The London Tower — one of symbols of Great Britain.
It takes a special place in the history of the
English nation and is one of the most visited places in the world. Crows of the
Tower known for all, yeomen policemen, royal jewelry and stories about gloomy
fortress prison — here only very first associations at the name the London Tower. The first prisoner ground in the Tower in 1100. At that time the Tower
prison intended for people of a noble origin and a high rank. Among the most
honourable and high-ranking prisoners of the Tower there were kings of Scotland
and France and members of their families, and also representatives of the
aristocracy and the priests who have fallen into disgrace on charge of change. Tower
walls also remember many executions and murders: In the Tower Henry VI, and
also 12-year-old Edward V and his younger brother were killed