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    Through History  TORTURE AT THE TOWER

    May 21, 2020 2 minutes

    The Tower of London casts a sinister shadow over the history of the great city. Fortifications on the site were begun in 1066 on the orders of William The Conqueror, with construction on its iconic White Tower starting around 1078 using limestone from Caen in Normandy. First used as a royal palace, it soon became both a prison, torture chamber and

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