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Often presented as Dracula's castle, although Vlad Tepes may in reality never been there, the castle guarded an important trade route between Transylvania and Wallachia.
Hoensbroek Castle or Gebrook Castle is one of the largest castles in the Netherlands. It is situated in Hoensbroek, a town in the province of Limburg. This imposing watercastle is known as 'the most lordly stronghold between Rhine and Meuse'. The oldest part of the castle, notably the tall round tower, dates from around 1360.
Bodiam Castle - A 14th-century moated castle close to Robertsbridge, East Sussex, England, protected as a Grade 1 listed building. The castle is quadrangular in shape and has no Keep.
Castle Stalker, Loch Linnhe, near Appin, I had wanted to try and get a shot of Castle Stalker, not the one i was looking for, but the light on the castle worked for me.
Canon EOS 5D MKII, Canon 70-200mm, F11, 175mm, ISO50, Exp 1/25 Seconds
Lee ND 0.9, Lee Soft Grad 0.75
Raw File Processed in Lightroom, Edited in Elements.
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Mont Orgueil is a castle in Jersey. It is located overlooking the harbour of Gorey. It is also called Gorey Castle by English-speakers, and lé Vièr Châté (the Old Castle) by Jèrriais-speakers.
The site had been fortified in the prehistoric period, but the construction of the castle was undertaken following the division of the Duchy of Normandy in 1204. The castle was first mentioned in 1212.
The castle was the primary defense of the Island until the development of gunpowder which then rendered the castle ultimately indefensible from Mont Saint Nicholas, the adjacent hill which overlooks the castle. Mont Orgueil was updated with platforms for artillery constructed in 1548 and 1549 under the direction of Henry Cornish, Lieutenant of the Earl of Hertford in Jersey.
Mont Orgueil was to be superseded by Elizabeth Castle off Saint Helier, the construction of which commenced at the end of 16th century.
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Leeds Castle - The Loveliest Castle in the World Rising majestically from the still waters of its moat, surrounded by 500 acres of parkland and gardens, Leeds Castle is without a doubt one of the most beautiful venues in Kent.
I was disappointed not to be able to capture the full, long distance, view of Lowther Castle because there was a huge marquee in front of it when I visited, set up for a children's Halloween party. I had to make do with this shot of part of the central core of the building, which doesn't give any idea of the enormous scale of this place.
Lowther Castle was built in the early 19th century for William Lowther, the 1st Earl of Lonsdale. It has had a complicated history, which would be too long to include here. The important part, which explains why it looks the way it does today, is that after the Second World War death duties of £25 million made it impossible to maintain. The roof was taken off, the insides were demolished and the gardens decayed. It remained in that sad state for decades, but in recent years a huge amount of work has been done to preserve it and turn it into a visitor attraction. It's a fascinating place and very well worth a visit if you find yourself anywhere near Penrith.
Dunnottar Castle is a ruined medieval Scottish fortress located upon a rocky headland on the northeastern coast of Scotland, near Stonehaven. The surviving buildings are largely of the 15th and 16th centuries, but the site is believed to have been fortified in the Early Middle Ages. Dunnottar has played a prominent role in the history of Scotland through to the 18th-century Jacobite risings because of its strategic location and defensive strength. Wikipedia
It is a ruin now but you can see why it was difficult to attack. We spent some lovely time here and got to see humpback whales playing nearby in the North Sea.
Hohenzollern Castle is the ancestral seat of the imperial House of Hohenzollern near Hechingen, in the Southwest of Germany.
The first fortress on the mountain was constructed in the early 11th century. Over the years the House of Hohenzollern split several times, but the castle remained in the Swabian branch, the dynastic seniors of the Franconian-Brandenburgian cadet branch that later acquired its own imperial throne. This castle was completely destroyed in 1423 after a ten-month siege by the free imperial cities of Swabia. A larger and sturdier structure was constructed from 1454 to 1461, which served as a refuge for the Catholic Swabian Hohenzollerns, including during the Thirty Years' War. By the end of the 18th century it was thought to have lost its strategic importance and gradually fell into disrepair, leading to the demolition of several dilapidated buildings.
