Tower of London
Also known as: Tower of London, London, Tower
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The fortress and former royal palace on the north bank of the Thames, founded by William the Conqueror after 1066, with the White Tower dated to about 1078 (Historic Royal Palaces; en.wikipedia «Tower of London»).Relevance to Marie
On 7 September 1874, her first day in London: «On nous mène à la Tour de Londres que nous visitons et dont il est inutile que je parle, je dirai pourtant que j'ai trouvé tout presque mieux que je ne pensais, généralement je trouve moins bien» (023.0578). Later the same day: «visité la Tour, passé par the City» (023.0593; see THE_CITY). See ST_PAULS_CATHEDRAL for the next day's sights.References in Diary
Sources
Historic Royal Palaces, history of the Tower (https://www.hrp.org.uk/media/1171/tolhistory_v1.pdf); en.wikipedia «Tower of London» (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_London).Most of this glossary was researched with the help of AI language models and checked against the sources cited; mistakes are possible. If you spot one, please report it with the button at the top of the page.