After the two sat on the sofa in the living room for nearly twenty minutes, the butler came to inform the soldiers that Ji Po had come to the outside of the castle.

Knowing that the others had arrived, the soldier immediately walked out with Athena.

After coming outside, the creep and Geppel said a few words, and the creep, along with Geppel and Athena, got into Geppel, ready to pick up the creep and their car.

After the three of them got into the car, nearly twenty minutes or so by car, the soldier saw the British landmark on the banks of the Thames, the Tower of London.

The Tower of London is located on the north bank of the River Thames in London, near Tower Bridge. After Christmas 1066, William I began construction to defend and control the city of London.

Later, successive dynasties built a number of buildings, so that the Tower of London had both a strong barracks fortress, a palatial palace, an observatory, a church, a prison and other buildings. The entire complex reflects the architectural styles of different dynasties in England.

The Tower of London is a group of towers, the center of which is a white tower of Normandy architecture, which is the oldest building in the tower, also known as the Great Tower and the Central Fortress, three stories high, with towers built at its upper ends, except for the northeast corner tower, which is in the shape of a garden, the other three towers are square.

The White Tower is 90 feet high, and the base part of the wall is 15 feet thick and the upper part is 11 feet thick. The White Pagoda is surrounded by a number of defensive buildings with four floors, and there are 13 towers as the inner defensive tower, the most famous of which are the Wakefi Tower, the White Tower, and the Beecam Tower.

As an outer layer of defense, there are 6 towers such as the middle tower, the well tower and 2 bastions, in the outermost periphery, there is no moat as a prison, here has been imprisoned in British history, many princes and nobles, and political celebrities, during the Second World War, Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess, also passed through the traitor door under the moat St. Thomas's Tower, entered the Tower of London and was imprisoned here.

The church of St. John in the White Tower is the oldest existing church, and the whole church is built according to the typical Normandy structure, which looks magnificent and solemn.

The Tower of London, originally built to control the entire city of London, covers an area of 18 acres, because it has been expanded and renovated by two generations of monarchs, so it also reflects the different styles of different eras in England, which can be said.

The Tower of London is the culmination of the wisdom of Britain through the ages, and has been used as a fortress, a royal palace, a prison, a royal mint and the London Archives. It seems that it has accomplished his historical mission, and served as an exhibition hall of crowns, robes, weapons and armor. The most famous is the Royal Treasure Hall in the tower, which mainly exhibits national treasures such as the crown, the ball of power, and the scepter of the monarch since the 17th century.

The Armory Hall exhibits a variety of weapons, armor, and battle robes used by the royal family throughout the ages. The Tower of London has a history of nearly a thousand years, but its role is constantly changing: castles, royal palaces, treasury, ** treasury, mint, prison, zoo and now Middle Towe, London's tourist area

A must-see for visitors to the UK is the famous Tower of London, a Normandy-style castle building with a history of more than 900 years.

The Tower of London is of great significance in the British royal palace, as a well-defended fortress and palace, it has become a custom for generations of British kings to live here, and it has become a custom for the king to be crowned and live in the Tower of London.

Later, it became a place of palace intrigue and struggle with the royal family. The two youngest sons of King Edward IV, Edward's former king and cousin and brother, and Henry VIII's two queens, were imprisoned here and executed. For a long time, the Tower of London became a creepy "death prison".

Of course, there are no more prisoners in the modern Tower of London, only the ravens who have lived here since the 13th century have not moved away. Legend has it that if the ravens left here, the tower would fall and the dynasty would fall. As a result, these ravens have become the most pampered guests for generations.

It is located next to Tower Bridge on the north bank of the River Thames and is a London icon.

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It is the first bridge from the mouth of the River Thames (there are 15 bridges built over the River Thames) and is a symbol of London. The bridge was built in 1886 and opened to the public on 30 June 1894, connecting the north and south suburbs of London into a single unit.

In the second half of the 19th century, the rise of commerce in London's East End led to the need for a new bridge across the River Thames downstream of London Bridge.

But the bridge could not be built as a traditional fixed bridge, because it would cut off the harbour facilities between London Bridge and the Tower of London, and if the new bridge was too low, the ship would not be able to get to the docks.

In 1870 a pedestrian tunnel was opened under the River Thames, but it still could not replace the need for a new bridge, and the design of Tower Bridge in London has a certain place in the world's bridge construction industry.

On both sides of the river, there are two towers made of granite and steel, about 60 meters high, divided into two floors. The upper deck supports the towers on both sides, and the lower deck allows pedestrians to pass through and vehicles to pass through.

