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Pendennis Castle (Cornish: Penn Dinas, meaning "headland fortification") is an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII near Falmouth, Cornwall, England between 1540 and 1542. It formed part of the King's Device programme to protect against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire, and defended the Carrick Roads waterway at the mouth of the River Fal. The original, circular keep and gun platform was expanded at the end of the century to cope with the increasing Spanish threat, with a ring of extensive stone ramparts and bastions built around the older castle. Pendennis saw service during the English Civil War, when it was held by the Royalists, and was only taken by Parliament after a long siege in 1646. It survived the interregnum and Charles II renovated the fortress after his rest

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  • Pendennis Castle (Kornisch: Kastel Penndinas) ist eine Kombination von Forts (auch Henrician Castle genannt) am Westufer des Ästuars des bei Falmouth in der englischen Grafschaft Cornwall. Zusammen mit St Mawes Castle, ihrer Schwesterburg am Ostufer des Ästuars ließ König Heinrich VIII. diese Burg zwischen 1539 und 1545 errichten, um die Einfahrt zum Fluss zu bewachen und die Carrick Roads bei Falmouth gegen mögliche französische und spanische Angriffe zu verteidigen. Die Burg besteht aus einem einfachen, runden Turm und einem Torhaus, das von einer niedrigen Kurtine umschlossen ist. Heute gehört sie dem Staat und wird von English Heritage verwaltet. (de)
  • Le château de Pendennis fait partie des châteaux d'Henri VIII appelés (en) ou châteaux Henriciens (Henrician castles en anglais), il est situé dans le comté anglais des Cornouailles et fut construit pour Henri VIII en 1539, afin de protéger l'entrée de la rivière Fal sur sa rive ouest, près de Falmouth. Avec son semblable, le (en), situé sur la rive orientale, ils furent édifiés pour défendre Carrick Roads contre les menaces françaises et espagnoles de futures attaques. Le château comprend une tour ronde simple et une porte fermée par un mur-rideau inférieur. Il est aujourd'hui géré par l'English Heritage. (fr)
  • Is caisleán suite i gCorn na Breataine é Kastell Penndinas (Gaeilge:Caisleán Penndinas). (ga)
  • Pendennis Castle (Cornish: Penn Dinas, meaning "headland fortification") is an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII near Falmouth, Cornwall, England between 1540 and 1542. It formed part of the King's Device programme to protect against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire, and defended the Carrick Roads waterway at the mouth of the River Fal. The original, circular keep and gun platform was expanded at the end of the century to cope with the increasing Spanish threat, with a ring of extensive stone ramparts and bastions built around the older castle. Pendennis saw service during the English Civil War, when it was held by the Royalists, and was only taken by Parliament after a long siege in 1646. It survived the interregnum and Charles II renovated the fortress after his restoration to the throne in 1660. Ongoing concerns about a possible French invasion resulted in Pendennis's defences being modernised and upgraded in the 1730s and again during the 1790s; during the Napoleonic Wars, the castle held up to 48 guns. In the 1880s and 1890s an electrically operated minefield was laid across the River Fal, operated from Pendennis and St Mawes, and new, quick-firing guns were installed to support these defences. The castle was rearmed during the First World War but saw no action and was rearmed again during the Second World War when it saw action against the German Luftwaffe aircraft, but in 1956, by now obsolete, it was decommissioned. It passed into the control of the Ministry of Works, who cleared away many of the more modern military buildings and opened the site to visitors. In the 21st century, the castle is managed by English Heritage as a tourist attraction, receiving 74,230 visitors in 2011–12. The heritage agency Historic England considers Pendennis to be "one of the finest examples of a post-medieval defensive promontory fort in the country". (en)
