Foto del castello medievale di Harlech, Galles. Il castello di Harlech è un re medievale Edwcared i su 200 piedi (61 m) una scogliera rocciosa che si affaccia sul mare
9882 x 5010 px | 83,7 x 42,4 cm | 32,9 x 16,7 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
11 settembre 2024
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Harlech Castle, Wales
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Photo of Harlech Castle, Wales. Harlech Castle is a medieval castle built on the 200 feet (61 m) Harlech Dome, a rocky hill overlooking the narrow coastal plain of the Irish Sea. Harlech Castle was one of a chain of castles built in Wales by Edward I between 1282-1289 as part of this plan ro subjugate the Welsh to English rule. Harlech Castle was built on a earlier Norman fortification and by 1283 a 15 feet (4.6 m) inner had been constructed as an initial defence against attack. In 1286 the construction of the castle started in earnest under the supervision of the Savoy military architect James of Saint George. Harlech Castle was designed with inner and outer defensive curtain wall between 4 corner towers and a double towered gate house. To entrance built high up on the rocky top of the hill and could only be accessed across a bridge that spanned a ditch around the castle. The entrance had 3 portcullises and at least two sets of heavy doors. The steep slope down to the coastal plain has stone steps protected by walls that lead to a watergate where once sailing ships could provision the castle by sea. Harlech was initially garrisoned of 36 men: a constable, 30 men, including 10 crossbowmen, a chaplain, a smith, carpenter and stonemason, and Master James was rewarded by being made the constable of Harlech from 1290–93. In 1400 a revolt against English rule broke out in North Wales and Harlech was one of the few English castles to hold out initially but it was under provisioned and equipped and could not withstand a Welsh siege so fell in 1404. When the Welsh revolt was put down Harlech became an English Royal castle and remained so until 15 March 1647 when Parliamentary forces took the castle after a long siege. Harlech castle was the last of the mainland castles to surrender at the end of the Civil War and it was order to be slighted, made unusable, but the order was only partially carried out which is why the castle is largely intact today. UNESCO considers Har
