Caernarfon+Castle

History :
When William the conqueror died, his cousin Hugh Avranches reasserted Norman control of Wales by building Caernafor Castle. This castle was on a peninsula and was bulit around 2 centuries after the conquest of Wales. During the revolt Caernaforn was one of the targets of Owain Glynwr army. The town and castle were flooded in 1401 but in November they had another battle, the Battle of Tuthill (last one )

 Characteristics **:**

 * is a medieval castle
 * stone structure
 * town walls were built around Caernafo[[image:http://snowdonian-photography.co.uk/gallery/images/Sunrise%20on%20Caernarfon%20Castle.jpg height="200" align="right" caption="external image Sunrise%20on%20Caernarfon%20Castle.jpg"]]r
 * the work cost between 20,000 and 25,000 pounds
 * the construction ended in 1330
 * located on the outside of the modern city[[image:http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRzwnvc_e6dCxujxXE5-BeEJWRq2S-wMuoccBj7Zb2JgOveto5T height="144" align="right" caption="external image images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRzwnvc_e6dCxujxXE5-BeEJWRq2S-wMuoccBj7Zb2JgOveto5T"]]
 * last time used in battle
 * at the begining was a fort

==renovations : == There hasn`t been a recent renovations in the castle after its last use in war.



==**P eople and places ** ==

> [|http://www.wikipedia.org] //caernaforn//history/.com
 * first fortifications were made by the Romans
 * <span style="color: #800080; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">the fort is near the bank of the river Segontium
 * <span style="color: #800080; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">King Edward I of England began replacing the matte-and-bailey-castle with a stone structure
 * <span style="color: #800080; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">the royalists held the castle during the English Civil War, last time castle was used
 * ==<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"> **<span style="background-color: #ff0006; font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">Bibliography :** ==
 * == written by :Karla Paiz and Ana Paula Bellamy [[image:http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTfa6Pcz8iMU-D4Mgr_6GflxmxBe6w5r5VlTdUDMUvkQL87WFIY height="309" caption="external image images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTfa6Pcz8iMU-D4Mgr_6GflxmxBe6w5r5VlTdUDMUvkQL87WFIY"]]==