Cair Paravel

Cair Paravel was the peninsula, then island capital of the Kingdom of Narnia: a spectacular citadel and the abode of kings and queens for centuries.

The Cair Paravel castle was built some time before the Golden Age of Narnia, possibly by Narnia's first rulers, King Frank and Queen Helen. When the four Pevensie children entered Narnia and became Kings and Queens of the country after the defeat of the White Witch, Cair Paravel became the seat of the court of the High King Peter.

During Narnia's Telmarine Conquest, the castle fell in the Battle of Cair Paravel and in Narnia's lengthy Telmarine Age, Cair Paravel was deserted, left as an ancient ruin, overgrown with woods at the Great River Delta. However, the nearby forests were once again cleared at the end of the Narnian Revolution, where the nation was taken back by King Caspian X who either rebuilt the structure to its original splendour or erected an entirely new castle on the same location.

Narnia's horrific Calormene Age finally brought an end to the grand castle and its inhabitants during the brutal Extermination of Cair Paravel.

Places in and around the Castle
The following places are described in or surounding Cair Paravel.


 * A well located south of the great hall
 * An orchard located outside the North Gate. It eventually grew right up to the wall.
 * A courtyard
 * A Treasure Room