Tower of London

Friday, April 21, 2017.  William I - aka "William the Conqueror" - built this castle tower in 1077.  The original construction incorporated old Roman walls and included the large White Tower.  Over the centuries, his successors built additional walls and towers.  This heavily fortified, 18-acre Tower served as a royal residence, the Royal Mint, the Royal Jewel House, and a prison and execution site.

We arrived at about 10am and got excellent audio tours.  We saw and learned about the castle, the prisons, the jewels, and the armory.  We saw a reenactment where three different groups tried to overtake the Tower.  We were told countless, fascinating stories about the Tower, the people who lived there, the people who were imprisoned there, and the people who died there.  So, I shouldn't be surprised that we were there for 7.5 hours.  We closed the place down!  And we all want to go back.

Here are a few pictures from our day.

This final picture is on our street.