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The Tower of London. It's actually a complex of various buildings where people still live and work   A view of the now filled in moat   The public entrance to the Tower   The second entrance gate.   Steve and Betsy outside the first gate                   Jane and Steve in front of the second gate   Mindy outside the moat   The infamous Traiters Gate. Prisoners were brought in from the Thames thru this entrance   The inner gate. This is where the Ceremony of the Keys took place   Looking thru the third gate towards the inner gate. Traitors Gate is to the right over the railing                   Looking back toward the inner gate. As part of the Ceremony we were walked up the path with armed guards as they lock the gate   One ot the Yeoman Warders giving us our tour. They are better known as 'Beefeaters'. You have to be retired military to be a Warder   One of the various inner buildings   A wider shot of the inner gate, note the Raven houses to the left   Inner courtyard                   The chapel to the left   Part of the inner court, the building is now the Royal Fusiliers museum   Steve's Squared   A raven, one of six that still lives in the tower   Steve and Jane                   Overlooking some of the private apartments. Only Warders and their families can live inside the Tower walls   Yet another view of Tower Bridge from inside the walls   Bloody Tower, rumoured to be where the young princes were murdered in the 14th Century   A Raven on part of a wall from the 10th century   Raven                   Guarding the entrance to the Crown Jewels on display inside   One the numerous walkways on the Tower walls, we are overlooking some fo the lodgings   Pretty cool private garden with a view of the Thames   The tower housing copies of the Crown Jewels and other fake diamonds. The real Jewels were on display here for years before being moved to White Tower   Coldharbour Gate                   The Royal Armouries, the oldest museum in London     King Henry VIII suit of armour. yes, (I think he is happy to see you)   Wooden carving of two knights enjoying a pint   Dress helmet                     Another view of the Armoury   The inner court, the Armoury to the right and the chapel in the background, Raven's houses to the left   A crest carved on a building   Left of the Raven's, another walled gate           Coldharbour gate   Another view of the Crown Jewel museum   Traitors Gate from the outide, part of the entrance runs under the pathway

 

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