Over the centuries Caernarfon Castle, built by Edward I of England from 1283 as he battled the Welsh princes, has come to be been seen as a symbol of imperial military might and economic power.
But a £5m conservation and development project completed on Thursday seeks to give a fresh perspective, focusing not on Edward but on the ordinary people who built and helped run the north Wales fortress – and suggesting that the belligerent king’s empire-building ambition has, ultimately, been defeated.
