The White Tower of London is part of the Tower of London. Here is kept part of the national collection of weapons of the Royal Armory. In fact, its historical collections, recognized on the world scene, are exhibited. At the White Tower the visitor can retrace more than a thousand years of history through arrows, swords, muskets and cannons. In the largest gallery of the museum, it is possible to meet "Guardian" the dragon built in 2012 and composed of 2,672 objects representing the institutions of the Tower. Among the objects exhibited here are the swords with which they fought at Waterloo, the heavy and light cavalry swords, the bronze mortar that legend has it was used during the siege of Namur in 1695 and the relics of the first air raid on London, 8 September 1915, or the remains of a German incendiary bomb, two brass shells used to return fire. Worthy of note is the exhibition "Line of the Kings" as well as all the other treasures kept in the museum are worth a visit: many unique and extraordinary weapons and armor are exhibited, including the magnificent royal armor of Henry VIII, Charles I and James II.
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