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#NormanArchitecture meets #MedievalFortress engineering at the #TowerofLondon. Built by #WilliamtheConqueror in 1097, the White Tower's revolutionary #NormanKeep features Kentish #Ragstone with imported #CaenStone, 15ft-thick walls rising 90ft above the #RiverThames. Its revolutionary fortress design, which was unprecedented in England at the time, symbolised #Norman rule.
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#GothicRevival architecture meets cutting-edge 19th CE engineering at the Grade I listed #TowerBridge. Completed in 1894 by architect #HoraceJones & engineer #JohnWolfeBarry, son of #CharlesBarry who built the #HousesOfParliament, the bridge's #NeoGothic towers were designed to harmonize with nearby #TowerofLondon, creating continuity across centuries #MostPhotographedLandmark
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