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Here is that promised closeup of the Shard, across the Thames from the Tower of London
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Downstream from the Shard is the City of London government offices. Looks like a bee hive. London has some very interesting avant- gard architecture as you will see later
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The story of the Tower of London
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The White Tower
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You are not suppose to smile in front of a former torture place, so I didn’t
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St. Johns Chapel(1080) in the White Tower, rarely ever used in the past
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Tower Green, where knights exercised and jousted
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Tower of London Bridge viewed from the Green inside the compound
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Spot where so many lost their heads including Ann Boleyn and Catherine Howard, the 2nd and 5th wives respectively of King Henry VIII
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Tower Bridge built in 1894. An iconic image of London
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North side of the Tower Bridge
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On the bridge
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Selfie time
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A 20 min walk from the Tower Bridge took me to The Monument to the Great Fire 0f 1666. A square mile of London went up in flames. The 202 ft Doric column was designed by London’ s famous architect, Christopher Wren.
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The gilded bronze top is meant to depict a Greek urn spouting flames