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Caldicot Castle

Imposing gatehouse designed to make an invader think twice. There is no water in the moat anymore. The earth is covered with pale green foliage and flowers
Castles in Wales

August 26th 2007
From childhood, Jay and I have always wanted to see a real castle - not the sort where Queen Elizabeth lives - where you pay a lot of money to see silk and velvet draperies, numerous portraits of royal ancestors and a fortune in antique furniture and crystal. No! We wanted to see a stone fortress where you could really imagine the Normans raining arrows through narrow stone slits and pouring boil ... read more
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British Flag Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more
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