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Wolvesey Castle

Winchester, GB

Wolvesey Castle

Wolvesey Castle, in Winchester, Hampshire, England, was the main residence of the Bishop of Winchester in the Middle Ages. The castle, mostly built by Henry of Blois in the 12th century, is now a ruin, except for its fifteenth-century chapel, which is now part of the bishop's current residence, Wolv

esey Palace. Wolvesey Castle was primarily a palace, although Blois had it fortified because of the Anarchy.

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