Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd

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UNESCO World Heritage Site cultural heritage site

Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in north Wales comprising a series of 13th-century royal fortresses and fortified towns built by King Edward I to consolidate English rule over the region.

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Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd canonical 11
World Heritage Site: Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
cultural heritage site ⓘ
architecturalStyle medieval military architecture ⓘ
associatedWith Edwardian castles in Wales ⓘ
surface form: Edwardian castle-building programme in Wales

Welsh Wars ⓘ
surface form: Edwardian conquest of Wales

Plantagenet rule in Wales ⓘ
Welsh Wars ⓘ
surface form: Welsh–English conflicts
builder Kingdom of England ⓘ
surface form: English Crown
builtFor Edward I of England ⓘ
category fortified towns in Wales ⓘ
medieval castles in Wales ⓘ
constructionMaterial stone ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
criteria (i) ⓘ
(iii) ⓘ
(iv) ⓘ
governingBody Cadw ⓘ
hasPart Beaumaris Castle ⓘ
Caernarfon Castle ⓘ
Conwy Castle ⓘ
Harlech ⓘ
surface form: Harlech Castle

Caernarfon town walls ⓘ
surface form: town walls of Caernarfon

Conwy town walls ⓘ
surface form: town walls of Conwy
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
inception late 13th century ⓘ
inscriptionYear 1986 ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
locatedIn Gwynedd ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
North Wales ⓘ
surface form: north Wales
locatedInProtectedArea Gwynedd ⓘ
surface form: Gwynedd local authority area
ownership Crown Estate ⓘ
surface form: Crown Estate (United Kingdom)
partOf Wales ⓘ
medieval fortifications of Wales ⓘ
period 13th century ⓘ
purpose consolidation of English rule over Wales ⓘ
military fortification ⓘ
significance outstanding example of late 13th-century and early 14th-century military architecture in Europe ⓘ
symbol of English royal power in Wales ⓘ
tourismAttraction yes ⓘ
UNESCOLongName Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd self-link ⓘ
UNESCORegion Europe and North America ⓘ
UNESCOSiteType cultural ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageID 374 ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Caernarfon Castle → partOf → Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd ⓘ
Conwy Castle → partOf → Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd ⓘ
Beaumaris Castle → partOf → Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd ⓘ
Caernarfon, Gwynedd → hasWorldHeritageStatusWith → Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd ⓘ
Beaumaris → castleWorldHeritageListing → Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd ⓘ
Conwy (Welsh place name) → heritageDesignation → Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd ⓘ
subject surface form: Conwy
this entity surface form: World Heritage Site: Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd
Edwardian castles in Wales → partOf → Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd ⓘ
Edwardian castles in Wales → UNESCOSiteName → Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd ⓘ
Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd → UNESCOLongName → Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd self-link ⓘ
World Heritage Sites in Wales → hasPart → Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd ⓘ
Conwy town walls → partOf → Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd ⓘ
World Heritage Sites in the United Kingdom → containsSite → Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd ⓘ