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De Haar Castle is a castle in the village of Haarzuilens in the Dutch province of Utrecht. De Haar Castle is the largest castle in the Netherlands. The famous architect Pierre Cuypers and his son Joseph Cuypers were commissioned to build the castle. Since 2000 the Kasteel de Haar foundation of the Natuurmonumenten Association has been the owner of the castle.
The castle is first mentioned in documents dated 1554. In 1614 it was converted into a hunting lodge. Kasteel Bouvigne borders on a beautiful garden. Nothing is known of landscape gardening in the16th century. The present garden is open to the public and integrates French, German and English styles of the 20th century. Bouvigne castle is a charming building outside Breda, in the Mastbos forest. Its present look dates mainly from the 17th century. For a long time, the princes of Orange used it as their summer house. The castle, that stands in the water, was built in a typical renaissance style. Its beautiful gardens are open to the public.
Soelen Castle, near the village of Zoelen, is a beautiful castle in the Betuwe, surrounded by a beautiful and large estate. The castle is privately owned and not open to visitors, but the estate surrounding the castle is located, is opened. Here one can stroll along the broad, posh avenues, paths and the pendulum through the vast meadows and cornfields. The castle with its beautiful port, its bridge over the Canal, its high Square Tower and beautifully crowned roofs is on a raised island. Castle Soelen is good to walk around it and to pictures out of it.
History
The popularity and history of Castle Soelen goes back to about 1263. in 1355 was the castle destroyed. Arnold van Soelen rebuilt the Castle, causing a conflict arose with the count of Geldre.
In 1362 had to Vijay Kumar is surrender to the authority of Duke Eduard. In the 17th century, a French-style park surrounding the Castle. A century later, this garden was made in the English landscape style.
The estate is now owned by the Forestry Commission and the castle is privately inhabited. The Castle Soelen and the estate is well seen by many nature lovers and photographers.
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Sövdeborg castle, Skåne, Sweden
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Ruins of Kilchurn Castle on a rocky peninsula at the northeastern end of Loch Awe, in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It was first constructed in the mid-15th century as the base of the Campbells of Glenorchy, who extended both the castle and their territory in the area over the next 150 years. After the Campbells became Earls of Breadalbane and moved to Taymouth Castle, Kilchurn fell out of use and was in ruins by 1770.
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The Renaissance castle of Fontaine-Henry was built by the family d'Harcourt and it took nearly a hundred years to finish it (hence it's mainly a Renaissance building, finished in 1560, but it has some details that are in the Gothic style known as Flamboyant). There was actually a fortress built here already in the 11th century and in the beginning of the 13th century this was replaced by a castle (which might explain why it next to the current castle stands a very medieval chapel).
And yes, that is a very steep roof. Steep and high. When it was built it aimed to be the highest roof in France (not the highest building, mind you, the highest roof). It's a beautiful castle, but that is a little bit weird!
The castle is still owned by people who are direct descendants of the family who first started building this castle - though the surname has sometimes changed and the current owners carry the name d’Oilliamson - since it a few times was inherited by women. The house is still privately owned, but the interior can be visited on guided tours (no photography allowed, though).
Oude Loo Castle, locally known as Kasteel het Oude Loo, lies in the gardens behind the 17th century Royal Loo Palace, in Apeldoorn, in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands.
In the name Oude Loo Castle, Oude translates to 'old' and Loo meant 'forest on sandy soil'.
Oude Loo Castle started out as a farm in the early 15th century, probably built by an Udo Taholt. Later that century it was owned by a Gerrit van Rijswijk who probably fortified the farm.
Later it came into the possession of the Bentinck family. Johan Bentinck rebuilt the castle around 1538-40 into the moated castle we see today. It was rebuilt in an U-shape when residential wings were built against the older front with the round corner towers. In those days it was used as a hunting lodge by Karel, Duke of Gelre.
In 1684 Prince William III, Stadtholder of Holland and Zeeland acquired the castle. He also used it as a hunting lodge. But because the castle soon became too small for his hunting parties he built the Loo Palace at a short distance in 1686-88.
In 1795, when the French occupied Holland, the castle was used as a military hospital and the castle fell into neglect.
In 1806 Napoleon Bonaparte appointed his brother Louis Napoleon as King of The Netherlands. Louis resided in the castle during summers. He filled up the moat around the castle because in his youth it was predicted that he would die by drowning.
In 1904 Queen Wilhelmina of Orange ordered the restoration of the castle. This was done by the famous Dutch architect dr. PJH. Cuypers who also built the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and rebuilt De Haar Castle. Also in the 1950's and 1960's restoration works were carried out. The castle is now the private property of the Dutch Royal family who use it at a regular basis. The castle itself is not accessible but the grounds surrounding it are, during April and May.
