What is recorded here

Caernarfon Castle is a medieval fortress in Gwynedd, Wales, where Edward I replaced an older wooden fort with grand stone walls beginning in 1283. Its rectangular towers and alternating light and dark stones mimic the distant Walls of Constantinople, projecting royal power across the River Seiont. Madog ap Llywelyn captured the castle in 1294, proving even such a magnificent prison could be broken by desperate Welsh hands.

A named place photographed at this map point in Gwynedd.

Built by Edward I of England in the late 13th century, Caernarfon Castle was a key element in his strategy to subdue and govern Wales after the conquest of 1282. It is important as a symbol of English royal power and as a masterpiece of medieval military architecture, later used as a residence for the Prince of Wales.