Castle Caernarfon, built by the English King Edward I, was intended to be a palace rather than a military fortress. Caernarfon is positioned at the mouth of the Seiont River and it was there at the castle that the first English Prince of Wales, Edward I's son, was born in 1284, just a year after Castle Caernarfon was completed. 
The Chateau Gaillard was made in one year by over 6,000 builders under the instruction of Richard the Lionheart. The fortress was created to keep King Philip Augustus of France from invading Normandy. Gaillard features a second rampart made of nineteen arcs of a circle with arrow slits. Not only did it give archers full access to any enemy soldiers, its round shape made projectiles less useful. The Chateau Gaillard also had two wells within its five-meters-thick walls.
In 1068, Warwick Castle was built by William the Conqueror. It was used as fortification until Sir Fulke Greville converted it in the early 17th century into a country house. Warwick Castle has undergone many structural changes. The main structural difference being that the castle was rebuilt with stone in the 12th century, rather than remaining its previous wooden motte-and-bailey. Warwick Castle's history is long and bloody.
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