This Thousand-Year-Old Welsh Castle is a Must-See
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ก.ย. 2020
- Despite being built around the time of William the Conqueror almost a thousand years ago, Cardiff Castle, with its 150-foot-tall clock tower, remains an iconic feature of the Welsh capital.
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There is at least 500 castles in Wales so take your pick. I live in carmarthen and there's at least 20 within a 50 mile radius of me
Hi. I'm really curious.. I'm an asian muslim who wears veil. Is it ok to visit there? I mean is the people in that area fine with muslim tourist? I wanted since I was young to see castles. 💛
@@attylagscl yeah of course you'd be safe. People from all over the world visit
@@christycullen2355 that's great! Thanks for replying. 💛
I used to walk by that castle almost every day when I lived in Cardiff. About 48 years ago.
I love Cymru.
I have Welsh ancestors on my mother's side.
🇺🇸👍from Missouri USA
Come to Wales if you like castles.
We have so many it's unreal
80sargeant There are over 30,000 Norman castles or ruins in Ireland. They are all over the place there.
I like the smaller castle, it’s more homely.
I wonder what he’d think today as he looked out across the city.
I was thinking the exact same thing.
Blackadder : Have you ever been to Wales Baldrick?
Baldrick : No, but I've often thought I'd like to.
Blackadder : Well don't, it's a ghastly place. Huge gangs of tough sinewy men roam the valleys terrorising people with their close-harmony singing.
😂😂😂 perfect.
And the Welsh would be very happy if people like you stay away.
Too bad we couldn't see the inside of these castles.
But ... but ... "This Thousand-Year-Old Welsh Castle is a Must-See!"
@@HarryDinesOut Plot twist; it's nowhere near 1000 year old! xD
There is one a few miles north of it (in my hometown) which is around 800 years old, though. Caerphilly castle. A lot bigger too, iirc.
@@garethfairclough8715 LOL, wow ...
@@garethfairclough8715 I just quickly looked up Caerphilly Castle and it's amazing! I now have some more reading to do. Thank you. =-)
From one angle, it sort of reminded me of a castle used in Monty Python, but apparently it was only used in Dr Who.
Because it’s actually a front movie set.
Beautiful doesnt even star to describe this masterpiece
Wonderful view 👍🏻
Erm... most of Cardiff castle is actually from the 19th century. Just a slight fail there, Smithsonian!
If you want a real Norman castle, go see Caerphilly castle, just a few miles north! It's one of the biggest in Europe and one of the towers leans more than the Leaning Tower of Pisa ever did.
I've been to both more than a few times in my life. I actually live just outside Cardiff.
I'm probably the first Welshman to comment on this one! :P
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Ohmybloodygod. Who on earth came up with that pronunciation of Castell Coch @1:25?! :O
There's over 600 castles in Wales, 18 in Pembrokeshire alone. I'm probably the first Welshman to reply to you!
An Englishman came up with that pronunciation...but fair guess! Chwarae teg.
The announcer is English, not Welsh. What do you expect?
Colin Potter Wow! There over 30,000 Norman castles or ruins in Ireland!
@@whiterabbit-wo7hw But its not true anyway, it absolutley is from the 11thC and built on top of earlier Roman fortifications. It had extensive additons in the 19th centry, but they are mentioned in the video anyway.
How can you even focus on the castle with all those other structures around and behind it? Especially that giant football dome!
Football dome?
I assume you mean the Millennium stadium/Principality stadium/whatever they call it now?
Yeah, it's pretty sad.
Well that's what happens when you have a castle built to defend and control a town, the town eventually grows around the castle as it becomes a huge city.
You want more remote castles, go to Snowdonia, they're smaller but they're isolated on hills guarding valleys.
The most impressive castles in Wales though imho are Caernarfon, Conwy and Beaumaris. They're much more intact with their original features, although ruins, and Beaumaris is considered one of the world's best examples of a perfect concentric castle.
Wish I could watch the full series
gorgeous
It's very good
That looks like a strong fort , even to this day
It was rebuilt but the man they mention, the outside walls are now like the best ancient roman walls. The video says they tunneled into them, but thats not true, it was built that way, he was copying the walls at constantinople, so they have these tunnels with tiny windows, like the later arrow slits.
Love Smithsonian!
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Cardiff castle, caerdydd , meaning castle of the accord , despite what we are taught about this castle, it was built by the British kings , the Roman invaded the country of the esolog meaning a bounding in prosper , but they got no were Hadrian came to caerdydd to put forth a peace treaty with the British kings and he married a Welsh princess , the treaty was to allow Roman traders to trade in Wales, the British kings still ruled in Britain, the British Welsh records, which we are told don't exist, but the reality is they are in abundance, and they tell a very different story,
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The air raid shelters werent tunnled intot he walls, when the roman walls were rebuilt in the 19thC they added tunnels and windows to rflect what theromans may have had, however it was copying constantinople and probably wasnt that elaborate.
Give me 20 of your best men, and it will hold!!!!
What Romans in Wales ?
Yes, you can see places like caerwent where the original town walls still stand.
1:26 'Casstell Coke' ? 🤣🤣🤣
Not quite. *Castell Coch*
It's pronounced phonetically thus:
CAS -TELL COHCH
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washrooms of indian forts aegge much larger than this castle..ONLY FOR FUN 😀😂