Conwy town walls

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defensive wall system fortification medieval town walls tourist attraction

Conwy town walls are a remarkably well-preserved medieval defensive wall system encircling the town of Conwy in North Wales, recognized as part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Conwy town walls canonical	9
Conwy Castle and Town Walls UNESCO World Heritage Site (shared)	1
town walls of Conwy	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	defensive wall system ⓘ fortification ⓘ medieval town walls ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
adjacentTo	Conwy Castle ⓘ
architecturalStyle	medieval military architecture ⓘ
builder	James of St George ⓘ
builtDuring	Welsh Wars ⓘ surface form: Edwardian conquest of Wales
builtFor	Edward I of England ⓘ surface form: King Edward I of England
category	city walls in the United Kingdom ⓘ fortifications in Wales ⓘ tourist attractions in Conwy County Borough ⓘ
condition	well preserved ⓘ
constructionEnd	1287 ⓘ
constructionStart	1283 ⓘ
country	Wales ⓘ
followsBankOf	River Conwy ⓘ
hasPart	Barbican at Upper Gate ⓘ Lower Gate ⓘ Upper Gate ⓘ surface form: Mill Gate Upper Gate ⓘ battlements ⓘ towers ⓘ wall-walk ⓘ
hasViewOf	Conwy Castle ⓘ Conwy estuary ⓘ surface form: River Conwy estuary
heritageDesignation	Grade I listed building ⓘ UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
length	approximately 1.3 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn	Conwy County Borough ⓘ North Wales ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ Wales ⓘ
location	Conwy ⓘ
managedBy	Cadw ⓘ
materialUsed	stone ⓘ
near	A55 road ⓘ Conwy railway station ⓘ
numberOfGateways	3 ⓘ
numberOfTowers	21 ⓘ
openToPublic	true ⓘ
owner	Cadw ⓘ
partOf	Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd ⓘ medieval walled towns in Britain ⓘ
purpose	defence of the English borough of Conwy ⓘ
surrounds	town of Conwy ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince	1986 ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

Conwy Castle → adjacentTo → Conwy town walls ⓘ

Conwy (Welsh place name) → hasLandmark → Conwy town walls ⓘ

subject surface form: Conwy

Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd → hasPart → Conwy town walls ⓘ

this entity surface form: town walls of Conwy

Conwy estuary → hasLandmarkOnShore → Conwy town walls ⓘ

Conwy estuary → hasViewOf → Conwy town walls ⓘ

Conwy County Borough → containsHistoricSite → Conwy town walls ⓘ

Conwy County Borough → hasTourismAttraction → Conwy town walls ⓘ

Conwy → contains → Conwy town walls ⓘ

Conwy → hasHeritageStatus → Conwy town walls ⓘ

this entity surface form: Conwy Castle and Town Walls UNESCO World Heritage Site (shared)

River Conwy → hasHistoricSiteOnBank → Conwy town walls ⓘ

Conwy Suspension Bridge → near → Conwy town walls ⓘ