Edinburgh Castle is located in downtown Edinburgh, Scotland. It has been used for military purposes since prehistoric times and is the most visited tourist attraction in Scotland. Windsor Castle is located in Windsor, England and has been inhabited by many British monarchs, making it the oldest inhabited European palace. Dublin Castle is located in Dublin, Ireland and had many roles over the centuries, including being a royal residence and the place where the President of Ireland is inaugurated.

1. English work:
Travel around the British
Isles.
Castles in the Bristish
Isles.
Name: Sara Sanz Muñoz
Level 1 A

2. Edinburgh Castle
That is
The castle this one in the downtown of Edinburgh
Where is
In the downtown of Edinburgh
Because it is famous
In the interior they present several exhibitions and museums, between which they stand out:
The Honors of Scotland, where they find the jewels of the Scotch Crown and the objects of the
royal Scotch exchequer.
The chapel of Holy Daisy, the most ancient zone of the strength, and possibly of the city.
Description
Edinburgh Castle is an ancient fortress built on a rock of volcanic origin.
It has been used for military purposes since prehistoric times.
It is the most visited tourist attraction in Scotland
Three sides are protected by cliffs, and access to the castle is a steep street on the east side of
the castle
Formerly there was a lake on the north side called Nor Loch

3. WindsorCastle
That is
Is a palace and royal residence located in Windsor
Where is
This in Windsor, in the county of Berkshire, UK.
Because it is famous
Is famous for its old relationship with the British royal family and its architecture occupies an
area of more than five acres that combines elements of fortification, palace and a small town
Description
Originally a medieval castle begun to lift in the eleventh century
Has been inhabited by many British monarchs, which makes it the oldest inhabited European
palace
This fortification was originally designed with three walls around a central mound that allowed
master a strategically important area of the River Thames.
The complex survived the period of the English Civil War; it was used as a military barracks by
parliamentary forces
Today in Windsor Castle live and work more than five hundred people, is a tourist attraction
and home favorite weekend by Queen Elizabeth II of England.

4. DublinCastle
That is
It was the headquarters of the British government in Ireland until 1922.
Where is
The Castle of Dublin in Dublin, Republic of Ireland.
Because it is famous
It had a great number of roles across the centuries, It was the most important royal residence
and There place takes the inauguration of the President of Ireland
Description
It is more important structures in the Republic de Ireland.
The most prominent of the castle is:
The St. Patricio's lounge. The room has an impressive architecture and valuable works of art
The Corridor of the State of the Castle: that extends, adorned in white with impressive
mounded arches
The Lounge of the Throne: Originally it was used as a chamber of the presence of the Kings of
Ireland who have lived in the castle, now it remains as a follow-up of the wonderful history of
the structure.

5. CardiffCastle
That is
Cardiff's Castle, it is a Welsh castle located in Cardiff's city.
Where is
In Wales, United Kingdom
Because it is famous
It is famous because Roberto, Duke of Normandy, prisoner was in him on order of his brother
the king Enrique I of England.
Description
Cardiff castle was first a Roman fort, separated from the later work for a wall of red stone
It was a Norman castle. It is called the attention his big walls constructed from the base of the
first constructed wall

6. Castillo de Eilean
That is
EileanDonan Castle is a strength placed on the small island of the same name that raises a side
of the loch Duich
Where is
To the northwest of Scotland
Because it is famous
It is said that there was one of the refugees used by Robert the Bruce when he was fleeing of
the English invasions of Eduardo I
Description
Eilean Donates he is in the intersection of three rivers of the western coast of Scotland, in
Dornie proximities
Only it is possible to accede by ship, or across a narrow bridge that communicates the island
with the shore of the lake.
Closely together they find also the brochs (circular typical towers of Scotland)
Around it the forests of Lochalsh Woodland Garden, in Balmacara and Glomach's waterfalls.

7. CaerphillyCastle
That is
Caerphilly Castle (or Caerffili, in Welshman) is a Norman fortification
Where is
Placed in the center of Caerphilly's small city, in Wales of the south
Because it is famous
It is the biggest castle of Wales (the second biggest of the United Kingdom behind Windsor
Castle), and probably one of Europe's major strengths.
Description
Constructed in his most between 1268 and 1271, it is a question of one of the first examples of
concentric castle
It is surrounded with artificial, slightly deep lakes, destined to stop the enemy advance and the
underground assaults prevent
It was contruido for Gilbert " the Red one " of Clare ", powerfully, red-haired of noble Norman
lineage as response to a dispute between him and the Prince of Gwynedd, Llywelyn Last King.

8. Highclere Castle
That is
Highclere Castle is a Victorian country house of Elizabethan style, with a park designed by
Capability Brown.
Where is
To the south of Newbury, Berkshire's county, in England
Because it is famous
It is the country house of the family Herbert, Countess of Carnarvon; in addition it is the
biggest mansion of Hampshire.
Description
The area of the castle occupies 24 square kilometers
The current castle gets up in the place where before there was another house, which in turn
was constructed on the foundations of the medieval palace of the Bishops of Winchester, who
were owners of these lands from the 8th century
The exterior fence is decorated by cornices, something typical in the Renaissance architecture.
The great lounge is on a central court completed with arcades and lodges. Nevertheless, in an
attempt of that parecier to a great lounge medieval Englishman
Though the wings north, this and south were completed for when the count died so much in
1849 as Sir Charles Barry in 1852, the interior of the wing west was completed in 1878.

9. Cashel Castle
That is
A medieval strength.
Where is
It is a historical site placed in TipperaryCounty in Ireland.
Because it is famous
Rock of Cashel served as traditional accession of the kings of Munster from the 5th century,
hundreds of years before the Norman invasion, though only there last a few structures of the
first times
Description
The most prominent of the castle is:
Tower: The building mas ancient and higher is the circular tower of twenty-eight meters than
dominates the whole plane using as tower of observation
Chapel Cormac: The chapel of the king Cormac dedicated in 1134 is the most important
building from the point of view of the modern visitor.
The Cathedral: Constructed between 1235 n 1270, it is a building of cruciform plant with
central tower and ending towards the west in a palace
Archiepiscopal palace: Placed in the west of the cathedral and joined she for alleys, the palace
dates back to the 15th century
O'Scully Monument: It is a decorated monolith raised in 1870.
San Patricio's cross: In the complex they exist two, one copy placed in his original
emplacement and the certification of the 12th century placed in the museum placed in the
crypt under the choir of the Vicarious ones.