Cardiff castle- The History
Posted By tourar on November 8, 2009
This is just one of the many castles that are in Wales. This castle may not be the biggest or best but it is the most popular one in Wales simply because it makes its home in the city centre.
The Wonderful Cardiff Castle
This castle lies slap bang in the middle of a busy city and was first used by the Romans. When the Normans took control they covered the original fort with earthen ramparts and made their own defences. Over the next three or so centuries the castle was always being improved on. During the 12th century a stone keep was added and within the 13th and 14th a gatehouse a tower (known as the Black Tower) were also added to the gigantic building.
1423 saw the Earl of Warwick add another tower to the west side of the caslte and when the Herbert family moved in they improved it for many generations. The castle fell into a very bad state of disrepair in the 17th and 18th centuries as it was left.
1766 saw the year in which Lord Mountstuart gained possession of the huge castle and started to rebuild the place and passed the work right the way down to his grandson.
1869 saw William Burges take the castle into a major refurbishmen as we was given complete freedom on what to do with the place. this is how people can see the castle today.
Nowadays the castle is opened to many tourists and is open every single day of the year apart from Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day.
There are so many things that you can see in the castle from the keep to the military museum so why not think about taking one of those family days out to the place. You could of course just take a UK family holidays to Cardiff to enjoy the place at your own leisure.
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