Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Tower of London' has mentioned 'England' in the following places:
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The Tower has served variously as an armoury, a treasury, a menagerie, the home of the Royal Mint, a public record office, and the home of the Crown Jewels of England. | WIKI |
The building is unique in England, and the closest parallel is the now demolished water-gate at the Louvre in Paris. | WIKI |
He founded several castles along the way, but took a circuitous route toward London;[53][54] only when he reached Canterbury did he turn towards England's largest city. | WIKI |
As the fortified bridge into London was held by Saxon troops, he decided instead to ravage Southwark before continuing his journey around southern England. | WIKI |
[53] At the time, London was the largest town in England; the foundation of Westminster Abbey and the old Palace of Westminster under Edward the Confessor had marked it as a centre of governance, and with a prosperous port it was important for the Normans to establish control over the settlement. | WIKI |
[12] The White Tower is the earliest stone keep in England, and was the strongest point of the early castle. | WIKI |
The death in 1135 of Henry I left England with a disputed succession; although the king had persuaded his most powerful barons to swear support for the Empress Matilda, just a few days after Henry's death Stephen of Blois arrived from France to lay claim to the throne. | WIKI |
Through his role as Constable of the Tower, Mandeville became "the richest and most powerful man in England". | WIKI |
[71] The castle was extended under William Longchamp, King Richard's Lord Chancellor and the man in charge of England while he was on crusade. | WIKI |
The Pipe Rolls record xc2xa32,881 1s 10d spent at the Tower of London between 3 December 1189 and 11 November 1190,[72] from an estimated xc2xa37,000 spent by Richard on castle building in England. | WIKI |
[28] Longchamp was also Constable of the Tower, and undertook its expansion while preparing for war with King Richard's younger brother, Prince John, who in Richard's absence arrived in England to try to seize power. | WIKI |
Cardinal Ottobuon came to England to excommunicate those who were still rebellious; the act was deeply unpopular and the situation was exacerbated when the cardinal was granted custody of the Tower. | WIKI |
One of Mortimer's first acts on entering England in 1326 was to capture the Tower and release the prisoners held there. | WIKI |
[95] Under Edward III's rule (1312xe2x80x931377) England experienced renewed success in warfare after his father's reign had put the realm on the backfoot against the Scots and French. | WIKI |
The reign of Henry V (1413xe2x80x931422) renewed England's fortune in the Hundred Years' War against France. | WIKI |
[113] The rack was introduced to England in 1447 by the Duke of Exeter, the Constable of the Tower; consequentially it was also known as the Duke of Exeter's daughter. | WIKI |
[123] The 18th century marked an increasing interest in England's medieval past. | WIKI |
[168][67] The animal died in 1258, possibly because it was given red wine, but also perhaps because of the cold climate of England. | WIKI |
The Tower of London is an internationally famous monument and one of Englandxe2x80x99s most iconic structures. | UNESCO |
It also fostered the development of several of Englandxe2x80x99s major State institutions, incorporating such fundamental roles as the nationxe2x80x99s defence, its record-keeping and its coinage. | UNESCO |
The Tower represents more than any other structure the far-reaching significance of the mid-11th century Norman Conquest of England, for the impact it had on fostering closer ties with Europe, on English language and culture, and in creating one of the most powerful monarchies in Europe. | UNESCO |
The Tower has an iconic role as reflecting the last military conquest of England. | UNESCO |
They represent the apogee of a type of sophisticated castle design, which originated in Normandy and spread through Norman lands to England and Wales. | UNESCO |
The Tower also helped shape the story of the Reformation in England, as both Catholic and Protestant prisoners (those that survived) recorded their experiences and helped define the Tower as a place of torture and execution. | UNESCO |
The UK Government protects World Heritage properties in England in two ways. | UNESCO |