a fortress in London on the Thames; used as a palace and a state prison and now as a museum containing the crown jewels

jared:but didn’t valentine’s day start in 1415, when the duke of orleans was jailed in the tower of london and sent a love card to his wife?

杰瑞德：不过，情人节不是始于公元1415年吗？当时被囚禁于伦敦塔的奥尔良大公，寄了一张情人卡给他的妻子。

francis tresham died while still a prisoner in the tower of london and it has often been suggested that his death was arranged to cover up his complicity in the uncovering of the plot.

弗朗西斯·特瑞山姆在伦敦塔关押期间死亡，而且他的死常被解读为是让这场阴谋中的共犯得以开脱。

it was a day's march from the tower of london and intended to guard the western approaches to the capital.

从温莎城堡到伦敦塔大约需要一天的路程，以便用于守卫通向首都的西面大道。

people flocked to see cannons and battle axes at the tower of london long before the national gallery opened.

人们在远远早于国家美术馆开放之前就成群的去伦敦塔看加农炮和战斧。

from the grand canyon to the tower of london to angkor wat, 878 places around the world have been named world heritage sites by the united nations, through its unesco agency.

全世界已有878个地方被联合国教科文组织收入了世界遗产名录，其中包括美国大峡谷(grandcanyon)、伦敦塔(tower of london)以及吴哥窟(angkorwat)。

one very english superstition concerns the tame ravens at the tower of london .

一个很英国式的迷信谈及了伦敦塔上驯服的乌鸦。

the tower of london was once a prison for kings, queens and some important people, many of whom were executed here.

伦敦塔曾是国王，皇后，一些重要的人的监狱，他们中的很多人都是在这里处决。

anne boleyn was soon arrested and beheaded at the tower of london in 1536, and legend has it that on the orders of king henry, her heart was torn out.

安妮很快被捕，并于1536年在伦敦塔被斩首。

i would fly to england to see the tower of london and to hear the bagpipes.

我要飞到英格兰去看伦敦塔和听风笛。

the platinum crown includes other precious gems, and when the queen mother died in 2002 the crown was removed from the tower of london and paraded through london streets.

皇冠本体包括了白金和镶嵌其中的珍贵宝石，当2002年伊丽莎白女皇去世之时，这个皇冠被送到伦敦塔，参与了贯穿伦敦街道的巡游。

it charts his rise under queen anne and george i (including a spell in prison in the tower of london in 1712 on charges of financial impropriety) to his appointment as paymaster-general in 1714.

这本传记调查详实，有安娜女王和乔治一世时的平步青云，有1714年被任命为主计大臣，甚至还有1712年因经济来源不正当被关入伦敦塔的那段时间。

located on the banks of the river thames, the tower of london looks as prestigious and powerful today as it did when it was first built in 1078.

坐落于泰晤士河（theriverthames）沿岸的伦敦塔，今日仍旧像它在1078年建造时一样声名卓着，富有影响力。