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Located on a promontory with a view of the River Teme, Ludlow Castle is a ruined medieval castle in the town of the same name in the English county of Shropshire. One of the earliest stone castles in England, the fortress was most likely erected by Walter de Lacy following the Norman Conquest. The castle was subsequently reinforced with a Great Tower and a sizable outer bailey during the 12th-century civil war, which saw multiple exchanges of ownership between the de Lacys and opposing claimants. Ludlow was given to Geoffrey de Geneville in the middle of the thirteenth century. He restored a portion of the inner bailey, and the castle took part in the Second Barons War. After Richard, Duke of York, inherited the castle in 1425, it played a significant role in the Wars of the Roses as a symbol of Yorkist power. The Crown came into possession of the throne in 1461 when Edward IV, son of Richard, took it. During the 16th century, Ludlow Castle had substantial renovations after being selected as the location of the Council of Wales and the Marches, thereby serving as the capital of Wales. The castle was opulently furnished by the 17th century and served as a venue for artistic events including the world premiere of masque Comus by John Milton. During the English Civil War in the 1640s, the Royalists occupied Ludlow Castle until a Parliamentarian army besieged and captured it in 1646. The castle-belongings were auctioned off, but a garrison remained there for the majority of the interim period. The council was reinstated and the castle was restored with the Restoration of 1660, but Ludlow never fully recovered from the years of the American Civil War, and the council was eventually disbanded in 1689, leaving it in disrepair. Edward, 1st Earl of Powis, his brother-in-law, purchased the castle outright in 1811 after Henry, 1st Earl of Powis, leased the estate from the Crown in 1772 and landscaped the remains significantly. The outer bailey of the castle was developed with a mansion, but the rest was substantially unaltered, drawing more and more tourists and turning it into a favorite spot for painters. Ludlow Castle was devoid of vegetation after 1900, and the Powis Estate and government agencies carried out several repairs on it during the century. The Earl of Powis still owns it and runs it as a tourist destination in the twenty-first century. #History #Architecture #Castles

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