Cardiff Castle is an internationally acclaimed heritage site in Wales. With over 2000 years of history, this castle was once a Roman fort, a Norman monopoly and a Victorian Gothic architecture mansion.
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Caernarfon Castle is to be found in , and is a leftover of the time when the English and the Welsh fought bitterly around seven hundred and thirty years ago.
King Edward I was the fearsome King who was responsible for bringing the welsh to heel, and at that time built so many castles in this part of Wales that it is believed that no other country on this earth has as many castles per square mile. It all began with the Roman garrisons, Norman strongholds, and Anglo Saxon Forts, and now means that there are over 300 castles to explore, from what amounts to little more than a pile of stones to the huge medieval constructions.
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