Caernarfon Castle is a medieval fortress in Caernarfon, Gwynydd, North-West Wales. It has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1986.
King Edward 1st of England conquered Wales in 1277 and set about fortifying the rebellious area of North Wales. He began work on the strategically important Caernarfon Castle in 1283, when the Prince of Wales, Llywelyn ap Gruffydd, mounted an uprising.
The Edwardian town and castle acted as the administrative centre of North Wales and as a result the defences were built on a grand scale.
Caernarfon Castle was neglected until the 19th century when the state funded repairs. It is part of the World Heritage Site “Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd“.
In 1911, Caernarfon was used for the investiture of the Prince of Wales for the first time. He later became King Edward V111. In 1969 the precedent was repeated with the investiture of Charles, Prince of Wales.
The Weeping Window of Poppies is a cascade comprising several thousand handmade ceramic poppies seen pouring from the ramparts to the ground below, originally part of the display at the Tower of London in 2014.
In November 2016, Caernarfon castle became the first venue in Wales to host the sculpture, to mark the centenary of the First World War.
The Wales for Peace Project explored the question: “In the hundred years since WW1, how has Wales contributed in the search for Peace?”
Caernarfon Castle is under the guardianship of Cadw, the historic environment service of the Welsh government. [Cadw is the Welsh verb ‘to protect’]
https://cadw.gov.wales/visit/places-to-visit/caernarfon-castle
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Splendid castle & captures, Isabella 🤗🌹
Thank you, Phil. This castle is my favourite.
Hi Isabella! It’s so nice to see you. I hope you are well. It looks like you are busy taking courses and that is a great idea. I love to continue to learn…learn and create!! Your photos are stunning, as usual. I love the way I feel emotion through them. Take good care of yourself…stay well ❤
Thank you, dear Lorrie. It’s lovely to hear from you. Since we were last in touch, just after my mum passed away, I lost my father too, as well as two long time friends and two of my beloved cats – all in the space of 5 months. The courses helped me to work through my loss and to move once again from the darkness and into the Light. 💙💜
Oh, my dear friend. So much loss…in such a short time. I feel for you. I am sending white healing light to help you heal…to help you deal with your grief. It feels like you are working your way through it…but it is a difficult process that takes time. My dad passed just over 3 years ago and my mom’s angelversary will be 2 years in December. Time definitely helps…but there are still days…ones that creep up on me for no discernable reason…and they bring me to my knees in sadness
I send you so much love and light. Keep creating and expressing yourself through words. Follow your soul 💜💜
Bless you, dear Lorrie 💙💜
Wonderful views… I love Wales, and have a trip booked for August.. I doubt now that trip will go ahead.. But that is a minor thing considering the scale of things in the world right now…
Take care of yourself and thank you for your likes.. 😀
Thank you, Sue. And thank you for the wonderful articles that you post. I was reading the latest one last night and have just finished watching the video. Enlightening!
Thank you for your feed back…. I appreciate you doing so.. ❤
Nice colours. Thank you.
Thank you very much. I love rich, vibrant colours and do enhance my photographs.
Compliments. Great job. I can’t do that, I’m slightly colour blind (shades of green and brown) So I wouldn’t trust my “enhanced” colours…
Thank you. I know it’s not everybody’s cup of tea but I really love the rich colours. And although I like to share with others, I basically do what I enjoy, what brings me pleasure. Thank you so much for your input. It’s truly valued. [sorry about the colour-blindness. I think you do amazingly well and I would never have known].
Keep doing what you enjoy. Now the colour blindness? Not a problem. It’s the least bothersome of all 3 varieties. I have a friend who’s totaly colour-blind. All he sees is B&W. Can’t pick a strawberry on grass. Then there are those who confuse rede and green. Me? I’m fine, except for one tiny range between certain dark greens and browns. I have a hard time telling them apart. The rest? blue, yellow, red, etc… I’m fine. 🙂
Good to hear. Thank you for the explanation.
I love all of the information you provided in this blog. I especially like the poppies. I have seen pictures of them before but I didn’t know they were ceramic! Thank you so much!!!!!
Thank you very much for your lovely comment.
Such beautiful photos Izzy. And those poppies are gust gorgeous.
Alison
Thank you, Alison. That’s so nice of you.
Breathtaking! And you have been there!
Thank you very much, Inese. It’s my favourite castle in North Wales.
I love how you weave history in with your spectacular photos!!! Fabulous
And I love how you say such kind words. Bless you, Rebecca.
Great post and lovely photos, my friend. I have to say that’s a very beautiful castle! Can you go inside and see what the interior looks like too? Thanks for sharing and have a lovely weekend. Aiva
Thank you very much, Aiva. Yes, I did go inside and the photos with the poppies were taken there. Have a lovely weekend too. Bless you.