Castle sights in Belfast

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   Belfast Castle

   • Belfast, Ireland
   • Sights › Castle

   Built in 1870 for the third Marquess of Donegall, in the Scottish Baronial style made fashionable by Queen Victoria's then recently built Balmoral, the multi-turreted pomp of Belfast Castle commands the southeastern slopes of Cave Hill. It was presented to the City of Belfast in 1934.

   Extensive renovation between 1978 and 1988 has left the interior comfortably modern rather than intriguingly antique, and the castle is now a popular venue for wedding receptions. Upstairs is the Cave Hill Visitor Centre with a few displays on the folklore, history, archaeology and natural history of the park. Downstairs is the Cellar Restaurant and a small antiques shop.

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   Stormont Castle

   • Belfast, Ireland
   • Sights › Castle

   Near Parliament House, 19th-century Stormont Castle is, like Hillsborough in County Down, an official residence of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.

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