多佛城堡

多佛城堡，聳立在海濱烏爾頓山巔。由巨石砌成，外有兩道厚厚的圍牆，每道圍牆都有若干碉堡和古炮台。

基本信息

• 中文名：多佛城堡
• 英文名：Dover Castle
• 所在地：英國 多佛
  
• 修建時間：1160年

多佛城堡（Dover Castle）
多佛是英國東南部的一個聞名於世的海港城市，是大不列顛島距歐洲大陸最近的地方，幾百年來這條航線一直是英國通往歐洲大陸的海上通道，天氣好時，通過望眼鏡可以看到法國的加萊港。
美麗的多佛三面環山，為廣袤原野和綠色叢林所環繞；另一面臨海，依偎著蜿蜒曲折藍如寶石般的多佛海灣。古堡聳立在海濱烏爾頓山巔，它於1160修建，居高臨下，傲視大海，地勢十分險要，城堡由巨石砌成，外有兩道厚厚的圍牆，每道圍牆都有若干碉堡和古炮台。古堡雖然經歷了800多年風風雨雨，但今天仍有一種結結實實的堅固感，仿佛與山凝結為一體。古堡中保存著享利八世及王公們使用過的器物。城堡下有三條數千米長的地道。一條是與古堡一起修建的，另兩條是第二次世界大戰時修建的，是當時英軍秘密的指揮中心和醫院，1996年才對外開放。現在進入地道可以感受當時飛機、大炮轟鳴爆炸的聲音，可以聞到醫院和食堂的氣味。裡邊十分寬敞，設施完善，功能齊全，真是個完善的醫院和司令部。地道的入口在海邊的絕壁上，這就是著名的多佛白懸崖。白懸崖直插海里，近百米高似斧削的絕壁危崖全是白岩石，所以稱為“白懸崖”。
英國雖然是游離於歐洲大陸，但它卻是歐洲大家庭最重要的成員國之一，與歐洲大陸有著血脈相連的淵源，在英國與其他國家的交往中，多佛扮演了友好大使的角色；在英國與歐洲的其他國家對抗時，多佛又成了武裝到牙齒的前沿陣地。
Lancastrian castle 1450-1485, constable of Dover Castle office;
The site of Iron age, Roman and Saxon forts - the Roman lighthouse which was once 80 feet high still stands next to the Saxon church which was built in the year 1000. The Roman forts built in the first and third centuries are now built over under the town.
The site of the first Norman fortifications of 1066 is thought to be close to the lighthouse. The walls were built during the 11th and 12th centuries with 41 towers and the massive 95 foot rectangular keep and surrounding fortifications, the inner bailey, were built in 1172-77. During the 1220s the main entrance was rebuilt on the west side, the Constable's Gateway, after the original northern entrace had been undermined during a siege. Further gun batteries were added in the 15th and 18th centuries as well as the underground tunnels. It is probably the strongest castle in England and one of the most important, it has been in constant use for over 900 years.