VIANDEN - Het kasteel van Vianden werd van de 11e tot in de 14e eeuw op de fundamenten van een Romeins kasteel en een Karolingisch refugium gebouwd. Sinds 1417 behoort dit gebouw aan het huis van Oranje-Nassau. Na de renovatiewerkzaamheden van 1977 wordt dit volledig ingerichte paleis gezien als een van de grootste en mooiste heerlijkheden uit de romaanse en gotische tijd in Europa.
VIANDEN - The castle of Vianden was 11th in the 14th century on the foundations of a Roman Castle and a Carolingian refugium built. Since 1417 this building belongs to the House of Orange-Nassau. After the renovation work of 1977 is this fully furnished Palace seen as one of the largest and most beautiful delicacies from the Romanesque and Gothic time in Europe.
Entrance to Castle Rising, Norfolk through the outer earthwork defence. The inner keep dates to 1140 AD.
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Frederiksborg Castle (Danish: Frederiksborg Slot) is a royal castle built in a northern Renaissance style, for the Danish king Christian IV. The main building of the castle was built 1602-1620 (replacing an older structure). For a long time it served as a royal residence, but it was almost completely destroyed in a fire 1859 (which spared only the chapel and audience chamber). The castle was restored, using old plans and drawings to give it its proper look - with generous donations made by J.C. Jabosen (who made a fortune founding the Carlsberg brewery), to turn it into a National Museum, which it still is to this day.
Groeneveld Castle is an 18th-century country estate located in Baarn. Marcus Mamuchet had this country estate built in 1703 so he could have a place to go and forget about his hectic city life during the summer. After his death, it fell into the hands of Lucas van der Dussen, who built two semi-circular wings onto the castle. In the years that followed, the gardens and the park were developed further in English landscape style.
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Some light breaks thru the cloud cover to illuminate a portion of Banff's iconic Castle Mountain.
"The mountain was named in 1858 by James Hector for its castle-like appearance. From 1946 to 1979 it was known as Mount Eisenhower in honour of the World War II general Dwight D. Eisenhower. Public pressure caused its original name to be restored, but a pinnacle on the southeastern side of the mountain was named Eisenhower Tower (at front here)." Wiki
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A 16th-century castle located on Holy Island, Northumberland, England
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The river "Weisse Elster" flows through Elsterberg. The castle ruins Elsterberg are known here in the area. The castle can be seen above in the middle of the picture. It is the largest castle ruin of the "Vogtland". At the moment the castle is completely restored.
Wawel castle in Krakow, Poland.
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The first house was build in the thirteenth century as a hunting lodge used by the counts and dukes of Gelre. The house was named 'Pauwenburcht' (Peacock Castle) because of the white peacocks they kept there. The dukes of Gelre used to wear the feathers on their helmets.
The present house was build in 1905 on the foundations of a house dating from the seventeenth century.
Staverden Castle is build on the foundations of a seventeenth century house.
At the backside of the house lies a small island in a pond. On the the island you can find the tomb of Eleonora. This Eleonora lived at Wildenborgh Castle, one of the eight castles of Vorden. She had a lover, who went on a crusade in the Holy Land. When he was away, another man wanted to gain her by force. When her lover returned home, he was killed by his rival. Eleonora wanted to escape this evil man and fled to Staverden, where a mighty knight lived, who gave her protection. She stayed there for the rest of her unhappy life, always dressed in black.
After her death she was buried on the island in the pond. On moonlit nights, the black lady is seen there, walking to and fro on the island, wringing her hands and lamenting about her lost love.
Worth sheltering from the torrid rain, patients huh :) ...only needed a couple of seconds for the sun to appear . Thankfully the sun came out to say hello over this beautiful castle.
Kilcoy Castle is a 16th-century castle near Muir of Ord and Tore on the Black Isle, in Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. Building began as early as 1580 by the Stewart family, and completed by Alexander Mackenzie, third son of Colin Cam Mackenzie of Kintail around 1618
Looking north up the Bow River at Castle Mountain and the Castle Junction bridge. This iconic bridge provides access between the Trans-Canada highway and the old route, the scenic Bow Valley Parkway.
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Castle Schaloen is located near the city Valkenburg (Limburg, south of Holland). The castle is now owned and habitated by the family Bot and the extra buildings are used as hotel and cafetaria.
El castillo Schaloen se encuentra cerca de la ciudad Valkenburg en la provincia Limburg (sur de Holanda).
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