and the rest of England (the city of Bath in particular).

The Tower of London, after a thousand years of its legacy Royal, now operates as a museum in London!

Initially, it was a simple turn of wood and stone containing the housing and outside the usual gap of the city walls.

The basic structure later, has acquired a large round stone was “The Grand Tour” and is now what is known as the white tower.

For the year 1240, the former King Henry III of the Tour live in the royal palace.

It was beautiful and he painted the Grand Tour in white, and extends his new homeland, so he could build a church to pray in.

However, we must not forget that all the kings of the Middle Ages, “she decided, by divine right – and what you say?

In addition, a large hall and other buildings were constructed and the Norman kings, direct descendants of William, were still in England in the 13th century (and speaks french, of course!) Referenced in the Tower of London as “La Tour Blanche “in English means The White Tower.

The Great / White / White Tower, the Tower of London, if you prefer, many functions over the centuries.

The royal residence, palace, fortress, prison, All-In-One-military complex, Royal Mint, treasury and is now a museum in London and also in London, the number one tourist attraction.

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