Jewel House,Tower of London by danapommet
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The Crown Jewels have been kept, in the Jewel House, at the Tower of London since 1303. Previously kept at Westminster Abbey. During World War II, the Crown Jewels were secretly kept in the basement vaults of the Sun Life Insurance company in Montreal, Canada. Although it is no longer a royal residence, the Tower officially remains a royal palace and maintains a permanent guard as part of the Queen’s Guard. Two sentries are maintained during the hours that the Tower is open, with one stationed outside the Jewel House (my “change of the guard” posting) and one outside the Queen's House (he can be seen in my previous post “Tower Green”). When you go in to view thr Crown Jewels, you stand on a moving "sidewalk" so you don't get to hang around for any lenght of time. Nice display.
Some information from Wikipedia.
Thanks for stopping by, taking a peak and for all your previous comments and favs.
Dana
Comments (17)
0rest4wicked
Like the windows in the towers, nice vista!
sossy
a strong and heavy building! really typical! thanks for the interesting infos! ;o)
Katraz
Great picture, taken at 2.25 pm with gargoyles looking down on you,I love gargoyles. Many years ago I did some work for a photographer who had to photograph the crown jewels,during the shoot there was a bang and the lights went out he was pushed to the ground and two words were shouted at him... DON'T MOVE ... a bulb had blown a knocked out a fuse, oh and the guns were loaded, definitely a brown trousers situation.
flavia49
great capture!!
lucindawind
a magnificent place... you captured it well
DAVER2112
Almost looks like it's going to fall back. Great shot Dana. :)
MC-Jay-One
Great architecture shot!
sandra46
wonderful shot!
frankie96
A very impressive looking ediface...
witch_1612
Wonderful Work!!!!
jendellas
Glad you like the jewels Dana, they sure are beautiful & as you say been around since 1303, amazing, if only they could talk!!!!
moochagoo
Quite impressive monument !
Richardphotos
beautiful building and capture
MrsLubner
It looks sturdy but not so friendly. From where you took this, it also looks live a very long structure of little decoration. Great shot.
myrrhluz
Great image! It looks very clean. We saw a cathedral (I think Westminster)in the midst of cleaning and the difference between the cleaned and the not cleaned was very evident.
BessieB
Excellent Dana! Great narrative
3x3
lovely capture my friend x