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The Tower of London: a Symbol of Regal Imperiousness

The White Tower was the initial Tower of London. It would have undoubtedly been a very safe and formidable home for the newly crowned Norman invader, William the Conqueror, who built it around 1080. The most impressive collection of armour in the whole of Europe is held in The White Tower, including Henry VIII’s personal armoury.

 

London, England -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/21/2011 -- The incomparable Crown Jewels are categorically an indispensable aspect of any Tower of London tour. The Jewels are held in the most observable vault on earth. The Maundy Dish and Imperial State Crown are still fundamental in yearly regal ceremonies. Every jewel comes with its own unique royal story.

The Tower of London holds an enormously confused past which you may not be sentient of. Interested? Uncover the manifold extraordinary historical stories behind one of the supreme London attractions.

The Tower of London is, without a doubt, remarkably prodigious and imposing. The Medieval Palace consists of sumptuous interiors. Delve meticulously into the details of what life was like in an incredibly lavish medieval household on your Tower of London Bus tours. 

You should also make certain you spend some time exploring the Bloody or Beauchamp Towers when you visit inside the Tower of London. Even contemplate the meanings behind some of the inscriptions left behind by previous prisoners.

Take a London Open Top tour for Beefeater and you will be left feeling incredulous yet fascinated by their tales, which have been passed down for generations. The ravens and the legends related to them also play a part in making the Tower of London an imperative London attraction to delve into. The Tower is even home to a rather disturbing array of torture instruments and historical weapons.

The Tower of London is a remarkable landmark. It has also played host to some extremely wild, brutal and altogether very notorious past events. Over the course of 1,000 years, the Tower of London has transformed in its function unbelievably frequently. It has been, at diverse points in its history, a prison, Royal Palace, a mint, and, perhaps most bizarrely, a zoo.

One of the more disturbing and worrying facts about the Tower is that, following the discovery of two young boys’ bones dating back to Charles II’s reign, the Garden Tower was ignominiously relabelled the ‘Bloody Tower’. Rumours of hauntings by ghosts within the Tower are still pervasive, and it is not hard to discover why: such renowned figures as Thomas More and Lady Jane Grey were put to death there.

Visit inside the Tower of London by for an at times disconcerting, yet all in all entrancing thing to do in London.