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Picture of Tower of London at night.

Her Majesty’s Royal Palace and Fortress, more commonly known as the Tower of London (and historically as The Tower), is a historic monument in central London, England, on the north bank of the River Thames. It is located within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and is separated from the eastern edge of the City of London by the open space known as Tower Hill.

The Tower of London is often identified with the White Tower, the original stark square fortress built by William the Conqueror in 1078. However, the tower as a whole is a complex of several buildings set within two concentric rings of defensive walls and a moat.

The tower’s primary function was a fortress, a royal palace, and a prison (particularly for high status and royal prisoners, such as the Princes in the Tower and the future Queen Elizabeth I). This last use has led to the phrase “sent to the Tower” (meaning “imprisoned”). It has also served as a place of execution and torture, an armoury, a treasury, a zoo, the Royal Mint, a public records office, an observatory, and since 1303, the home of the Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom.

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Today I have walked one and a half hour in Hyde Perk. Discovered why is it famous around the world. Unveiled a few secrets, secrets I’m here to share with you. I walked from Lancaster gate to Hyde Park Corner, all along the long lake and dancing ducks.

What amazed me is in the in the crowdiest of all places and never stopping city there exists a place where people come to talk with the ducks, where you’ll hear to traffic noise but chatting laughing and quack quack. A place where trees are huge, calm and happy, all green and pink, flowers bloom and sing a lullaby. Wish in the arms of this solitude I could die.

Haha! The poet in me is awakening and it is getting cold, so I’ll take a leave. Here are some pictures I shot. Hope you have a good time as good as I had.

There is a fountain with the statutes of dancing and bathing maidens near the Tower Bridge in London. I’m not sure of the history behind it, if anyone does please share it ..