續前文從聖保羅大教堂正對麵的千禧橋(Millennium Bridge)走過泰晤士河,到達遊覽泰德現代美術館(Tate Moderm)。泰德現代美術館以創始人亨利·泰德命名,位於泰晤士河南岸,與聖保羅大教堂隔岸相對,其所在地的前身是一個大型發電站,該館在當今世界各現代藝術博物館中占據舉足輕重的地位,被譽為英國美術史上的分水嶺,世界最大的當代美術館。泰德美術館共有7層84間展覽室,內部沒有華麗的裝潢及矯飾,展廳十分空曠,讓參觀者把焦點都集中在展品上。其展出的是世界著名的現代和當代藝術珍品,其中主要有馬蒂斯、畢加索和羅斯科的藝術作品,以及馬修•巴尼、克裏斯•奧菲利和格哈德•瑞希特等藝術大師的當代作品。氣勢恢宏的展廳,為當代藝術家的作品提供了倉庫容量般的展示空間,許多年輕藝術家都把這裏當成是展現自身才華和新奇想法的實驗場所。另外,泰德現代美術館十樓有個觀景平台,是觀賞倫敦泰晤士河兩岸景色的絕佳場所。
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離開泰德現代美術館,繼續前往遊覽倫敦塔(Tower of London)。前文提到由於旅程第一天下午我們到達倫敦塔的時間比較晚,而參觀這個倫敦塔需要3個小時以上,所以我們決定當時先參觀一下外觀,改在第三天中午進入倫敦塔內部參觀。占地18英畝的倫敦塔,本來是為控製整個倫敦城而建,曾作為堡壘、軍械庫、國庫、鑄幣廠、宮殿、刑場、公共檔案辦公室、天文台、避難所和監獄,是英國倫敦一座標誌性的宮殿和要塞,1988年被列為世界文化遺產。
倫敦塔是由威廉一世為鎮壓當地人和保衛倫敦城,於1087年開始動工興建的,曆時20年,堪稱英國中世紀的經典城堡。倫敦塔是一組塔群,其最重要、最古老的建築是位於要塞中心的諾曼底塔樓,是整個建築群的主體,為諾曼底式三層建築,因其是用乳白色的石塊建成,又稱白塔。塔四角建有塔樓,12~13世紀又進行擴建,以白塔為中心,四周建內外兩層城牆,設多座防禦性建築,最外層是又寬又深的護城壕。倫敦塔在英國王宮中的意義非常重大,作為一個防衛森嚴的堡壘和宮殿,英國數代國王都在此居住。雖然將其作為宮殿居住的最後一位統治者已是幾世紀前的詹姆士一世(1566年至1625年),但在名義上至今仍是英國王室宮殿。其中最有名的是塔內的皇家珍寶館,在這個有英國皇家衛兵守衛的建築中,主要展出17世紀以來君主的王冠、權杖及王室的珠寶,其中有維多利亞女王加冕時製作的鑲有3000多顆寶石的“帝國王冠”和嵌有530克拉寶石的權杖等稀世珍寶,隻可惜皇家珍寶館內部不許拍照。另外白塔內的皇家武器陳列館展出了曆代皇族所使用的各種武器,盔甲和戰袍等,同樣讓遊客們大飽眼福。
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