The Tower of London
January 10, 2009
The Tower of London is one of the fortified complex buildings which was built during the middle ages along the Thames, as a fortress armory, royal palace and prison for the prisoners of the upper class. The coin, the State Archive, a weapons arsenal and an observatory was also included here and accommodated. All English kings and queens lived there temporarily till James I. He then stayed in a festive train through the city ride to Westminster during the day of his coronation in the tower. Currently, British crown jewels and a rich collection of weapons are kept in the tower.
In 1078, William the Conqueror ordered the White Tower to be build here. He should have the Normans before the people of the city of London but it was also a gift.
The fortress was consistently expanded during the next centuries which were headed by a wide moat surrounded. The inner building is protected from the outer wall. The powerful White Tower is found in the middle of the whole site. From afar, the tower is square but the three corners are no right angles and all four corners of different length.
Since the British crown jewels were issued here, it’s a famous Tourist Attraction of London. But the building is a collection of weapons and the rest of the city wall is of the ancient city of Londinium as London was called by the Roman Empire to pull the visitors.
