Rochester Castle

Rochester Castle is a castle in the English city of Rochester. The medieval system consists of a Keep, an outer wall and a gatehouse. Rochester Castle is located directly at a ford on the River Medway. The castle was used from the 12th to the 16th century as a fortress.

The castle was built around 1127 under the direction of William of Corbeil the then Archbishop of Canterbury, assisted by the King Henry I.. The design meets the great castles Norman style currently as they were available, for example, already in the Dover Castle or the Tower of London.

In 1215, insurgents occupied the castle barons and led King John to a long siege of the plant. Although Johann succeeded the Südtower the Keeps by an underground passage and bring a large fire to collapse, kept the barons after two months in the plant from. Only when ran out of food, they surrendered. The castle was under the kings Henry III. and Edward I. rebuilt.