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Cortewalle Castle is a moated castle in Beveren in East Flanders, Belgium.
The location was called Ten Wallen, which became in French Cour-ten Walle, hence the name Cortewalle. The castle dates back to the 15th century, and is one of the oldest in the Waasland. It is built of white sandstone, in Flemish Renaissance style. Until the 17th century it was in the possession successively of the house of Triest. It was sold in 1671 to Joannes Francis Goubau and passed to their heirs the family de Brouchoven de Bergeyck. The house of Brouchovens sold it to the municipality of Beveren, who use it for the storage of the extensive and important De Bergeyck archives.
Tjolöholm Castle (Swedish: Tjolöholms slott) is a country house, built 1898-1904, in Halland, Sweden. It is located on a peninsula in the Kungsbacka Fjord on the Kattegat coast. Tjoloholm Castle was designed in the Arts and Crafts style by architect Lars Israel Wahlmann.
Sleeping Beauty Castle is the fairy tale structure castle at the center of Disneyland Parks. It is based on the late-19th century Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria, Germany.
The castle, built in the 11th century, went to the Margrave of Hochberg who made it into one of the most powerful forts in south-west Germany. The fort was raided during the peasants’ uprising of 1525, damaged during the Thirty Years War and destroyed in 1678 during the reign of Louis XIV. With two ascending towers, imposing walls, courtyards, fountains and facades, Rötteln is an impressive example of a medieval castle.
………From our visit to Acton Burnell Castle on Saturday, a tiny village with lots of history and a HUGE independent college - Concord College. It was a grey dull morning but I managed to eat out a bit of detail in this one. Alan:-)
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Crichton castle is set in a picturesque village of Crichton and commands a good lookout position. Set aside from the main road, it is quiet now but features wonderful stonework and an interesting ruin of stables.
One off those days that you don't have your camera with you,... At least I had my phone,...
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1066 - Normans invaded England taking battle at Hastings. William de Warenne fought in the battle and was rewarded by an estate at Acre in Norfolk among other riches.
The locals of Acre soon saw the impact of their new overlord – a castle and a Cluniac priory. The present building was started at around 1090 with the church given priority.
Here we are in the nave looking from the chancel towards the west front. The west front is the best preserved part and is considered one of England's finest.
Sadly the interior suffered badly after the 1530s dissolution of the monasteries. The finely dressed facing stones were removed over the centuries for building material. What now remain are chalk, flint and rubble cores.
The castle in Krasiczyn was built in Renaissance-Mannerist style in 16th and 17th centuries. The construction of castle was started by Stanisław Krasicki. Characteristic for it are 4 different corner towers: Divine, Papal, Royal and Noble. The castle is surrounded by a park.
At the beginning of World War II, the castle was robbed by Soviet soldiers. In 1940, in the castle, Soviet filmmakers made an anti-Polish film entitled "Wind from the East", justifying the invasion of the USSR together with Germany on Poland in September 1939.
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Zamek w Krasiczynie był wybudowany w stylu renesansowo-manierystycznym w XVI i XVII wieku. Budowę zamku rozpoczął Stanisław Krasicki. Charakterystyczne dla niego są 4 odmienne wieże narożne: Boska, Papieska, Królewska i Szlachecka. Zamek jest otoczony parkiem.
Na początku II wojny światowej zamek został ograbiony przez żołnierzy sowieckich. W 1940 na terenie tego zamku filmowcy radzieccy zrobili antypolski film pt. „Wiatr ze Wschodu”, uzasadniający inwazję ZSRR razem z Niemcami na Polskę we wrześniu 1939.
Lipowiec Castle – Ruins of the Kraków Bishops castle in the Polish Jura. Near the Babice village in Chrzanów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland
Zamek Lipowiec – ruiny zamku biskupów krakowskich leżącego na Jurze Krakowsko-Częstochowskiej we wsi Babice w województwie małopolskim, w powiecie chrzanowskim
More views of the Castle.
Criccieth is a town and community on the Llŷn Peninsula in the Eifionydd area of Gwynedd in Wales. The town lies 5 miles west of Porthmadog, 9 miles east of Pwllheli and 17 miles south of Caernarfon. It had a population of 1,826 in 2001, reducing to 1,753 at the 2011 census.
The morning sun lights up Castle Mountain in Banff National Park in Alberta. Taken from the Bow River.
Engelstein Castle, locally known as Burg Engelstein, lies in the village of the same name, in a province of Lower Austria in Austria.
Engelstein Castle was first mentioned in 1417. However, the castle is probably much older. It is probable that at first it was a simple watch tower, guarding a nearby road crossing. It was situated on a granite cliff surrounded on 3 sides by small lakes.
