Windsor Castle [antikvár]

Henry VIII Gateway - The Lower WardThe main gateway to the castle (above left) is sited at the lowest extremity and farthest from the Royal Apartments. It was built in this position so that, should it fall to attackers, further progress would require a stern uphill fight. The gateway was rebuilt by King Henry VIII in about 1510 and was named after him, and it bears the pomegranate badge of his first queen, Katherine of Aragon, both above the arch and in the spandrel of a doorway within.The Castle guard is mounted daily when the Court is in residence and the ceremony takes place in the Quadrangle; at other times the guard is mounted on the Parade Ground (below left). One of the five regiments of Foot Guards is invariably stationed at Windsor i in the picture the guard is being mounted by the Coldstream Guards. In the background is part of the Horseshoe Cloister built in 1480 for the clergy of St. George's Chapel. It now houses lay clerks of the choir.The Lower Ward (above), looking towards the Middle Ward and the Round Tower. On the left is St. George's Chapel, terminating in Master John Schorne's Tower; beyond though not seen in the picture is the Albert Memorial Chapel. On the right are the lodgings of the Military Knights of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, and Henry Ill's Tower. It's round-topped windows are the only surviving examples of those inserted by Hugh May for Charles I.