Caernarfon: The Castle That Recalls Constantinople
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Caernarfon: The Castle That Recalls Constantinople
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Edward I began Caernarfon Castle in 1283, and the Statute of Rhuddlan made the town the administrative centre of the new county of Gwynedd the next year. The link with the Roman past was deliberate: the Roman fort of Segontium is nearby, and the banded walls and polygonal towers recall the walls of Constantinople. By tradition Edward II was born here on 25 April 1284, and the castle held the investitures of the Prince of Wales in 1911 and 1969. The town walls around it are part of the same World Heritage Site.
Required Activities
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of 4
Tour Caernarfon Castle, begun in 1283 by Edward I, with its polygonal towers and banded stone walls said to echo the walls of Constantinople, and its Eagle Tower
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of 4
Stand where the Princes of Wales were invested in 1911 and 1969
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of 4
Visit the Royal Welch Fusiliers Museum inside the castle
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of 4
Walk Caernarfon's town walls, part of the UNESCO 'Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd' listed in 1986
Tour Caernarfon Castle, begun in 1283 by Edward I, with its polygonal towers and banded stone walls said to echo the walls of Constantinople, and its Eagle Tower
Stand where the Princes of Wales were invested in 1911 and 1969
Visit the Royal Welch Fusiliers Museum inside the castle
Walk Caernarfon's town walls, part of the UNESCO 'Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd' listed in 1986
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