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St. Thomas's Tower and Traitors' Gate at the waterside entrance to the Tower of London. A political prisoner conveyed through the gate awaited either a long period of incarceration or the (usually public) spectacle of his execution.
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The White Tower, the central keep of the Tower of London.
Armour of Henry VIII on display at the Tower of London.
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London, Tower of: Water Lane
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