Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Tower of London' has mentioned 'London' in the following places:
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The White Tower, which gives the entire castle its name, was built by William the Conqueror in 1078 and was a resented symbol of oppression, inflicted upon London by the new ruling elite. | WIKI |
The Tower was oriented with its strongest and most impressive defences overlooking Saxon London, which archaeologist Alan Vince suggests was deliberate. | 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 |
[55] A series of Norman victories along the route cut the city's supply lines and in December 1066, isolated and intimidated, its leaders yielded London without a fight. | 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 |
[57] The other two castles in London xe2x80x93 Baynard's Castle and Montfichet's Castle xe2x80x93 were established at the same time. | WIKI |
[66] The Norman Conquest of London manifested itself not only with a new ruling class, but in the way the city was structured. | WIKI |
The importance of the city and its Tower is marked by the speed at which he secured London. | WIKI |
In 1214, while the king was at Windsor Castle, Robert Fitzwalter led an army into London and laid siege to the Tower. | WIKI |
Even after the Magna Carta was signed, Fitzwalter maintained his control of London. | WIKI |
Fitzwalter was still in control of London and the Tower, both of which held out until it was clear that Henry III's supporters would prevail. | WIKI |
Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, marched on London in April 1267 and laid siege to the castle, declaring that custody of the Tower was "not a post to be trusted in the hands of a foreigner, much less of an ecclesiastic". | WIKI |
Although he was rarely in London, Edward I undertook an expensive remodelling of the Tower, costing xc2xa321,000 between 1275 and 1285, over double that spent on the castle during the whole of Henry III's reign. | WIKI |
[86] In 1279, the country's numerous mints were unified under a single system whereby control was centralised to the mint within the Tower of London, while mints outside of London were reduced, with only a few local and episcopal mints continuing to operate. | WIKI |
[115] The Tower was often a safer place than other prisons in London such as the Fleet, where disease was rife. | WIKI |
London's Trained Bands, a militia force, were moved into the castle in 1640. | WIKI |
The Trained Bands had switched sides, and now supported Parliament; together with the London citizenry, they blockaded the Tower. | WIKI |
It has been a tourist attraction since at least the Elizabethan period, when it was one of the sights of London that foreign visitors wrote about. | WIKI |
The Mayorxe2x80x99s London Plan provides a strategic social, economic, transport and environmental framework for London and its future development over 20-25 years. | UNESCO |
The London View Management Framework Supplementary Planning Guidance published by the Mayor protects important designated views, including a protected view of the Tower of London from the south bank of the River Thames. | UNESCO |
At a strategic level, these challenges are recognised in the London Plan and the Boroughsxe2x80x99 emerging Local Plans. | UNESCO |