Caernarfon Castle is a medieval fortress in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. The first fortification on the site was a motte-and-bailey castle built in the late 11th century, which King Edward I of England began to replace with the current stone structure in 1283.
Caernarvon is architecturally is one of the most impressive of all the castles in Wales. It is located at the southern end of the Menai Strait between north Wales and Anglesey, 8 miles south west of Bangor.
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