Tower of London

Tower of London 2018 Geoff Sutton

A visit to London is incomplete without a tour of this 1000 year-old castle by the Thames. I've been here several times over the decades of my life. I took the photo above from the viewing deck of the Shard building.

White Tower at Tower of London

The Tower was a castle built in the 1070s on orders from King William I, William the Conqueror.

Over the years, the Kings of England expanded the fortress with massive walls and smaller towers.

Yeoman Warders continue to guard the tower as they have for centuries.

Yeoman Warder Tower of London

Inside the complex is the Chapel Royal of St Peter ad Vincula. Three queens that were executed in the Tower during the 1500s are buried here: Anne Boleyn, Catherine Howard, Jane Grey.




The Tower has long been a place of treasure. Once it was a mint. Over centuries, the royals locked their jewels in the Tower. Today, the Crown Jewels are also in the Tower vaults. My pictures are very old--you can probably find better ones online.

Imperial State Crown, Tower of London

Orb & Scepter, Tower of London

The Tower Ravens are legendary. The story has it that if the ravens leave, the kingdom will fall.

















I'll leave you with views from November 2018 when I was in London for the 100-year centenary of the end of World War I.

Tower of London, Candles, Nov 2018

I took this video of the Tower of London lit on November 5, 2018.

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