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The Tower of London Opening times Tuesday - Saturday 09:00 - 16:30 Sunday - Monday 10:00 - 16:30

The Tower of London Opening times Tuesday - Saturday 09:00 - 16:30 Sunday - Monday 10:00 - 16:30 . The first royal fortress at the Tower of London.

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The Tower of London Opening times Tuesday - Saturday 09:00 - 16:30 Sunday - Monday 10:00 - 16:30

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  1. The Tower of LondonOpening times Tuesday - Saturday 09:00 - 16:30 Sunday - Monday 10:00 - 16:30

  2. The first royal fortress at the Tower of London William the Conqueror invades England and defeats Harold II at the Battle of Hastings. William established his fortress on the Thames to keep hostile Londoners at bay in 1066-1080s.

  3. History of the Tower Richard the Lionheart (1189-99) For over 600 years, strange and exotic animals are sent as royal gifts and kept at the Tower of London, as symbols of foreign lands and political connections. Religious order establishes Hampton Court 1236

  4. The place of execution

  5. Henry VIII broke with Rome, making England a Protestant nation. Parliament acquired greater authority and England became a European power. He had six marriages and desperate quested to gain a legitimate son and heir. (1509) Thomas More (Chancellor of Henry VIII) was beheaded on Tower Hill for refusing to accept the King as Head of the Church, and is later made a Catholic saint (1535). Anne Boleyn was beheaded on Tower Green (1536)

  6. For nearly 600 years the nation's coins are mass-produced on Mint Street at the Tower (1280) Coins and Kings Henry VII founds the Yeoman Warders. Their nickname “beefeaters” is derived from their position in the Royal Bodyguard, which permitted them to eat as much beef as they wanted from the king's Table (1485). Medieval manor of Hampton Court Palace. Hampton Court consists of a great hall, kitchen, buttery, a tower, possibly part of a chamber block, ground floor parlour and later a tennis court. Lord Chamberlain lived there (1494)

  7. The guides of the Tower

  8. The Crown Jewels The Sovereign's Scepter with Cross Exhibition on crowns in the Martin Tower The Coronation Spoon

  9. The ravens Do not try to feed the ravens! ‘The ravens eat 170g of raw meat a day, plus bird biscuits soaked in blood.’ six resident ravens

  10. Legend of the ravens Legend says: the kingdom and the Tower will fall if the six resident ravens ever leave the fortress.

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  12. Six ravens currently reside at the Tower: • Hugine(female, red ring, Somerset, 2008) • Erin (female, white ring, Somerset, 2006) • Merlin(female, pink ring, South Wales, 2005) • Munin(female, dark green ring, Scotland, 1995) • Portia(female, blue ring, Somerset, 2009) • Rocky(male, yellow ring, Somerset, 2008)

  13. Thank you for your attention!

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