Thursday 29 July 2010

Tower of London


The Tower of London is a landmark in central London in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets just outside the City of London.

The White Tower, the square building with turrets on each corner that gave it its name, is actually in the middle of a complex of several buildings along the River Thames in London, which have served as fortresses, armories, treasuries, zoos/menageries, mints, palaces, places of execution, public records offices, observatories, shelters, and prisons (particularly for upper class prisoners). This last use has led to the phrase "sent to the Tower" meaning "imprisoned". One widely known example was that Elizabeth I was imprisoned for a time in the Tower during her sister Mary's reign.

Architect: Unknown
Location: East London
Date: 1070 to 1090
Style: Gothic Elizabethan
Construction: Masonry
Type: Castle, fortress, prison

4 comments:

  1. Tower of London ...
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  2. I feel so proud when I see this TOWER OF LONDON in Robin Hood movie.

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  3. @ Sajib your pray will never be work

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