The 15th Century house in Leicester where King Richard III is said to have spent the night before the Battle of Bosworth, the last significant skirmish in the War of the Roses. By day's end on August 22, 1485, Richard, the last of the Yorkist Plantagenet line was dead, leaving the victor Henry Tudor to be crowned Henry VII.

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Location: Leicester, UK
Photo credit: © De Luan / Alamy / Afripics
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