32 Pictures of the Dublin Castle in Dublin, Ireland

Dublin Castle

Built between 1208 and 1220, these sets of buildings represent some of the oldest surviving architecture in the city, and were the centre of English dominance and oppression in Ireland for over seven centuries until it was taken in 1922 by the Irish Free State. Places of interest include the 13th-century record tower, the biggest distinguishable portion of the original Norman castle and the State Apartments, once the habitiation of English viceroys which is now the place of choice for all governmental ceremonial functions, including the inaugural ceremony of Ireland's presidents. The latest places of interest opened for visitors are the Undercroft, and excavated sites on the foundations where an early Viking fortress once stood, and the treasury, constructed between 1712 and 1715, thought to be the oldest surviving purpose-built office building in Ireland. It houses a new visitor centre in its vaulted basement.