Wolvesy Castle
As the capital of the king of Wessex, the man who brought the whole of England under their turmoil in the 10th century, Winchester avoided the long capital status during the Norman era, thus William-I conquered Norman in the immediate post of the founding castle.
The castle occupied a strange elongated site on the high ground at the west end of the fortified city. It received a stone building in the twelfth century, but in 1216 many restorations were necessary following the capture of the city by Dauphin Louis. Another Norman's Keep and Royal Palace stood near the Cathedral, so the early history of the castle is confusing. It existed until 1411. During these troubled years, Henry partially counterbalanced the royal palace to the west, occupied the southeast corner of the city, and fortified his own palace.
The Wolvesey Palace, often called Wolvesy Castle, stayed at the chief seat of a medieval bishop. It was finally abandoned in 1684 by Bishop Morley who built the current baroque palaces side by side. The fine chapel is built in, but the rest of the old palace is very ruined.
In the south there is a clear curtain wall entered through a series of gateways. The East Hall block of the Square Tower to Henry is about the strength of the illusion. Despite the circumstances of its origin, Wolvesey's defense is really more for the show than anything else. The so-called keep is really just an symbolic imitation of keep, as it was housed a vast kitchen, and the small Wimond's tower is adjacent to the north gate of the court, after Henry returned from the asylum in 1158. The house was built.
As the capital of the king of Wessex, the man who brought the whole of England under their turmoil in the 10th century, Winchester avoided the long capital status during the Norman era, thus William-I conquered Norman in the immediate post of the founding castle.
The castle occupied a strange elongated site on the high ground at the west end of the fortified city. It received a stone building in the twelfth century, but in 1216 many restorations were necessary following the capture of the city by Dauphin Louis. Another Norman's Keep and Royal Palace stood near the Cathedral, so the early history of the castle is confusing. It existed until 1411. During these troubled years, Henry partially counterbalanced the royal palace to the west, occupied the southeast corner of the city, and fortified his own palace.
The Wolvesey Palace, often called Wolvesy Castle, stayed at the chief seat of a medieval bishop. It was finally abandoned in 1684 by Bishop Morley who built the current baroque palaces side by side. The fine chapel is built in, but the rest of the old palace is very ruined.
In the south there is a clear curtain wall entered through a series of gateways. The East Hall block of the Square Tower to Henry is about the strength of the illusion. Despite the circumstances of its origin, Wolvesey's defense is really more for the show than anything else. The so-called keep is really just an symbolic imitation of keep, as it was housed a vast kitchen, and the small Wimond's tower is adjacent to the north gate of the court, after Henry returned from the asylum in 1158. The house was built.
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