Editing Caernarfon (section)

==Landmarks==
[[File:A north-west view of Caernarvon Castle.jpeg|thumb|A north-west view of Caernarvon Castle. 1749]]
[[File:Caernarvon castle and town, watercolour.jpg|thumb|A view of the town walls, {{circa|1781}} (by [[Moses Griffith (artist)|Moses Griffith]])]]
[[File:Carnarvon Castle - from Coed Helen.jpeg|thumb|Carnarvon Castle from Coed Helen, 1854]]

===Caernarfon Castle===
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The present castle building was constructed between 1283 and 1330 by the order of King Edward I. The banded stonework and [[polygon]]al towers are thought to have been in imitation of the [[Walls of Constantinople]]. The impressive [[curtain wall (fortification)|curtain wall]] with nine [[Flanking tower|tower]]s and two [[gatehouse]]s survive largely intact. Caernarfon Castle is now under the care of [[Cadw]] and is open to the public. The castle includes the regimental museum of the [[Royal Welch Fusiliers]].

===Caernarfon town walls===
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The medieval town walls, including eight towers and two twin-towered gateways, form a complete circuit of {{convert|800|yd|m}} around the old town and were built between 1283 and 1285.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wa-3815-caernarfon-town-wall-caernarfon#.VkZVa9LhCUk |title=Caernarfon Town Wall, Caernarfon |website=www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk |publisher=British Listed Buildings |access-date=13 November 2015 }}</ref> The walls are in the care of [[Cadw]] but only a small section is accessible to the public. The town walls and castle at Caernarfon were declared part of a World Heritage Site in 1986.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cadw.gov.wales/daysout/caernarfon-town-walls/?lang=en |title=Caernarfon Town Walls |website=cadw.gov.wales |publisher=Cadw Office, Welsh Government |access-date=13 November 2015 }}</ref> According to [[UNESCO]], the castle and walls together with other royal castles in Gwynedd "are the finest examples of late 13th century and early 14th century military architecture in Europe".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/374 |title=Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd |website=whc.unesco.org |publisher=UNESCO World Heritage Centre |access-date=17 November 2015 }}</ref>

===County Hall, police station and gaol===
[[County Hall, Caernarfon|Caernarfon County Hall]] and the police station are two former municipal buildings which stand on Castle Ditch, facing the castle walls. Constructed in the mid-19th century, they were designed by John Fisher, the [[Caernarfonshire]] [[county surveyor]] in a [[Neoclassical architecture|Neoclassical]] style. They are both [[Listed buildings|Grade I listed buildings]].<ref>{{Cadw|num=3828|desc=County Court (former County Hall)|grade=I|access-date=1 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cadw|num=3827|desc=Police Station, including forecourt railings and gate piers|grade=I|access-date=1 September 2024}}</ref> In the 20th century the buildings were vacated. The courthouse was replaced by the new [[Caernarfon Criminal Justice Centre]] on the former Segontium School site in Llanberis Road in 2009.<ref name="Segontium">{{cite news|url=http://www.caernarfononline.co.uk/july2006/court/|title=New Courts at Caernarfon|date=13 July 2006|publisher=www.caernarfononline.co.uk|access-date=8 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725033904/http://www.caernarfononline.co.uk/july2006/court/|archive-date=25 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> The former county hall now operates as an entertainment venue, and the former police station as commercial offices.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://historypoints.org/index.php?page=old-county-hall-and-court-caernarfon|title=Old County Hall and Court|publisher=History Points|access-date=1 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://historypoints.org/index.php?page=old-caernarfon-police-station|title=Old Caernarfon Police Station|publisher=History Points|access-date=1 September 2024}}</ref> Adjacent to the old courthouse is the former [[Council Offices, Caernarfon|Caernarfon Gaol]] which also closed in the early 20th century and converted into council offices.<ref>{{Coflein|num=23238 |desc=Caernarvon Gaol;old Prison Buildings;council Offices;swyddfa'r Cyngor, Shire Hall Street |access-date=29 September 2021}}</ref>

===Statue of David Lloyd George===
The statue in Castle Square was sculpted by [[W. Goscombe John]] and was erected in 1921 when Lloyd George was prime minister. David Lloyd George was the Member of Parliament for the area from 1890 to 1945.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wa-3843-statue-of-david-lloyd-george-caernarfon#.VkZoU9LhCUk |title=Statue of David Lloyd George, Caernarfon |website=www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk |publisher=British Listed Buildings |access-date=13 November 2015 }}</ref>

===The Old Market Hall===
The Old Market Hall in Hole-in-the-Wall Street and Crown Street was built in 1832, but the interior and roof were rebuilt later in that century. It is a Grade II listed building.<ref>{{NHAW|num=3907|desc=The Old Market, Caernarfon |grade=II|access-date=28 February 2023}}</ref> It now acts as a pub and music venue.

===Morfa Common Park===
A small [[Victorian era|Victorian]] [[urban park]], Morfa was laid out in 1888. It stands to the south of the town, bordered by the 'Ysbyty Eryri' hospital [see below] at its southern edge. It is listed at Grade II on the [[Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales]].<ref>{{NHAW|uid=167|num=PGW(Gd)38(GWY)|desc=Morfa Common Park|class=HPG|access-date=6 February 2023}}</ref>

===Others===
Caernarfon has a small hospital, 'Ysbyty Eryri' (Snowdonia Hospital). The nearest large regional hospital is [[Ysbyty Gwynedd]], in [[Bangor, Gwynedd|Bangor]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1985/apr/22/nhs-facilities-gwynedd|title=NHS Facilities (Gwynedd)|publisher=Hansard|date=22 April 1985|access-date=28 February 2019}}</ref>

[[Caernarfon Barracks]] was commissioned by John Lloyd, County Surveyor of [[Caernarfonshire]], as a military headquarters and completed in 1855.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/300003887-the-barracks-caernarfon#.WZqYTWyouUk|title= Caernarfon Barracks|publisher=British Listed Buildings|access-date=21 August 2016}}</ref>