The round tower is an old tower with many hidden nooks and crannies, so sometimes things are not exactly where you think they would be.
Never did the Bell Loft smell as good as when Royal Apothecary Becker in 1809 rented it to dry herbs for his medicine up there. But his and other apothecaries’ use of the large loft can also be seen in a broader economic and ideological perspective.
Frogs, cats and birds hide in the ancient consoles at the foot of the Round Tower and tell of an imposing architectural plan that is now gone.
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