Conwy Castle

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World Heritage Site component fortress medieval castle

Conwy Castle is a 13th-century medieval fortress in North Wales, renowned for its imposing walls and towers and its role in Edward I’s conquest of Wales.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Conwy Castle canonical	22
Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World Heritage Site component ⓘ fortress ⓘ medieval castle ⓘ
adjacentTo	Conwy town walls ⓘ
architect	James of St George ⓘ surface form: James of Saint George
builder	Edward I of England ⓘ
builtDuring	Welsh Wars ⓘ surface form: Edwardian conquest of Wales
condition	ruin ⓘ
constructionEnd	1287 ⓘ
constructionStart	1283 ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ Wales ⓘ
hasFeature	battlements ⓘ chapel ⓘ curtain walls ⓘ eight large towers ⓘ gatehouses ⓘ great hall ⓘ inner ward ⓘ outer ward ⓘ royal apartments ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Grade I listed building ⓘ UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
historicalEvent	Glyndŵr Rising ⓘ Welsh uprising of Madog ap Llywelyn ⓘ
historicalPeriod	13th century ⓘ
locatedIn	Conwy (Welsh place name) ⓘ surface form: Conwy, Conwy County Borough, Wales North Wales ⓘ
managedBy	Cadw ⓘ
materialUsed	local limestone ⓘ sandstone ⓘ
near	Conwy Suspension Bridge ⓘ surface form: Conwy Railway Bridge Conwy Suspension Bridge ⓘ
openToPublic	yes ⓘ
overlooks	River Conwy ⓘ
ownedBy	Cadw ⓘ
partOf	Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd ⓘ
patron	Edward I of England ⓘ
preservationStatus	well-preserved castle ruins ⓘ
purpose	military stronghold ⓘ royal residence ⓘ
region	Gwynedd ⓘ surface form: Gwynedd historic region
significance	key stronghold in Edward I’s conquest of Wales ⓘ
style	military architecture of Edward I ⓘ
touristAttraction	major attraction in North Wales ⓘ
usedFor	heritage education ⓘ tourism ⓘ
viewOf	Conwy estuary ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

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

Edward I of England → constructed → Conwy Castle ⓘ

Harlech → heritageSitePartOf → Conwy Castle ⓘ

this entity surface form: Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd

North Wales → tourismAttraction → Conwy Castle ⓘ

Longshanks → built → Conwy Castle ⓘ

Conwy (Welsh place name) → hasLandmark → Conwy Castle ⓘ

subject surface form: Conwy

Conwy (Welsh place name) → hasCastle → Conwy Castle ⓘ

subject surface form: Conwy

James of St George → notableWork → Conwy Castle ⓘ

James of St George → designed → Conwy Castle ⓘ

Edwardian castles in Wales → hasPart → Conwy Castle ⓘ

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

World Heritage Sites in Wales → includes → Conwy Castle ⓘ

subject surface form: Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd

Conwy town walls → adjacentTo → Conwy Castle ⓘ

Conwy town walls → hasViewOf → Conwy Castle ⓘ

Conwy estuary → hasLandmarkOnShore → Conwy Castle ⓘ

Conwy estuary → hasViewOf → Conwy Castle ⓘ

Conwy County Borough → containsHistoricSite → Conwy Castle ⓘ

Conwy County Borough → hasTourismAttraction → Conwy Castle ⓘ

Edwardian court → residence → Conwy Castle ⓘ

Conwy → contains → Conwy Castle ⓘ

Conwy → knownFor → Conwy Castle ⓘ

River Conwy → passesNear → Conwy Castle ⓘ

River Conwy → hasHistoricSiteOnBank → Conwy Castle ⓘ

Conwy Suspension Bridge → adjacentTo → Conwy Castle ⓘ