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Tower of London / Middle Tower
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The Middle Tower was built by Henry III and expanded by his son Edward I (Longshanks), but the face of the tower has been entirely refaced since then. Where the stone bridge is currently there used to be a wooden drawbridge over the moat connecting the Middle Tower and the Byward Tower. The Middle Tower gets its name from being “The Middle Tower” ☺ The original first gate that someone would use to enter the Tower of London was the Lion Tower (finally demolished in 1853) , which used to house the Tower’s Menagerie, AKA Zoo. The Middle Tower was built during the same time frame as the Byward Tower 1238 – 1272.

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