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11:30: Opening Royal Procession
12:30: Henry Martin Minstrel
1:00: Friar Nyp Plays the Kemence
1:30: Karpathos: Medieval Music of the 13th & 14th Century
2:00: Medieval Poetry Reading
2:30: Majesta Chanters: sung Gregorian Chant
3:00: Mystic Minstrals: Fiddle & Harp with a Fiery Celtic & Mediterranean Style
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4:00: Traditiional Music
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The Tower of London - Great Britain
This castle is 900 years old, and it has quite a history, including many very famous stories and creepy ghosts. There are stories about hundreds of executions that have taken place in the Tower of London over the centuries but only 7 executions are officially recorded. There have been over a hundred executions in the nearby Tower hill though. That might still count.
The picture shown here is only part of the actual fortress of the Tower of London. It is the White Tower, and it is here that one of the most famous ghosts makes her appearance. Queen Anne Boleyn was beheaded in 1536 for treason against the king, and it is said that she has been seen roaming around this tower with her head tucked under her arm.
Yikes! Of all the castles in the world, this one probably has the most ghost stories. This may be partially due to the age of the castle and partially due to the fact that it has been inhabited all this time.
However, then again, when you are talking about all those centuries and all those monarchs, kings, lords and what not there really was a lot of crazy stuff that happened.
There is the story of two princes who disappeared (Edward the 5th 12 years old and Richard the Duke of York age 10) and are purported to still haunt the grounds of the tower. And the story of the old Countess of Salisbury who was sentenced to be executed. But she refused to put her head on the chopping block. She ran away from the executioner who chased her and chopped at her until she died. Yikes, now that is a gruesome story and is a good cause for a haunting.
In the early 1080s, William, the Conqueror began to build a massive stone tower at the centre of his London fortress. Nothing like it had ever been seen before.
Through the centuries that followed, successive monarchs added to the fortifications. These short history charts the different stages of its construction and explains its role as fortress, palace and prison.
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