{"id":275135,"date":"2025-07-19T16:17:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T16:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/275135\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T16:17:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T16:17:10","slug":"caerphilly-castle-reopens-after-two-year-renovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/275135\/","title":{"rendered":"Caerphilly Castle reopens after two-year renovation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Wales&#8217; biggest castle has reopened after two years of renovations aimed at &#8220;reconnecting communities with their heritage&#8221;.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The \u00a38m worth of upgrades to Caerphilly Castle include a reconstruction of the Great Hall to how it appeared in its &#8220;medieval heyday&#8221;, as well as new digital exhibits and accessibility improvements.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The castle has stood as a guardian for over 750 years  and\u2026 we&#8217;re ensuring it remains at the heart of the town&#8217;s identity for generations to come,&#8221; said Jayne Bryant MS, housing and local government secretary.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The 13th Century structure was built by Gilbert de Clare, the Earl of Gloucester, as a fortress against Welsh resistance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wales&#8217; biggest castle has reopened after two years of renovations aimed at &#8220;reconnecting communities with their heritage&#8221;. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":275136,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5010],"tags":[748,4884,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-275135","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wales","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-great-britain","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114880805467368146","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275135\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}