Description: Universum18_22 1857 Meyer print CAERNARVON CASTLE, WALES, #22 Nice print titled Caernarvon Castle, from steel engraving with fine detail and clear impression, approx. page size is 25.5 x 18 cm, approx. image size is 15.5 x 11 cm. From Meyer's Universum, published by Bibliographic Institute Hildburghausen Germany. Caernarvon, also spelled CARNARVON, Welsh CAERNARFON, town, Arfon district, seat of Gwynedd county, Wales, near the west end of the Menai Strait separating the mainland from the island of Anglesey. A Roman fort, Segontium, was built in approximately AD 75 on a low hill southeast of the present town and was the seat of local chieftains after the Roman withdrawal (c. 380-390). A Celtic church was also founded there, probably in the 5th century. Norman penetration (11th century) was brief, but it produced a motte (fortified mound), and subsequently the Welsh Gwynedd princes set up a maenor ("manor") there. The township was completely transformed by the English king Edward I immediately after his conquest of Wales in 1282-83, for he built a large new stronghold around the motte and a walled borough adjacent to it, with a grid pattern of streets. The borough, to which he granted a charter in 1284, was made the capital of North Wales, and it was at the castle that his son, Prince of Wales and later Edward II, was born in 1284. Only since 1911, however, has the castle been used for the investiture of the prince of Wales. Both castle and town walls are exceptionally well preserved and attract many tourists. The town has grown considerably beyond the original walls. A small harbour was mostly important in the 19th century as an outlet for slates from nearby quarries. Pop. (1981) 9,431.
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