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Camelot is the legendary headquarters of Myth/KingArthur with the name variously being used to refer to either a city or town or more specifically Arthur's castle -- in any case, where the royal court was based. The real location of Camelot is widely debated with the most common theories being UsefulNotes/{{Wales}} or UsefulNotes/TheWestCountry (including UsefulNotes/{{Cornwall}}). It is first mentioned in a ChivalricRomance by Creator/ChretienDeTroyes when Arthur is said to relocate from Caerleon to Camelot, but does not bear great significance; Camelot became cemented as the hub of the kingdom a few centuries later in British texts and about a century after that in French texts and completely, thanks to ''Literature/LeMorteDArthur''. Camelot is said to sit on the same river as Astolat, be surrounded by moors, forests, mountains, and contain St. Stephen's Cathedral. After Arthur's death, the castle at Camelot is said to be destroyed by Mark of Cornwall.

** TheMovie of the above series, ''Film/KaamelottPremierVolet''.

* The 1960 musical ''Theatre/{{Camelot}}''
* The 2011 Starz TV series ''Series/{{Camelot}}''
* The Creator/GoldenFilms animation ''WesternAnimation/{{Camelot}}''
* The French TV series ''Series/{{Kaamelott}}'' (based on an Old French spelling)

Camelot is the legendary headquarters of Myth/KingArthur with the name variously being used to refer to either a city or town or more specifically Arthur's castle -- in any case, where the royal court was based. The real location of Camelot is widely debated. It is first mentioned in a ChivalricRomance by Creator/ChretienDeTroyes when Arthur is said to relocate from Caerleon to Camelot, but does not bear great significance; Camelot became cemented as the hub of the kingdom a few centuries later in British texts and about a century after that in French texts and completely, thanks to ''Literature/LeMorteDArthur''. Camelot is said to sit on the same river as Astolat, be surrounded by moors, forests, mountains, and contain St. Stephen's Cathedral. After Arthur's death, the castle at Camelot is said to be destroyed by Mark of Cornwall.

Camelot is the legendary headquarters of Myth/ArthurPendragon, King of Britain, with the name variously being used to refer to either a city or town or more specifically Arthur's castle -- in any case, where the royal court was based. The real location of Camelot is widely debated. It is first mentioned in a ChivalricRomance by Creator/ChretienDeTroyes when Arthur is said to relocate from Caerleon to Camelot, but does not bear great significance; Camelot became cemented as the hub of the kingdom a few centuries later in British texts and about a century after that in French texts and completely, thanks to ''Literature/LeMorteDArthur''. Camelot is said to sit on the same river as Astolat, be surrounded by moors, forests, mountains, and contain St. Stephen's Cathedral. After Arthur's death, the castle at Camelot is said to be destroyed by Mark of Cornwall.

Camelot is the [[Myth/KingArthur legendary headquarters]] of Characters/ArthurPendragon, King of Britain, with the name variously being used to refer to either a city or town or more specifically Arthur's castle - in any case, where the royal court was based. The real location of Camelot is widely debated. It is first mentioned in a ChivalricRomance by Creator/ChretienDeTroyes when Arthur is said to relocate from Caerleon to Camelot, but does not bear great significance; Camelot became cemented as the hub of the kingdom a few centuries later in British texts and about a century after that in French texts and completely, thanks to ''Literature/LeMorteDArthur''. Camelot is said to sit on the same river as Astolat, be surrounded by moors, forests, mountains, and contain St. Stephen's Cathedral. After Arthur's death, the castle at Camelot is said to be destroyed by Mark of Cornwall.

See also other media and tropes about Myth/KingArthur.