The final castle was built between 1846 and 1867 as a family memorial by Hohenzollern King Frederick William IV of Prussia. Architect Friedrich August Stüler based his design on English Gothic Revival architecture and the Châteaux of the Loire Valley.
Among the historical artifacts of Prussian history contained in the castle are the Crown of Wilhelm II, some of the personal effects of King Frederick the Great, and a letter from US President George Washington thanking Hohenzollern descendant Baron von Steuben for his service in the American Revolutionary War.
Caerlaverock Castle is a moated triangular castle first built in the 13th century. It is located on the southern coast of Scotland, 11 kilometres south of Dumfries, on the edge of the Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve.
This site has a free car park and toilet facility.
The present remains of the castle include work from about 1200 to about 1476. Created as a defence against the Welsh, the castle fell to the Welsh several times in the twelfth century. Later in its history, it was unsuccessfully besieged by forces of Owain Glyndŵr in 1403 with assistance from soldiers from France and Brittany who captured Kidwelly town. The castle was relieved by a Norman army after just three weeks. The gatehouse was extensively damaged and it was rebuilt on the instructions of King Henry V. It largely escaped involvement in the English Civil War.
The plan of the castle consists of a square inner bailey defended by four round towers, which overlook a semi-circular outer curtain wall on the landward side, with the massive gatehouse next to the river. The river prevents this from being a truly concentric plan, however a jutting tower protects the riverside walls, and the final plan is very strong.
Plan of Kidwelly Castle
Kidwelly was used as a location for the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, appearing in the very first scene after the titles. After the first view of King Arthur and Patsy, a very misty establishing shot shows Kidwelly as their destination. However, the following close up filming was done at Doune Castle in Scotland.
The castel Eltz was built in the 12th century. You can find it next to Wirschem (Rheinland Pfalz / Germany). There were a lot of tourists, so it wasn't easy to find a great spot for a photo. After a while I found a small hill in front of the castle but there was not way up, so I had to climb a piece of the hill. The view was worth the effort.
Crathes Castle ist eine der zahlreichen schottischen Burgen aus dem 16. Jahrhundert, umgeben mit einem schönen Garten.
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Crathes Castle is a 16th-century castle in the Aberdeenshire region of Scotland, surrounded by a walled garden.
Bamburgh Castle is a castle on the northeast coast of England, by the village of Bamburgh in Northumberland. It is a Grade I listed building.
The site was originally the location of a Celtic Brittonic fort known as Din Guarie and may have been the capital of the kingdom of Bernicia from its foundation in c. 420 to 547. After passing between the Britons and the Anglo-Saxons three times, the fort came under Anglo-Saxon control in 590. The fort was destroyed by Vikings in 993, and the Normans later built a new castle on the site, which forms the core of the present one. After a revolt in 1095 supported by the castle's owner, it became the property of the English monarch.
In the 17th century, financial difficulties led to the castle deteriorating, but it was restored by various owners during the 18th and 19th centuries. It was finally bought by the Victorian era industrialist William Armstrong, who completed its restoration. The castle still belongs to the Armstrong family and is open to the public.
Built between 1807 and 1810. The architect was the Anglo-Welsh John Nash. Today the house overlooks Porthluney Cove on the English Channel, but many years ago the view was of a wooded hillside. As the tin mines in the area began to close, the miners needed work so the owner of this house gave many of them a job removing the hill to open up the view to the cove.
Edinburgh Castle is a historic fortress which dominates the skyline of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, from its position on the Castle Rock. Archaeologists have established human occupation of the rock since at least the Iron Age (2nd century AD), although the nature of the early settlement is unclear. There has been a royal castle on the rock since at least the reign of David I in the 12th century, and the site continued to be a royal residence until 1633. From the 15th century the castle's residential role declined, and by the 17th century it was principally used as military barracks with a large garrison. Its importance as a part of Scotland's national heritage was recognised increasingly from the early 19th century onwards, and various restoration programmes have been carried out over the past century and a half. As one of the most important strongholds in the Kingdom of Scotland, Edinburgh Castle was involved in many historical conflicts from the Wars of Scottish Independence in the 14th century to the Jacobite rising of 1745. Research undertaken in 2014 identified 26 sieges in its 1100-year-old history, giving it a claim to having been "the most besieged place in Great Britain and one of the most attacked in the world"
Bei Dunluce Castle (irisch: Dún Lios (bedeutet "starke Festung")) handelt es sich um eine der größten Ruinen einer mittelalterlichen Burg in Irland. Es befindet sich auf einem Basaltfelsen an der stark zerklüfteten Nordküste der Insel, zwischen den Ortschaften Portballintrae und Portrush im County Antrim in Nordirland.
