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бюджетное профессиональное
образовательное учреждение
Краснодарского края
«Апшеронский лесхоз-техникум»

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преподаватель иностранных языков Урюпкина Анна Владимировна.

Principal part
Fortress
Roil residence
Prison
Place of executions
Ghosts
Menagerie
The ravens
The Royal Mint
Royal Armouries
the Crown Jewels
3. Conclusion

in modern and ancient sights of interest, old buildings, historical monuments, museums and art galleries.

as the Tower of London. It is one of the main symbols of the great country. This massive stone tower is filled with history of the United Kingdom. It was the principal witness of the great and terrible events of the country.

it was fortress, treasury, palace, place of execution, observatory, refuge, and prison. It housed the royal mint, a menagerie, a records office, an armory and barracks for troops. Until the 17th century, it was also used as a royal residence.

cruel. The original purpose of the Tower of London was to act as a royal power base in the City of London, overawing and frightening the indigenous population of London and providing a safe retreat for the Royal family in times of civil disorder.

during the time of William the Conqueror. Originally built as a fortress, to keep hostile Londoners at bay it was also used to sight approaching enemies on the Thames River. Founded nearly a millennium ago, the Tower of London has been expanded upon over the centuries by many kings and queens.

as a royal residence and was called the White Tower instead. It was a beautiful residence and was actually a complex of several buildings inside a wall and moat rather than a single tower. Later rulers such as Richard the Lionheart, Edward I and Henry III expanded on the complex.

It did not have cells or
dungeons. It was so secure from attack, however, that it was used to house prisoners, even from its very earliest years.
The Tower became more heavily used as a prison after 1534, during the reign of Henry VIII.

rank persons. Among the most honorable and high-ranking prisoners there were the kings of Scotland and France and members of their families, and aristocrats and priests. Even Elisabeth I had spent in Tower several troubled weeks.

treason - the most common cause for incarceration there - was Norman Ballie Stewart in 1933. He was a British officer caught selling military secrets to Germany and seved four years in the Tower. Because Britain was not at war he was not sentenced to death.

walls: Henry VI, twelve-year-old Edward V and his younger brother, Anne Boleyn, Catherine Howard, Lady Jane Grey…

Henry VIII, allegedly haunts the chapel of St Peter ad Vincula, where she is buried, and has been said to walk around the White Tower carrying her head under her arm. Other ghosts include Henry VI, Lady Jane Grey, Margaret Pole, and the Princes in the Tower.

Henry III. In 1251, the sheriffs were ordered to pay fourpence a day towards the upkeep for the King's polar bear. Then there were other diplomatic gifts including three leopards, an elephant, some lions... By the 18th century, the menagerie was open to the public.

species. The last of the animals left in 1835, relocated to Regent's Park, after one of the lions was accused of biting a soldier.

captive common ravens which live in the Tower of London. The presence of the ravens is traditionally believed to protect the Crown and the Tower; a superstition holds that "If the Tower of London ravens are lost or fly away, the Crown will fall and Britain with it.

more secure quarters within the Tower of London. For the next 500 years the Royal Mint remained in the Tower of London. Well might an overseas visitor in 1710 express surprise that handsome coins could emanate from such wretched buildings.

Armour, in the United Kingdom, a collection of weapons and armour that was originally situated in the White Tower at the Tower of London.

The Royal Armouries has been an integral part of the Tower of London since William I the Conqueror in the 11th century ordered it to be built.

They can be viewed in their new jewel house. They include the Crown of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother which contains the celebrated Indian diamond.

popular of London's historical sites. It has played a prominent role the history of the English nation.
No other historic monument in English can boast such as unbroken continuity with the nation's heritage. The Tower's great sense of history lives on in its traditions and particulary in the ceremonies which are still performed here virtually unchanged after several centuries.