The Dark Story Behind Wales' Most BRUTAL Conquest Castle: Caernarfon Castle

Описание: Wales, 1283. King Edward I didn't just conquer Wales—he built a fortress designed to erase Welsh identity forever. This is the dark, untold story of Caernarfon Castle.
Most people see a beautiful medieval castle. A UNESCO World Heritage Site. Stunning architecture against the Welsh coastline. But behind these walls lies one of history's most brutal stories of conquest, forced labor, and cultural annihilation.
In this deep investigation, we uncover:

How Edward I spent nearly a year's royal income (£27,000—equivalent to £25 million today) to build a psychological weapon in stone
The thousands of forced Welsh laborers who built the walls designed to cage their own descendants
Why Edward modeled Caernarfon after Constantinople's walls—to claim the power of empire itself
The beheading and public display of Prince Llywelyn's head, crowned mockingly with ivy
How the Statute of Rhuddlan abolished centuries of Welsh law and governance overnight
The 1301 ceremony that turned "Prince of Wales" from Welsh royalty into an English trophy title
Madog ap Llywelyn's rebellion in 1294 that actually burned sections of the "unbreakable" fortress
Owain Glyndŵr's 15-year rebellion (1400-1415) that nearly freed Wales—and why he vanished into legend
The controversial 1969 investiture of Prince Charles that triggered nationalist bombings
Why this conquest castle became, ironically, a symbol of Welsh survival and endurance

This isn't a story about kings and glory. It's about the unnamed thousands who quarried stone, the Welsh workers forced to build their own prison, the families torn apart by systematic oppression, and the culture that refused to die despite centuries of erasure.
Caernarfon Castle still stands after 700 years—not as proof of English triumph, but as evidence of what conquest really costs, and who actually pays the price.

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