{"id":824,"date":"2009-10-21T20:04:49","date_gmt":"2009-10-21T17:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/castle.nicuilie.eu\/?p=824"},"modified":"2014-05-31T20:13:25","modified_gmt":"2014-05-31T20:13:25","slug":"caerphilly-castle-walles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/caerphilly-castle-walles\/10\/","title":{"rendered":"Caerphilly Castle (Walles)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Caerphilly<\/a><\/p>\n

South Wales, the largest castle in Britain after Windsor, was built in 1268-1271 by the Anglo-Norman lord, Gilbert de Clare. Surrounded by an artificial lake it was a revolutionary masterpiece of military planning. The famous 10% leaning South-East Tower (it even out-leans the tower at Pisa) which is thought to be due to subsidence, not any military action. Photo gallery.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

South Wales, the largest castle in Britain after Windsor, was built in 1268-1271 by the Anglo-Norman lord, Gilbert de Clare. Surrounded by an artificial lake it was a revolutionary masterpiece of military planning. The famous 10% leaning South-East Tower (it even out-leans the tower at Pisa) which is thought to be due to subsidence, not… Read More »Caerphilly Castle (Walles)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[13],"tags":[54,98,373,391,421,423,452,760,941,967,1348,1386,1583,1595,1598,1933,1990,2083,2178,2243],"class_list":["post-824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-united-kingdom","tag-action-photo-gallery","tag-anglo","tag-caerphilly-castle","tag-cardiff-castle","tag-castle","tag-castle-coch","tag-castle-wales","tag-east-tower","tag-gallery","tag-gilbert-de-clare","tag-masterpiece","tag-military-action","tag-photo","tag-pisa","tag-plan","tag-south-wales","tag-subsidence","tag-towers","tag-walles","tag-windsor"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4IfKt-di","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":276,"url":"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/aberystwyth-castle\/10\/","url_meta":{"origin":824,"position":0},"title":"Aberystwyth Castle","author":"hrnicu","date":"October 7, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"In the marvellous sweep of Cardigan Bay stand the ruins of one of Edward I's late 13th century castles. Of the seven major English strongholds he established in Wales, Aberystwyth has fared least favourably in the survival stakes. Now little more than a few fragmented chunks of masonry displayed in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "United Kingdom"","block_context":{"text":"United Kingdom","link":"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/category\/united-kingdom\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"aberystwyth_castle","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/castle.nicuilie.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/aberystwyth_castle.jpeg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":888,"url":"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/chirk-castle-pics\/10\/","url_meta":{"origin":824,"position":1},"title":"Chirk Castle (pics)","author":"hrnicu","date":"October 28, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Photo gallery here Clwyd, Wales, was founded about 1295 as a stronghold for Edward I's army captain Roger Mortimer, thus becoming one of the great fortresses of Edward's reign; it is of rectangular, concentric form with walls fifteen feet thick and a massive drum tower at each corner; since 1595\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "United Kingdom"","block_context":{"text":"United Kingdom","link":"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/category\/united-kingdom\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"ChirkCastle1","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2009\/10\/ChirkCastle1-523x392.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":982,"url":"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/criccieth-castle-photo-gallery\/07\/","url_meta":{"origin":824,"position":2},"title":"Criccieth Castle (photo gallery)","author":"hrnicu","date":"July 29, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Criccieth Castle in Gwynedd, Walles, stands on a cliff over the Cardigan Bay Castell Criccieth Castle by Alan Fryer is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.0 Criccieth Castle by Philip Halling is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.0 Criccieth Castle by Philip Halling is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.0 The entrance to Criccieth Castle by\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "United Kingdom"","block_context":{"text":"United Kingdom","link":"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/category\/united-kingdom\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/01\/from-the-parade-criccieth-castle-wales-loc_l.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/01\/from-the-parade-criccieth-castle-wales-loc_l.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/01\/from-the-parade-criccieth-castle-wales-loc_l.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":466,"url":"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/beaumaris-castle\/02\/","url_meta":{"origin":824,"position":3},"title":"Beaumaris Castle (in Wales) – All about","author":"hrnicu","date":"February 23, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Gwynedd, a castle of King Edward I , on Isle of Anglesey; a perfect example of a concentrically planned castle. This unusual, yet magnificent building, located in the county town of Anglesey was the last Welsh castle of Edward I. In keeping with it's 'fairytale' appearance, even the name 'Beaumaris'\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "United Kingdom"","block_context":{"text":"United Kingdom","link":"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/category\/united-kingdom\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2009\/10\/beau10.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2009\/10\/beau10.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2009\/10\/beau10.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":849,"url":"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/castell-carreg-cennen\/10\/","url_meta":{"origin":824,"position":4},"title":"Castell Carreg Cennen","author":"hrnicu","date":"October 24, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"South Wales, on a remote crag about 100 meters above the river Cennen in the Breacon Beacons National Park, was started in 13th century as an English outpost by one of Edward I's barons. The natural cave beneath the castle rock, perhaps a prehistoric refuge, is incorporated into the defenses\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "United Kingdom"","block_context":{"text":"United Kingdom","link":"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/category\/united-kingdom\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Carreg Cennen_52d09c132a","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cetate.inturism.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Carreg-Cennen_52d09c132a.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1028,"url":"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/dover-castle-in-kent\/07\/","url_meta":{"origin":824,"position":5},"title":"Dover Castle in Kent","author":"hrnicu","date":"July 2, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Dover Castle was built on the White Cliffs in 12th century; a 75 metre deep well; a view across the Channel. The Anglo-Saxon church beside it was once probably part of a Saxon fortified settlement: very soon after his victory at Hastings in 1066, this was converted by William the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "United Kingdom"","block_context":{"text":"United Kingdom","link":"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/category\/united-kingdom\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/castle.nicuilie.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/dover-banner-mar-470x172.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wansait.com\/tranzit\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}