At present Engelstein Castle is privately inhabited and can thus not be visited. It can relatively easily be seen from the public road.
Lindisfarne Castle, Holy Island. Fortifications here date back to the 16th Century. Rebuilt and expanded over the centuries by various Kings and Queens it was bought by the publishing tycoon Edward Hudson in 1901 who had Sir Edwin Lutyens renovate and alter it into a country home. A cloud bank, hanging off shore, can be seen behind it.
An iconic peak on the drive between Lake Louise and Banff.
"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."
Wikipedia
Eisenhower Tower juts out prominently from this perspective.
Thanks for taking a peak peek!
Raby Castle is a medieval castle located near Staindrop in County Durham, England, among 200 acres of deer park. It was built by John Neville, 3rd Baron Neville de Raby, between approximately 1367 and 1390. Cecily Neville, the mother of the Kings Edward IV and Richard III, was born here. It is the seat of the Vane family & currently home to the 12th Baron Barnard.
Graz, Eggenberg quarter. Aerial drone photo made by Stefan P., a friend of mine. The baroque castle, mainly built between 1623 and 1655, is a world cultural heritage.
In a small forest, on Grodno Hill (504 m above sea level), there is a hunting lodge built in 1806, named after its owner and founder, Prince Henry's Castle (German: Heinrichsburg).
The construction work took a long time - in 1818 a tower was erected more than 15 metres high with a 77-step staircase leading to the top. Construction was completed in 1841 and the building, topped by a gabled roof, housed the knights' Hunting Hall.
The palace's neo-Gothic form was extremely fashionable at the time, an expression of a sentimental predilection for composing atmospheric places full of poetic symbolism. The creation of the tower was probably due to the jealousy of Henrik von Reuss towards the ancestral Chojnik castle of the Schaffgotschs.
From the top of the tower, there is a breathtaking view of almost the entire Krkonoše range (from Sněžka to Snowy Cirques) and surrounding towns
Built by King Henry II betwen 1165 and 1173. The Castle overlooks Orford Ness on the Suffolk coast.
Only the Keep is left, as the Bailey, consisting of a Curtain Wall surrounding the Keep, was demolished several Centuries ago.
Now owned, renovated, and cared for by English Heritage
Part of the ruins of Ardrossan Castle in North Ayrshire. The castle was destroyed by Oliver Cromwell's troops in 1648
At the top of the castle lies the Stone of Eloquence, better known as the Blarney Stone. Tourists visiting Blarney Castle may hang upside-down over a sheer drop to kiss the stone, which is said to give the gift of eloquence. A Must see location!
Surrounding the castle are extensive gardens. The grounds include a poison garden with numerous poisonous plants, including wolfsbane, mandrake, ricin and opium, as well as cannabis.
Along with over half a mile of town walls, Denbigh Castle is a classic fortress of Edwardian proportions. Edward I’s successful 13th-century campaign in the region was cemented by the creation of an English borough in Denbigh from 1282 onwards. He simply built on top of what was a traditional Welsh stronghold. In so doing, he made sure all traces of Dafydd ap Gruffudd, the previous unlucky incumbent, were removed for ever.
Henry de Lacy, one of the King’s loyal commanders, was given control of the area and had the task of building the new castle. He couldn’t go far wrong with the king’s master mason, James of St George, at his side. It wasn’t all plain sailing however. A Welsh rebellion, led by Madog ap Llywelyn, captured the partly-built castle in 1294 but Edward’s dominance and the castle-building programme were soon restored. You can see for yourself the two phases of building work. The post-rebellion work is marked by different colour stone, thicker curtain walls and a hint of Caernarfon-style angular towers.
Sizergh Castle, a Grade I Listed 14th century castle at Helsington, near Kendal, in the Lake District National Park, seen from beside the Apsidal Niche at the end of the Fruit Wall.
The Solar Tower is the oldest part of the castle. The Fruit Wall is above the south lawn and provides a home to colourful dahlias as well as support to pears and grapes.
Bamburgh Castle, on the northeast coast of England, by the village of Bamburgh in Northumberland, is a Grade I listed building.
Raby Castle is a medieval castle located near Staindrop in County Durham, England, among 200 acres of deer park. It was built by John Neville, 3rd Baron Neville de Raby, between approximately 1367 and 1390. Cecily Neville, the mother of the Kings Edward IV and Richard III, was born here. It is the seat of the Vane family & currently home to the 12th Baron Barnard.
One from ny trip with the kids to Castle Sween.
This was right on the caravan park so was rude not to have a go at shooting the castle.
The colours and light never really happened but wuite like the mood of the shot.
Some great coastline in this area so I will need to return one day