If the giant ship whistles, the lower deck can be automatically cocked to both sides, and pedestrians can be diverted to pass through the upper deck.

Construction of Tower Bridge began in 1886 and took eight years to build, with the participation of five major construction companies and a total of 432 construction workers. A total of 70,000 tonnes of cement were used for the two sturdy piers, and 11,000 tonnes of steel were used for the pylons and shaft. Outside the steel skeleton of the pylons and bridge bodies, granite is laid and Portland stone is laid to protect the skeleton and add to the aesthetics.

Jones' design was a 244-meter-long open bridge with two pylons, each 65 meters high. The middle of the bridge is 61 meters long and is divided into two panels, each of which can be erected up to 83 degrees to allow river traffic to pass.

These two sections weigh thousands of tonnes each, and their shafts are located on their center of gravity to reduce the force required for them to be lifted, and they can be lifted in a zigzag in one minute. In the beginning this lifting device was hydraulic, for which it had six reservoirs to generate high-pressure water. The steam engine pumped water from the reservoir into the hydraulics. The bridge was raised and lowered by electric motors, but the mechanism of the steam engine of the past is still available for visiting.

Jones died in 1887 and his chief engineer, Sir John Wolff-Barry, became the leader of the project. Wolfe Barry changed the medieval surface decoration that Jones had begun with and used more decorative, Victorian, neo-Gothic decoration.

In 1894, Tower Bridge was opened to traffic with the then Crown Prince of Great Britain, later King Edward VII, and his princess. It was originally painted blue-green when it was built, but later (as of 2010) it has been painted 14 times. The arms of London (here may refer to a kind of praise for Tower Bridge) were the only thing gilded at the time. The current scheme is based on the application for the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Queen's accession to the throne in 1976.

There are shops and bars in the bridge, and even on rainy and snowy days, pedestrians can shop, chat or watch the scenery on both sides of the river.

From the outside, the ends of the tower bridge are Victorian masonry towers, but in reality the structure of the tower is mainly steel. It is equipped with hydraulic machinery for opening and closing bridges weighing 1,000 tons each. Since its construction, the tower bridge has been mechanically functional and has never failed. After the giant ship whistles in greeting, the lifting machinery can raise the bridge deck in just one minute. The Tower Bridge was designed to meet both the shipping and road traffic needs.

At that time, all the bridges were built on the west side of Tower Bridge, and in the middle of Victoria, with the development of trade, London began to expand eastward, and considered building another bridge to ease traffic, but the dock owners objected, believing that the bridge would prevent their ships from passing, and discussed for many years that Tower Bridge was finally built, which opened the bridge deck to allow large ships to pass, and the horizontal bridge deck was conducive to horse-drawn carriage walking. Each half of the bridge deck that can be flipped weighs more than 1,000 tons. Since its full opening in 1895, the deck has been opened more than 6,000 times, an average of once a week.

The Tower Bridge requires 25 people to be responsible for its operation and maintenance, five people to open the bridge deck, one person in the control room, and four other people outside to monitor the road situation.

The two ends of the tower bridge are connected by 4 stone towers, the two main towers are 35 meters high, square and heavy, the style is simple, and the distance looks like two crowns, which is magnificent and magnificent. Tower Bridge is a suspension bridge that was originally a wooden bridge, later converted to a stone bridge, and is now a six-lane concrete bridge. The bridge under Tower Bridge in London can be opened, the two plinths in the river are 7.6 meters high and 76 meters apart, and there are two towering square main towers built on the abutments, which are granite and steel square five-story towers with a height of 43.455 meters, and the two main towers are built with white marble roofs and five small minarets, which look like two crowns from afar.

The span between the two towers is more than 60 meters, and the base of the tower and the two banks are connected by a steel cable suspension bridge. The bridge is divided into two floors, the upper deck (the bridge deck is about 42 meters above the water level) is a wide suspended walkway, equipped with glass windows on both sides, pedestrians can enjoy the beautiful scenery on both sides of the Thames River through the bridge, and the lower level can be used for vehicles. When there are 10,000-ton ships passing through the Thames, the machine in the main tower starts, the bridge slowly separates, folds upward, and after the boats, the bridge slowly falls, and the vehicle traffic is resumed. Two movable decks, each weighing 1,000 tons. Looking at Tower Bridge from afar, the twin towers are towering and magnificent. There are stairs up and down the tower, and there are museums, exhibition halls, shops, bars, etc. Climb the tower and overlook, you can enjoy the scenery of the upper and lower reaches of the Thames River for ten miles.

The view is even more unique if you encounter the Mist Lock Bridge, which is one of the most beautiful sights in London.

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