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World / United Kingdom / Wales / Cardiff Coordinates: 51°28'56"N   3°10'52"W

Cardiff Castle (Cardiff / Caerdydd)


Cardiff Castle (Welsh: Castell Caerdydd) in Wales was founded by the Normans in 1091, on the site of a Roman fort whose remains can still be seen. The castle's most famous occupant was Robert, Duke of Normandy, who was imprisoned there by his younger brother, King Henry I of England, from 1106 until 1134. In 1158 it was the scene for a daring kidnapping carried out by Ifor Bach (Ivor the Little). The Welsh took it again in 1404, under Owain Glyndŵr. In 1488, it came into the possession of Jasper Tudor.

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiff_Castle
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