Discovering the Tower of London [antikvár]

The Tower of London from the airThe Tower of LondonThe Tower of London was begun by William the Conqueror as a fortress and palace. Later kings made it larger and stronger, and kept soldiers, armour, weapons, treasure, and sometimes important prisoners there. For five hundred years coins of the realm were minted at the Tower and official documents stored in some of the castle buildings. There was even a zoo there which began as the king's private collection of animals.It was not until after 1850 that the Tower became, first and foremost, a tourist attraction and even today many people live and work there, sometimes perhaps joined by the ghosts from the Tower's long and eventful past.For nine centuries the Tower has kept watch over London and the River Thames. For more than five