Victoria Tower

The Victoria Tower stands as the tallest structure in the Palace of Westminster, reaching nearly one hundred meters into the London skyline. While its famous neighbor, the Elizabeth Tower, captures attention with the sound of Big Ben, this massive square tower serves a quieter, more functional purpose as the primary guardian of British history. It was built in the mid-nineteenth century as a fireproof fortress for the Parliamentary Archives, ensuring that the nation's most precious documents would never again be lost to a blaze like the one that leveled the old Palace of Westminster in 1834. Continue