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What happens when a lightning bolt rips into 260 barrels of gunpowder??
Athlone Castle Visitor Centre的点评
点评：We booked our tickets (about 10 euros each) for 10am and had the place to ourselves. Long before the castle that you now visit, there was a wooden castle dating back to 1129. Why? This was a strategic hill for the crossing point of the River Shannon. Within a century, the hill was heightened and it had become a stone structure built by none other than King John, the same King who was forced to sign the Magna Carta. We think that originally there may have been a moat about this polygonal tower. Several wars wreaked havoc with directed cannon fire against the castle. Here is a brief overview: It was 1690 and you in the castle with about 2000 men defended it against an army of 18,000. But so what? You were safely behind its thick walls. Unfortunately for you, that army seemed to have unlimited supply of cannon balls and powder. It is estimated that over 12,000 (seriously) cannonballs were fired. So, who won? Certainly not the castle defenders but Williamite Army named after its leader, William of Orange. It must have been horrible. Okay, war over. Castle was rebuilt. But just a few years later in 1697, lightning struck the powder storage---BANG. Much of the town and most of the castle were destroyed. Today what we see is the result of three years of intense and historic reconstruction. The tour is self-guided with many information signs to read. The visitor center staff have loads of stories and history to share with ya.
翻译：我们预订了上午10点的门票（每张大约10欧元），结果整个城堡只有我们。在你现在参观的这座城堡之前，这里曾有一座建于1129年的木制城堡。为什么呢？因为这里是香农河渡口的战略要地。不到一个世纪，这座山丘就被加高，并由约翰国王建造了一座石砌城堡——正是这位国王被迫签署了《大宪章》。我们认为，最初这座多边形塔楼周围可能有一条护城河。几场战争都曾用炮火猛烈轰击城堡，造成了严重的破坏。以下是简要概述：1690年，你率领大约2000名士兵在城堡中抵御了18000人的敌军。但结果如何呢？你安全地躲在厚厚的城墙后面。不幸的是，敌军似乎拥有无限的炮弹和火药。据估计，双方发射了超过12000枚炮弹（真的！）。那么，谁赢了呢？当然，这并非城堡守军的所作所为，而是以其领袖奥兰治亲王威廉命名的威廉军。想必当时的情景十分惨烈。战争结束了，城堡也得以重建。然而仅仅几年后的1697年，一道闪电击中了火药库——轰！城镇的大部分地区和城堡几乎都被摧毁。如今我们所见的，是历经三年艰苦卓绝的重建工作后的成果。城堡为自助游览，沿途设有许多信息指示牌。游客中心的员工也乐于与您分享许多故事和历史。
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