London, England -- (SBWIRE) -- 03/08/2012 -- What, you may ask, is London’s most amazing attraction? The Tower of London truly vies for the title. Take a Tower of London tour and decipher just why it has held such enduring appeal down the generations.

The Prisoners exhibition will leave you rapt. Take in this extremely compelling exhibition and really immerse yourself in the experience as you obtain your very own prisoner game card. You will gain an acute understanding of the environment experienced by the prisoners. Audio-visual exhibits also help to bring the narratives of those who were incarcerated in the Tower remarkably to life. Discover precisely where, how and why certain prisoners were detained in the Tower, including such renowned figures as Guy Fawkes and Sir Walter Raleigh who persist in making their indentation on the modern consciousness.

Raleigh was confined in the ‘Bloody Tower’. Despite the grisly name of the Tower, he was in fact granted a reasonably impressive amount of freedom and not treated at all badly. For the most part, he was allowed to move uninhibited about the grounds. He was even given leave to traverse some of the Lieutenant's Garden. Raleigh was ultimately executed. But the wall between the Bloody Tower and Lieutenant's House where Raleigh used to keep fit is still named ‘Raleigh’s Walk’ to this day, so that, in a way, he still lives on. 

Tower Green is where specific executions occurred: yet these executions were limited to nobles, such as the aforementioned Raleigh, Lady Grey and More. Tower Green was where executions that were seen to be too politically loaded to do in front of an audience of common people transpired. Nonetheless, even these ‘private’ executions took place in the full sight of a vast range of prosperous members of the higher classes – to be sure, often up to two hundred.

When you visit the Tower of London, therefore, you will acquire a strong grasp of the lives its most well-known prisoners had there. In addition to this, you will learn more of the cruel executions that happened in this redoubtable structure.

The Tower of London is as intimidating as it is stunning, as commanding as it is riveting: an incomparable landmark. Visit this unassailable edifice and delve into its enlivening allure for yourself by Tour of England. Become spellbound by its often bizarre, gory, and idiosyncratic past which is truly unlike that of any other London attractions. Come to understand why the Tower of London continues to captivate, fascinate, beguile and mesmerise all who visit, whether young or old.

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