Travel Reference
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The Line of Kings, spread throughout this level, is a colorful row of painted wooden
horses (some carved in the 17th century by revered sculptor Grinling Gibbons, the “King's
Carver”), which once held the suits-of-armor of the monarchs who rode them.
Upstairs, pass through the long hall to reach the rare and lovely St. John's Chapel
(1080). This is where Lady Jane Grey (described later) offered up a last unanswered pray-
er. The oldest surviving part of the original Tower—and the oldest church in London—the
chapel's round Norman (Romanesque) arches and column capitals decorated with the T-
shaped Tau cross evoke the age of William the Conqueror.
Moving on, the Arsenal displays the heaviest suit of armor in the world (130
pounds!), as well as various weapons used through the ages, including machine guns and
the jeweled “Tiffany Revolver.”
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