Department Of The Environment

--D I E -- KRONJUWELEN VON ENGLAND Sind die Kronjuwelen echt, und wie hoch ist ihr Wert? Das sind die beiden Fragen, die den Wächtern des Juwelenhauses im Tower von London von Besuchern aus aller Welt am häufigsten gestellt werden. Die erste Frage ist leicht zu beantworten, denn der Kustos...

THE MAKING of THE TOWERFORTRESS AND PALACEThe First CastleOn Christmas Day 1066 William Duke of Normandy was crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey, some two months after his victory over the Saxon King Harold at Hastings. At once William ordered the building of fortifications to help secure...

THE MAKING of THE TOWERFORTRESS AND PALACET hFirst C a s t 1 eOn Christmas Day 1066 William Duke of Normandy was crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey, somé two months after his victory over the Saxon King Harold at Hastings. At once William ordered the building of fortifications to help...

-*TH E-- CROWN J E WELS OF ENGLAND re the Crown Jewels real and how much are they worth? These are the two most common questions which visitors from all over the world ask the Jewel House Wardens at the Tower of London. The first question is easy to answer as the Keeper of the Jewel House would...

THE CROWN JEWELS OF ENGLANDHE treasures of the Jewel House in the Tower of London are, for the most part, connected with the coronation of the kings and queens of England, and almost all are of seventeenth-century and later date. The execution of Charles I in 1649 had been followed by the...