The Tower of London
...ended visit in 1066. It was called the White Tower and followed the defensive architecture of the period. In the 13th the towered walls and the great moat were added. A wharf was added in the next century - much of this original architecture still exists. It was very much seen as a place of refuge for the Royal family in a time when the rules of engagement and the lines of succession were being worked out. As the Tudors and Plantagenets fought over control of the country, several nasty little incidents took place here, for example, the murdering of the two Princes in the Tower by Richard III. Prisoners held in the Tower include Sir Thomas More, Thomas Cromwell, two of Henry VIII´s wives: Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard, and his daughter, Princess Elizabeth (the future Queen Elizabeth I). During the rei...