Jewel Tower

The old Jewel Tower was built around 1365 to house Edward III’s treasures and was known as the ‘King’s Privy Wardrobe’. It is one of only two buildings from the medieval Palace of Westminster to survive the fire of 1834.

image: Jewel Tower

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