Castillo
Chester Castle
ENG Inglaterra · siglo XI
Chester Castle is in the city of Chester, Cheshire, England. It is sited at the southwest extremity of the area bounded by the city walls. The castle stands on an eminence overlooking the River Dee. In the castle complex are the remaining parts of the medieval castle together with the neoclassical buildings designed by Thomas Harrison which were built between 1788 and 1813. Parts of the neoclassical buildings are used today by the Crown Court and as a military museum. The museum and the medieval remains are a tourist attraction.
Texto adaptado de «Chester Castle» en la Wikipedia en inglés, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chester Castle ranks #975 of 5793 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #83 of the 182 mapped in Inglaterra. Fundado en 1069, más antiguo que el 91% de los monumentos datados del atlas — uno de los 186 monumentos del atlas fundados en el siglo XI. Compara el dato en las estadísticas de castillos.
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