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TURNING POINTS · 1605

Palace of Westminster, London, England

The Gunpowder Plot is still remembered every 5 November. Most of the present palace was rebuilt after a fire in 1834.

Palace of Westminster, London, England
Photo: Wikimedia Commons

The story, as a puzzle

Remember, remember.
In 1605, a plot to blow up this building during the state opening of parliament was foiled when a man was found guarding barrels of gunpowder in a cellar beneath it. Pin it.

Where it is

Palace of Westminster, London, England · 51.4994, -0.1242

Source: UNESCO World Heritage Centre ↗

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