These ancient walls creak and groan with history – and, perhaps, a ghost or two will be heard by trees or walk along Raleigh’s Walk. And who knows what ghosts linger at the Traitors’ Gate, watery record of the mighty River Thames, through which the prisoners are floated, and their first look inside these walls is prohibited, before led to their cells or, perhaps, for an hour of torture as a Welcome to the kind of place.
It was ordered by William the Conqueror that the tower will be built in London. Look around you, at any place on the grounds: it is striking that the establishment of such grief and terrible history may be one of the most beautiful, if not the most beautiful settings in London. So bring a camera.
Let’s start from the beginning. Take a tour Yeoman Warder (it’s included in your ticket, though after the withdrawal would be a class act). These tower guards know all the ins and outs of the place, and the entire terrible tale. Many of them and their families live in the premises of years.
White Tower, or “Keep”, dominates the other structures surrounding area. This magnificent collection of the House of Henry VIII armor, including his horse. Beautiful 11-th century chapel of St. John the Divine where Lady Jane Gray, a nine-day queen, he knelt to pray before it led to her death on the scaffold, because the battle for succession to the throne in 1553. It was in the Beauchamp Tower.
Tower Green where many of the members of the royal family lost their lives. Among these accidents were: Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII, who was in her early thirties, Catherine Howard, fifth wife of Henry VIII, just in her 20’s, and Lady Jane Gray, who was 16 years old. Anne Boleyn was executed with a great blow to the expert swordsman was brought from France just for this occasion.
When you see the Jewel house the crown jewels, you may want to pick up a souvenir. Do not do it! You will be closed – maybe even in the tower! Keep it up! (The guards will keep you moving pretty well anyway.)
In the Bloody Tower, where the little princes were murdered, and where they kept Sir Walter Raleigh. Reilly was allowed to walk along the walls, where his friends would welcome him from the River Thames below. In this part of the tower is now familiarly known as Raleigh’s Walk.
Royal Chapel of St. Peter ad Vincula where Anne Boleyn is buried under the stone floor you walk on, in the crypt. After visiting this chapel, I asked one of the Yeoman Warders, if could be for me to visit the crypt, and he replied: “Only the queen is there, governor.” Well, that’s life. I could no longer scenario of English to answer it to give me.
I hope I whet your appetite to visit the Tower of London. There are still many things to recommend it enough what I said above.
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