White Tower

The White Tower is a former royal residence, the old keep, at the in England. It was built by William the Conqueror during the early 1080s, and subsequently extended.
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  • Type: Castle
  • Description: central tower, the old keep, at the Tower of London
  • Address: London

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Tower of London and Tower Bridge.

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, officially His Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of , is a historic citadel and castle on the north bank of the in , England.

Bridge
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is a Grade I listed combined bascule, suspension, and, until 1960, cantilever bridge in , built between 1886 and 1894, designed by Horace Jones and engineered by John Wolfe Barry with the help of Henry Marc Brunel. is situated 940 feet south of White Tower.

Church
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The Chapel Royal of St Peter ad Vincula is a Chapel Royal and the former parish church of the . The chapel's name refers to the story of Saint Peter's imprisonment under Herod Agrippa in Jerusalem.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Butler’s Wharf and Aldgate.

Neighborhood
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Butler's Wharf is an historic building at Shad Thames on the south bank of the , just east of 's , now housing luxury flats and restaurants.

Quarter
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was a gate in the former defensive wall around the . The gate gave its name to High Street, the first stretch of the A11 road, that takes that name as it passes through the ancient, extramural Portsoken Ward of the City of London.

Suburb
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is an area in the borough of Tower Hamlets in London, England. It is in and part of the East End. is on the north bank of the , and was at one time a district with a strong maritime character.

White Tower

Latitude
51.50808° or 51° 30′ 29″ north
Longitude
-0.07608° or 0° 4′ 34″ west
Wheelchair access
limited
Open location code
9C3XGW5F+6H
Open­Street­Map ID
way 369135772
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Wiki­data ID
Q1528473
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Turkish—“White Tower” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Wit Toring van Londen”
  • Afrikaans: “Wit toring”
  • Arabic: “البرج الأبيض”
  • Armenian: “Սպիտակ աշտարակ”
  • Chinese: “白塔”
  • Dutch: “White Tower”
  • French: “tour Blanche”
  • French: “Tour Blanche”
  • German: “White Tower”
  • Hebrew: “המגדל הלבן של מצודת לונדון”
  • Irish: “Túr Bán”
  • Italian: “Torre Bianca”
  • Japanese: “ホワイト・タワー (ロンドン塔)”
  • Korean: “화이트 타워”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Det hvite tårnet”
  • Norwegian: “Det hvite tårnet”
  • Persian: “برج سفید (برج لندن)”
  • Persian: “برج سفید”
  • Polish: “White Tower”
  • Portuguese: “Torre Branca”
  • Russian: “Белая башня”
  • Slovenian: “Beli stolp, Londonski Tower”
  • Slovenian: “Beli stolp”
  • Slovenian: “White Tower”
  • Spanish: “Torre Blanca (Londres)”
  • Spanish: “Torre Blanca”
  • Turkish: “Beyaz Kale (Londra Kalesi)”
  • Turkish: “Beyaz Kale”

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