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Bridge open to admit
Tower Bridge under construction, 1892
Interior of the modern reconstruction
Interior and exterior of the modern reproduction of the Globe.
• The Tower of London is a historic The Tower of London is a historic monument in central monument in central London, , England,, on the north bank of the on the north bank of the River Thames.. The Tower of London was declared in The Tower of London was declared in 1988 Patrimony of the Humanity 1988 Patrimony of the Humanity
• The Tower of London The Tower of London is often identified is often identified with the with the White Tower, the original stark , the original stark square fortress built square fortress built by by William the Conqueror in 1078. However, in 1078. However, the tower as a whole the tower as a whole is a complex of is a complex of several buildings set several buildings set within two concentric within two concentric rings of defensive rings of defensive walls and a walls and a moat..
• The tower's The tower's primary function primary function was a fortress, a was a fortress, a royal palace, and royal palace, and a prison. a prison.
• The Tower of London The Tower of London is reputedly the most is reputedly the most haunted building in haunted building in England. The Tower England. The Tower of London, as a place of London, as a place of death, darkness of death, darkness and treachery, is and treachery, is most famously most famously evoked in evoked in William Shakespeare's play play
The cathedral sits on the edge of London's oldest region, the City,
which originated as a Roman
trading post along the edge of the River Thames.
The Whispering Gallery runs around the interior of the Dome and is 30.2 m
above the cathedral floor.
The organ was commissioned in 1694:
the current instrument is
the third-biggest in Britain with
7,189 pipes and 108 stops, enclosed in
an impressive case by Grinling Gibbons.
