lunes, 12 de noviembre de 2012

Hastings castle and Smuggler´s caves

Tuesday...  that day we went to the Hastings Castle (or well what is left of it), this castle was an important part of the English history, it was built by William of Normandy  in 1066  few days before of Hastings Battle, it was built as fortress to help prevent form invasions, part of the castle was destroyed because when the cliff that it was built on collapsed because of the weather.

In the old days when the government raised up the taxes Hastings was a strategic place for smuggling, the smugglers imported thing from France without paying taxes to the Royal family and most of the people in Hasting was involved because smuggling was a really profitable and lucrative activity. Now in Hastings there is a place where called smugglers caves where the history of the smugglers' is told, also the mean of smuggling and the routes the the people used, there are like some games to show the life of the smuggler and short plays that make the experience more interactive. 

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