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    MUSEUMS & EVENTS

    Sep 06, 2018 3 minutes

    DOVER CASTLE

     THE FORMIDABLE CITADEL OF ENGLAND’S MOST FAMOUS PORT HAS A HISTORY THAT DATES FROM CLAUDIUS TO CHURCHILL

    Planted firmly above the famous White Cliffs, Dover Castle is one the United Kingdom’s most iconic fortresses and has been the ‘key to England’ for centuries. It is arguably the most varied and sprawling castle in the country, and its history is unparalleled.

    There has been a military presence at Dover since the Iron Age, and there is one of the best-preserved Roman lighthouses in Europe within the castle’s grounds. The present castle dates

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