| "> | | | | known as William the Conqueror 1066-87, the Great |
| Having passed under London Bridge the River then | | | | Tower or White Tower as it later came to be called |
| flows towards Tower Bridge passing on the south | | | | was fast becoming the most talked-about building in |
| bank the battle cruiser HMS Belfast on the north bank | | | | England. The White Tower was also the most awe |
| the Tower of London. HMS Belfast is now | | | | inspiring, and frightening structure to the Anglo-Saxon |
| permanently moored near to Tower Bridge as a | | | | people who were trying to get used to the rule of their |
| museum and was opened to the public on 21 October | | | | new Norman king, the destroyer of their own ruler, |
| 1971, which was Trafalgar Day (commemorating the | | | | Harold II, at the in 1066. Within three months of his |
| victory og Admiral Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar in | | | | victory William the Conqueror had begun to build a |
| 1805). The ship saw active service in the second world | | | | castle on the north bank of the river Thames in |
| war and was decommissioned from the navy in 1963. | | | | London. However, the tower as a whole is a complex |
| The Tower of London is amongst the most significant | | | | of several buildings set within two concentric rings of |
| buildings not just in London or Britain, but in the world. It | | | | defensive walls and a moat. The tower's primary |
| is a World Heritage Site. From its earliest structural | | | | function was a fortress, a royal palace, and a prison. |
| beginnings by its founder William I of England better | | | | |