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Caernarfon Castle

Caernarfon, Gwynedd

Where the first English Prince of Wales was born, and where princes are invested.

Edward I built Caernarfon with banded walls and many-sided towers, perhaps to echo the walls of Constantinople and Roman power. His son, the future Edward II, was born here in 1284 and became the first English Prince of Wales.

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When
Begun 1283
Where
53.1390, -4.2770
Group
Castles & abbeys

Visiting

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