The Tower of London

#1694, Moscow, Russia

Teacher: Elena Makhovikova

back to 1078, though the main building has been added

to over the centuries. The Tower has been used as a royal palace, a zoo, a mint (where money is made),
a weapons store and a prison.
 

building on the Tower site. It is over 900 years

old. It got its name in the thirteenth century when it was painted with whitewash.

the Tower. They include Saint Edwards's crown used to crown

a new king or queen, and the orb and sceptre the new monarch holds during the ceremony.

looked after. Once they were stolen by a man called

Colonel Blood. But he was caught just as he was leaving the Tower. Thomas Blood didn`t have to go to prison. The king gave him a pension instead.

store suits of armour and weapons. You can still see

suits of armour on display. Some of the armour was made for King Henry VIII over 400 years ago.

the river. It got its name because many prisoners brought

it were accused of being traitors. Few of them left the Tower alive.

and its prisoners.
Today, they work mostly as

guides. They show people around and tell stories about all the terrible things that have happened here.
No one knows more about the history and secrets of the Tower than these famous men.

blue uniforms.

On state occasions they wear

red and gold tunics designed for them during the reign of Queen Elizabeth.

The first ones probably built their nests here

because they liked the old stone houses and
walls. A group of six ravens lives in the Tower.

bring good luck to Britain,
if they stay

at the Tower. That's why they get meat and biscuits every day. But their wings are clipped so that they can't fly away.
They are not very friendly. Once one of them bit a German minister.

"Halt! Who goes there?" "The Keys." "Whose Keys?" "Queen Elizabeth's Keys." "God preserve Queen

Elizabeth." "Amen!"

These words can be heard every night just before
10 o'clock. They mean that the Tower of London has been locked up for the night. The Ceremony of the Keys is at least 700 years old!

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