Tower of London (презентация по английскому языку)

Thames River in London. It has a rich history dating

1066. The tower was built by the medieval style. It

of White, Wardrobe, Broad Arrow, Constable, Martin, Bowyer, Flint, Devereux,

of London. The great central keep was started in 1078

which he had specially imported from France, and appointed Gundulf,

top floor, is the chapel to St. John the Evangelist

taken upon Henry VIII's death, it wasn't until 1660 that

the 1500s and then descends to the rifles and small

the defeated Spanish Armada in 1588.

including the infamous block and axe.

of successive sovereigns, mounted on wooden dummies and horses that

- 1272
The purpose of the Bloody Tower was defensive It

4, 1470 – 1483?) and his brother, Richard of Shrewsbury,

the staircase leading to the chapel. These were believed to

and explorer spent his long term of imprisonment in the

bedroom in the Bloody Tower

- 1279
The purpose of St Thomas's Tower was defensive and

London was originally the King's Chamber King Edward stayed at

the Tower of London known as Traitors' Gate.
It was used

1272
This tower was part of the original Norman plan. The

for Henry III between 1220 and 1240.

1238 - 1272
The purpose of the Broad Arrow Tower was

The purpose of the Constable Tower was accommodation and as

The Constable Tower

- 1272
The purpose of the Martin Tower was to be

- 1272
was named for the royal bowmakers who lived there.

Ward and is in part the work of Henry III,

- 1272
In general terms the towers were built for accommodation,

of Essex who on 25th February 1601 was executed for

- 1281
The Beauchamp Tower was for defensive purposes. It was

as a prisoner of Thomas, third Earl of Warwick, of

the Lionheart by his regent William Longchamp, the Bishop of

was Sir Thomas More

On 17 March 1554 a terrified Princess Elizabeth was taken by barge to the Tower of London, entering via Traitor's Gate, beneath St Thomas's Tower and was confined to the Bell Tower by her sister Queen Mary ( Bloody Mary )

has been entirely refaced. between 1238 - 1272
The Middle Tower

the Salt Tower was built was between
1238 - 1272
The

having once imprisoned John Balliol the King of Scotland in

date the Cradle Tower was built was believed to be

1238 - 1272
Sir Walter Raleigh (1552-1618) was briefly imprisoned in

Tower was built during 1282 and the late 1500's a

- 1279
The purpose of the Well Tower was to protect

The Well Tower

- 1272
It is the second largest tower. The Lanthorn Tower

the Lionheart by his rent William Longchamp, Bishop of Ely

1238 - 1272
The origins of the name of the tower

on the northwest angle of the Tower of London. A

was a British naval commander who gave distinguished service to

of the Tower of London. The Brass Mount got it's

Henry VIII in Tudor style. Henry VIII probably built the

19 May 1536),
was Queen of

12 February 1554)
was a claimant to the Kingdom of England

at the Tower of London since the 17th century in

worn by the sovereign of the United Kingdom during the