Cair Paravel

Cair Paravel is the capital of Narnia, the fictional country that gives its name to the series of novels The Chronicles of Narnia written by C.S. Lewis. It was a large citadel located on a peninsula where the Great River of Narnia flowed into the Eastern Ocean. This citadel had a large, highly ornamented and decorated palace, its inhabitants were animals, talking beasts and inhabitants of Narnia. During the absence of the Pevensie kings who disappeared for 1300 Narnian years, the inhabitants of the palace decide to stay to protect it and maintain it until the monarchs return. All the monarchical generations of Narnia have passed through Cair Paravel, that is, from the coronation of the Pevensie kings, Caspian X the Telmarine, Rilian son of Caspian to the last king Tirian. In this place were the four thrones occupied by the great king Peter the magnificent; Queen Susan, the benevolent; King Edmund, the just and Queen Lucy, the brave.

Cair Paravel was built before the Golden Age of Narnia (1000-1015), possibly by King Frank and Queen Helen, the first kings. When the four Pevensie children entered Narnia and became Kings and Queens of the country after defeating the White Witch, the court of High King Peter was established at Cair Paravel.

In the time of Miraz the Usurper, Cair Paravel was just ruins. Caspian X rebuilt the castle to its original splendor.

In the time of King Tirian, last king of Narnia, Cair Paravel is sacked by the Tisroc of Calormen.

Cair Paravel lasted until the last times of Narnia where Aslan punishes the land by leaving everything and everyone who decided to follow Tash and not believe in him. All the faithful went to the paradise country of Aslan.

Etymology

Cair Paravel literally means 'Little Court' (In Old English, cair means 'cut', and paravel means 'small').