This is just one of the many castles that are in Wales. This castle has to be the most popular castle in Wales, half of this is down to the fact that it is in the middle of a city and the other half is because its very old.
Cardiff Castle
This castle lies slap bang in the middle of a busy city and was first used by the Romans. When the Normans took control they covered the original fort with earthen ramparts and made their own defences. The great thing is that over the next three centuries the castle was never stopped when it came to improvements. During the 12th century a stone keep was added and within the 13th and 14th a gatehouse a tower (known as the Black Tower) were also added to the gigantic building.
1423 saw the Earl of Warwick add another tower to the west side of the caslte and when the Herbert family moved in they improved it for many generations. The castle fell into a very bad state of disrepair in the 17th and 18th centuries as it was left.
However all was not lost as in 1766 Lord Mountstuart came into possession of the castle and started to rebuild the place and this work carried on even to his grandson.
Finally in 1869 William Burges started to re-model the castle and he was given complete artistic freedom on the place. This is how tourists see the castle today.
If of course you fancy going to the castle yourself there are very few days in which you are not allowed to look around the place which is always good.
There are so many things that you can see in the castle from the keep to the military museum so why not think about taking one of those family days out to the place. You could of course just take a UK family holidays to Cardiff to enjoy the place at your own leisure.
