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3. Tintagel Castle
Another no less popular castle, or rather the ruins of the castle - it's Tintagel.
They say this place is 3-4 century was a Roman settlement. And yet the first mention of King Arthur, which is also associated with Tintagel Castle. On the one hand the romantic, on the other side of the mystical legend. He lived a kind of Uther Pendragon, who fell madly in love wife of the Duke of Cornwall and to take possession of it, went to war against the Duke. The Duke of Cornwall sent his wife in Tintagel Castle, assuming that there is the safest place. And indeed, the castle on all sides surrounded by sea and only a narrow passage between the rocks led directly to the castle, but his soldiers guarded. Tintagel Castle was neprestupen to Uther Pendragon.
Then he asked for help from the magician Merlin, who changed his appearance on the face of the Duke of Cornwall. That's a magical way Uther snuck into the castle and took possession of his beloved. "That night was conceived by Arthur future King of all Britain." Of course, no one argues that it was all just so, and that King Arthur was born at Tintagel Castle. But the legend has taken root in Britain, so that many will believe it and still recite.
Much time has passed since the first castle was destroyed, then in 1233, when the vengeance spread the legend of Arthur, the castle was rebuilt by Richard, also of the kind in Cornwall. But after the other descendants of Richard of Cornwall were not interested in the castle. Part of the castle given to prison, the roof of the Great Hall was demolished, gradually destroyed the castle ...
But until now, those old, majestic castle walls convey to us the smell of the time.