Caernarfon Castle is one of Wales most famous
attractions ...and with good reason. With its seven polygonal towers
(including the great Eagle Tower), two gatehouses, and walls of
colour-banded stone, King Edward I intended the castle to be a royal
residence and seat of government for north Wales. Begun in 1283 under
the direction of Master James of St George, the King's mason-architect,
and continuously in Crown possession since.
Scene of much recent royal pageantry, including the 1969 Investiture of the Prince of Wales.
World Heritage Site. Three site exhibitions; Regimental Museum of the
Royal Welsh Fusiliers; The Eagle and the Dragon audio-visual display.
There is a complete circuit of Town Walls, including eight towers and
two twin towered gateways, surviving in places to battlement height.
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