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The Tower of London

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A thousand-year-old castle

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that has already been a Royal Palace,

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a fortress, and a prison

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Hello everyone, I'm in the City of London,

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which is a separate city inside London

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If you're seeing this video now

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it's because the other one was already too long

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and I decided creating a separate one just for the Tower of London, which is a main attraction here

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[Gordon] Two

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Where do we start?

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[Gordon] At the beginning

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And where's the beginning?

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[Gordon] Not at the end

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When we say 'Tower of London', everybody imagines this huge fortress, right? That we see from London...

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But the original Tower of London is just this building right here

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It stays right inside, protected by the fortress,
and this is it

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This is what was originally built

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And as funny as it might sound, it was built to celebrate that the Normans conquered Britain, in 1066

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Meaning, the French conquered Britain

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Here inside the main building, the White Palace, you see the armory

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This is real

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This is the armor of Henry, Prince of Wales

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from 1607

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And it is fully decorated with scenes from the life of Alexander the Great

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This armor is from 1540 and belonged to

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King Henry VIII

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It is gigantic actually, really big... And something interesting down there...

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It's kind of funny

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This is so impressive

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Things we normally see as replicas elsewhere

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Arms and armor were made, tested and stored here until the 1800's

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There's a chapel inside the White Tower too

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This is St John's chapel

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And it's kept basically bare and unadorned

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How it would have been in the Norman period,
in the very early days of the castle

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Each sword and their owners

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Various Kings... George VI, V,...

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Edward 7th, William IV and so on

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This will give you a good idea

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of what the Tower of London really is

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The building we are right now is this one in the middle

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It's the White Tower

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While the Tower of London itself today, it's all this here

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Including all these walls

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An original executioner's block of the 18th century

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And the axe

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possibly dates back to the Tudor times

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The Tower of London was a famous prison and many people think thousands of people were executed here

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But actually not really. Only 22 in total

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It was like an honor to be executed here

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It was only for royalty or if you were friends with royalty

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The rest of the people, outside

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This because during the Middle Ages, an execution was something to be done in public square

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for everyone to see

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And then they would display your head

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The Tower of London has played a significant role in English history

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It was besieged several times and controlling it was essential to control the entire country

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So, defense here was strong. Do you see the two walls around the castle?

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Here we're in between the two rings of defenses

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One inside another

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During the Medieval Era, this became England's largest and strongest castle built this way

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As traditional as the Tower itself are the beefeaters - these guards in uniform

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They have been here for centuries

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And were originally part of the Monarch's personal bodyguard, traveling with him

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Henry VIII decreed that some of them would stay to guard the tower permanently

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And here they are

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Unlike many people think, they're not just random people, dressed in a nice costume

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No! They're retired members of the armed services and live here with their families, inside the tower

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Today their role is primarily to guide the visitors

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[Yeoman Warder] Its also been called

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The Traitors' Gate

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This is the Traitors' Gate

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Many prisoners, when they were accused of treason,

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they entered the castle

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through these gates

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Including Elizabeth I

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She later became a queen, but she came here and she was pardoned

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It's also been called the 'Watergate'

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Americans...

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When you come here, you have to make sure

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you go to a tour with one of these Yeomen, it is so fun!

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You see the exact times as soon as you get in

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It's written right there when is the next one

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It's right at the entrance

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That's the meeting point and first stop

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And it's totally free, it's included with the ticket

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Now, this is what everyone comes here to see

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One of the buildings here houses the Crown Jewels

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and there is where you see the Crowns,

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Swords, utensils for coronations in general

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Unfortunately, you cannot take pictures inside

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So let me tell you what's there

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These jewels belong to the monarch

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And they should be saved from one to the next

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So, for example, Queen Elizabeth II can't get rid of

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all of that because they should be saved for her successor

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Only once this didn't happen. It was in the 17th century, because of the Civil War

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People destroyed the jewels

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Then when the monarchy was reestablished they created all of them again

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And talking about tradition

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I gotta tell you about the ravens

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There's a legend here that if the ravens leave the tower,

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both the tower and the kingdom will fall

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Seven ravens live here and one Yeoman Warder permanently takes care of them

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He's a Ravenmaster, seriously!

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But actually the ravens don't leave because they can't

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They have one flight feather trimmed exactly to stop them from flying away

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When you come here

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it's important to choose a good day

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Because most of it is outdoors

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Except when you go inside the buildings for one exhibition or the other you'll depend on the weather

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Where to now? Let's go to the dungeon

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Look at how they used this!

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Oh, my god!

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Our guide also mentioned that here they have a ceremony that has been going on

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for 738 years, that is crazy!

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It's like an end of the day ceremony, closing ceremony for the  day. They never missed a day, not even during the wars

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It's the longest surviving ceremony on earth

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I'd love to see it. It's at 10:00 p.m.
But I don't think it's open to the public

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Here you can also go visit the Tower Bridge

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Everyone can cross the bridge deck, but the twin towers and high-level walkways require an entry fee

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There's an exhibition there

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It was so cool! The Tower of London

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is probably my favorite attraction in London because there's so much history, so much to see here

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But I think we should have arrived a little earlier

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We got here around 2:30 in the afternoon

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And it closes at 5:30

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So in the end it was a little rushed

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Three hours were not enough for me

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I wanted to stay here read things in detail, but it was still very worth it. It was also the most expensive

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attraction we went in the entire trip.
But it was very worth it

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Tomorrow is our last day in England, our last day in the U.K.

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And what does that mean?
That there's another vlog coming up

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So subscribe to the channel not to miss it!

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A thousand-year-old castle that once was a Royal Palace...

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a fortress, and a prison

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I'm glad I checked the audio of this one... 
Just in time to film it again