  • Il castello di Pendennis (in Lingua inglese: Pendennis Castle; in lingua cornica: Kastell Penndinas) è un castello fortificato che si erge sul , a Falmouth, in Cornovaglia (Inghilterra sud-ovest), e che fu fatto costruire tra il 1540 e il 1545 da Enrico VIII. Si tratta della più grande fortezza di tutta la contea, nonché di una delle più grandi fatte costruire da Enrico VIII e di una delle ultime fortezze reali ad essere caduta nelle mani dei repubblicani durante la guerra civile inglese. (it)
  • 潘丹尼斯城堡（英語：Pendennis Castle，康瓦爾語：Kastel Penndinas）是位於英國康沃爾郡法爾茅斯的一座城堡，修建於1539年至1545年亨利八世統治時期。在英國內戰時期，潘丹尼斯城堡曾是西部保王黨最後的據點。 (zh)
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  • A late 16th-century plan of the Falmouth defences, and a modern equivalent; Key: A – Falmouth Bay; B – Pendennis Castle; C – St Mawes Castle; D – Falmouth; E – Carrick Roads (en)
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  • Pendennis Castle (Kornisch: Kastel Penndinas) ist eine Kombination von Forts (auch Henrician Castle genannt) am Westufer des Ästuars des bei Falmouth in der englischen Grafschaft Cornwall. Zusammen mit St Mawes Castle, ihrer Schwesterburg am Ostufer des Ästuars ließ König Heinrich VIII. diese Burg zwischen 1539 und 1545 errichten, um die Einfahrt zum Fluss zu bewachen und die Carrick Roads bei Falmouth gegen mögliche französische und spanische Angriffe zu verteidigen. Die Burg besteht aus einem einfachen, runden Turm und einem Torhaus, das von einer niedrigen Kurtine umschlossen ist. Heute gehört sie dem Staat und wird von English Heritage verwaltet. (de)
  • Le château de Pendennis fait partie des châteaux d'Henri VIII appelés (en) ou châteaux Henriciens (Henrician castles en anglais), il est situé dans le comté anglais des Cornouailles et fut construit pour Henri VIII en 1539, afin de protéger l'entrée de la rivière Fal sur sa rive ouest, près de Falmouth. Avec son semblable, le (en), situé sur la rive orientale, ils furent édifiés pour défendre Carrick Roads contre les menaces françaises et espagnoles de futures attaques. Le château comprend une tour ronde simple et une porte fermée par un mur-rideau inférieur. Il est aujourd'hui géré par l'English Heritage. (fr)
  • Is caisleán suite i gCorn na Breataine é Kastell Penndinas (Gaeilge:Caisleán Penndinas). (ga)
  • Il castello di Pendennis (in Lingua inglese: Pendennis Castle; in lingua cornica: Kastell Penndinas) è un castello fortificato che si erge sul , a Falmouth, in Cornovaglia (Inghilterra sud-ovest), e che fu fatto costruire tra il 1540 e il 1545 da Enrico VIII. Si tratta della più grande fortezza di tutta la contea, nonché di una delle più grandi fatte costruire da Enrico VIII e di una delle ultime fortezze reali ad essere caduta nelle mani dei repubblicani durante la guerra civile inglese. (it)
  • 潘丹尼斯城堡（英語：Pendennis Castle，康瓦爾語：Kastel Penndinas）是位於英國康沃爾郡法爾茅斯的一座城堡，修建於1539年至1545年亨利八世統治時期。在英國內戰時期，潘丹尼斯城堡曾是西部保王黨最後的據點。 (zh)
  • Pendennis Castle (Cornish: Penn Dinas, meaning "headland fortification") is an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII near Falmouth, Cornwall, England between 1540 and 1542. It formed part of the King's Device programme to protect against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire, and defended the Carrick Roads waterway at the mouth of the River Fal. The original, circular keep and gun platform was expanded at the end of the century to cope with the increasing Spanish threat, with a ring of extensive stone ramparts and bastions built around the older castle. Pendennis saw service during the English Civil War, when it was held by the Royalists, and was only taken by Parliament after a long siege in 1646. It survived the interregnum and Charles II renovated the fortress after his rest (en)
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  • Pendennis Castle (de)
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  • Kastell Penndinas (ga)
  • Castello di Pendennis (it)
  • Château de Pendennis (fr)
  • 潘丹尼斯城堡 (zh)
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