Castle, Museum sights in Wales

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   Caernarfon Castle

   • Caernarfon, Wales
   • Sights › Castle, museum

   Majestic Caernarfon Castle was built between 1283 and 1330 as a military stronghold, a seat of government and a royal palace. Inspired by the dream of Macsen Wledig recounted in the Mabinogion, Caernarfon echoes the 5th-century walls of Constantinople, with colour-banded masonry and polygonal towers, instead of the traditional round towers and turrets.

   Despite its fairytale aspect it is thoroughly fortified. It repelled Owain Glyndŵr's army in 1404 with a garrison of only 28 men, and resisted three sieges during the Civil War before surrendering to Cromwell's army in 1646.

   A year after the construction of the building was begun, Edward I's second son was born here,…

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   Abergavenny Castle & Museum

   • Abergavenny (Y Fenni), Wales
   • Sights › Castle, museum

   Not much remains of Abergavenny Castle except for an impressive stretch of curtain wall on either side of the gatehouse on the northwest side. The castle keep, converted into a hunting lodge by the Victorians, now houses a small museum devoted to the history of the castle and the town.

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