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.
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
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