Die Ursprünge der Burg reichen weit zurück, auf dem Basaltfelsen soll sich gar schon ein vorchristliches Ringfort befunden haben. Dokumentiert ist, dass es im Jahre 1513 in den Händen der Familie McQuillian war. Die Burg wurde oft belagert und im Jahre 1584 von den MacDonnells übernommen. Am 26. Oktober 1588 lief nahe Dunluce Castle ein Schatzschiff der Spanischen Armada auf Grund; dieses wurde geplündert und der Erlös zur Verschönerung der Burg verwendet.
Dunluce Castle (from Irish: Dún Libhse) is a now-ruined medieval castle in Northern Ireland. It is located on the edge of a basalt outcropping in County Antrim (between Portballintrae and Portrush), and is accessible via a bridge connecting it to the mainland. The castle is surrounded by extremely steep drops on either side, which may have been an important factor to the early Christians and Vikings who were drawn to this place where an early Irish fort once stood.
(Wikipedia)
The Johnstown Castle that stands today is the legacy of various owners and their repeated additions to its structure.
The castle was first build in the fifteenth century with the Esmondes - a Norman family who settled in the county in the 1170s - In the 1640's during the bloody Cromwellian period of Irish history the castle and it's grounds were seized and sequester on numerous occasions.
Stable possession finally occurred in 1692 when the property fell into the ownership of John Grogan, whose descendants dwelt at the Johnstown estate for over two-hundred and fifty years.
In 1945 Maurice Victor Lakin presented Johnstown Castle and its estate as a gift to the Irish nation.
We visited Ludlow last year on our way home from our North Wales trip. This is the second one from here today.
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Perfectly preserved coastal fortress built by Henry VIII. In partnership with its twin, Pendennis, it guards the entrance of the Fal Estuary.
The clover-leaf shaped St Mawes Castle is the best preserved and most elaborately decorated of the coastal fortresses, built by Henry VIII to defend the coast from invasion by France and Spain. It stands on the opposite side of the Fal Estuary from its sister castle of Pendennis. Unlike Pendennis, it has seen few changes over the centuries and still retains its original Tudor character.
Unlike Pendennis, St Mawes was not easily defended from the landward side and soon fell to the Parliamentarian forces in 1646. In fact, the governor realised it was hopeless to try to defend against an attack from the land and surrendered without a shot having been fired. St Mawes Castle was not refortified until the end of the 19th century, but was used as part of the coastal defences during the two World Wars. The two castles of St Mawes and Pendennis form the Cornish end of the chain of coastal forts built by Henry VIII, which include Portland, Deal and Walmer Castles.
The castle was constructed half way up the hillside on the eastern side of the Fal Estuary to protect the large inland expanse of water known as Carrick Roads. It was built with a central tower overlooking three large circular bastions, in the design of a clover leaf, to provide a wide area from which gun ports could cover all angles of approach to the estuary. It is one of the finest examples of Tudor military architecture, its stonework embellished with elaborate gargoyles and detailed windows. The Royal Coat of Arms is carved into the stonework above the entrance, and there are various other carved inscriptions throughout the interior of the castle.
The central tower was constructed over four floors and is entered by a bridge to the third floor. Inside the tower are various decorations including carved wooden representations of a cherub, a monk and fleur-de-lis, and the inevitable Tudor roses. The forward gun room has several cannons on display there are sockets in the walls that originally held large beams to support the tackle needed to manoeuvre the large cannon. Facilities include toilets and a shop which serves drinks and ice creams. There is level access to the castle for wheelchair users, but access to the upper floors is difficult for the disabled. Parking is available close to the entrance. St Mawes Castle is open daily throughout the year, apart from at Christmas and New Year.