A poignant sculpture crafted in honour of Welsh soldiers who died during the First World War has opened at Caernarfon castle.

The giant artwork entitled the ‘Weeping Window’ features a blanket of 6,000 handmade ceramic poppies which cascaded from the ramparts toward the ground below.

Some of the poppies on display in Caernarfon have come from another sculpture which went on show at the Tower of London in 2014 to mark 100 years since the beginning of the Great War.

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Theatrical story-telling ghost tours at Tynemouth Priory and Castle and are selling scarily fast with less than a month to go to Halloween.

Scary Tales will see chill-seekers spend an hour exploring the far reaches of the historic site where they never know what or who they might bump into in the dead of night.

Organised by North Tyneside Council and performed by Little Cat Theatre Company some of the tours have already sold out.

Each tour lasts around an hour and s… (View original article)

LANTERNS of all colours will light up the night sky in aid of St Kentigern Hospice.

An evening lantern walk for children will be held in the grounds of Bodelwyddan Castle on Sunday, October 23. Little ones will be able to decorate their own creations and can listen out for the sounds of wildlife during a woodland walk.

Lindsey Thomas, community fundraiser at St Kentigern, said: “This is our first Lantern Walk. This event promises to be magical as the children will walk t… (View original article)

Built around 1240 by the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II and located on a plateau near the Apulian city of Andria, Castel del Monte is one of the most famous medieval castles in Italy. But despite having been erected almost 800 years ago, the mysteriousness of the place continues to haunt visitors and researchers who still don’t know what to make of it: in fact, nobody is even sure about the exact purpose of this building in the first place. Let’s try to unveil some of Castel del Monte’s str… (View original article)

(Photo: Mike Lyons Photography)

(Photo: Mike Lyons Photography)

PITKIN COUNTY, Colo. — Colorado’s historic Redstone Castle goes up for auction Friday.

Redstone Castle is nestled between the mountains and Coal Creek, about 40 miles south of Glenwood Springs, and was recently offered for $7.5 million.

(Photo: Mike Lyons Photography)

The Tudor-style estate has over 23,000 square feet of liv… (View original article)