CAERPHILLY CASTLE - Roman Wall - a photo on Flickriver

Caerphilly Castle is undoubtedly one of the mightiest fortresses in Wales - and perhaps one of the grandest medieval buildings in Western Europe. Works on the castle begun in 1268, ordered by ‘Red’ Gilbert de Clare, Lord of Glamorgan. After his death in 1295, the castle was taken over and modernized by his son in law, Hugh Despenser. In 1326, during a rebellion against the despised Despenser and weakened King of England, Edward II, the two hole themselves up in Caerphilly but were captured elsewhere in Wales - and brutally executed. In late 1300s, the Castle became unused and gradually begun to decline and disintegrate. Some repair work was undertaken by Earl of Warwick in 1428-1429. A Civil war battlement was constructed alongside the castle in 1642, although it’s debated if it was ever actually used. The ruinous castle passed into the hands of the Marquesses of Bute in 1776. Vast renovations were undertaken by Fourth Marquess of Bute during 1928-1939.

Source: www.exploring-castles.com/caerphilly_castle.html

Taken in: United Kingdom / Wales / Caerphilly / Van (show map)

Taken on: July 18, 2014

Tags:

2014

Caerphilly

castle

castel

fortress

Festung

citadel

citadelle

kale « less

Sets appears in: • 2014 Cardiff-Wales

Camera: Canon PowerShot G10, f/4.0, 1/1000 sec, 6.1mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon PowerShot G10
Aperture:	f/4.0
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/1000)
Focal Length:	6.1mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	+2/3 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Show full info

Stats: 719 views

go back

close tools panel

Badge creator

Use Flickriver Badge Creator to create a badge linking to your photos, your group or any other Flickriver view.

You can place your badge on your Flickr profile, Blog or Website.

Add to your iGoogle or Netvibes page

Flickriver widget for iGoogle or Netvibes can display almost any Flickriver view - most interesting today, by user, by group, by tag etc. Once added to your personalized homepage, just edit widget settings to select your desired view.

Clickr on one of the buttons below to install:

Embed on your Web site

To embed this view, Copy and Paste the following HTML code:

Black background (preview):

White background (preview):

Firefox and Chrome addons

Adds a 'Flickriver' button to your browser. While viewing any Flickr photos page, click on this button to open the same view on Flickriver.

Install in Firefox
Install in Chrome

Search plugin

Add 'Search on Flickriver' to your browser's search box. Works with Firefox and Internet Explorer. Install search plugin

"View on Flickriver" Greasemonkey script

A Greasemonkey script that adds Flickriver links to various Flickr photo pages - user photos, favorites, pools etc, allowing to quickly open the corresponding Flickriver view.

Also, allows quickly viewing any Flickr photo on black background in large size.

Install "View on Flickriver" script

Bookmarklet

While viewing any Flickr photos page, click on the bookmarklet to open the same view on Flickriver.

To install: drag and drop the following link to your Bookmarks toolbar.
IE users - add the link to your Favorites under the Links folder