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The Raseborg Castle is a medieval castle in Raseborg, Finland. The castle was active from 1370s to 1553. Today the ruins are open to the public in the summer.
Raaseporin linna mainitaan ensimmäistä kertaa historiallisissa dokumenteissa vuonna 1378. Se hylättiin 1500-luvulla Helsingin perustamisen, maankohoamisen ja olutkellarin romahtamisen jälkeen.
(Wikipedia)
The weather was beautiful yesterday so we went up to Castle Howard which is only half and hour's drive away for a walk through the grounds. I thought the light might be good, especially as we were in the grounds by 9.10am.
Hearst Castle is a National and California Historical Landmark mansion located on the Central Coast of California, United States. It was designed by architect Julia Morgan between 1919 and 1947 for newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst, who died in 1951. In 1957, the Hearst Corporation donated the property to the state of California.
Since that time it has been maintained as a state historic park where the estate, and its considerable collection of art and antiques, is open for public tours. Despite its location far from any urban center, the site attracts about one million visitors per year.
Hearst formally named the estate "La Cuesta Encantada" ("The Enchanted Hill"), but usually called it "the ranch". Hearst Castle and grounds are also sometimes referred to as "San Simeon" without distinguishing between the Hearst property and the adjacent unincorporated area of the same name.
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Hallyards castle was a substantial house of the 16th or 17th century although little of it remains now. After 1788 it became known as Camilla. Access is not easy and the site is overgrown with nettles and briars. One has to wonder if it was worth the effort!
The link below to the website of the nearby Auchtertool Kirk provides considerable background information to this castle:
Nuremberg Castle is located on a sandstone rock in the north of the historical city of Nuremberg, Germany. It is comprised of three parts: the Emperor's buildings ("Kaiserburg"), the mostly built buildings of the rulers of Nuremberg ("Burggrafenburg"), and the buildings on the eastern side ("städtische Burganlage"). The castle was damaged in the Second World War but then reconstructed; today it is one of the main landmarks in Nuremberg.
Archeological investigations during recent years indicate that the place was already settled around the year 1000, although this has not been backed up by any documentary proof. Although Nuremberg was first recorded in 1050, when Henry III visited the town, there is no specific mention of the castle. The castle does not appear in any documents until 1105.
Between 1050 and 1571, all Kaisers and kings of the Holy Roman Empire resided in the castle. In 1140, King Conrad III started building a second castle on the site, to be the royal residence.
In the 13th century, Nuremberg became an Imperial Free City, and the castle fell into the care of the city. Of all the parts of the castle built during this time, the Luginsland tower, begun in 1377, literally stands out.
In 1381, the [good king baron]] Eppelein von Gailingen famously escaped death on the gallows when his horse leapt into the castle moat.
In the second quarter of the 19th century, measures were taken to preserve the buildings, in particular by Carl Alexander Heideloff, August von Voit and August Essenwein.
In the Second World War, the castle was heavily damaged in 1944-45, with only the double chapel remaining entirely intact. After the war, all the parts of the castle were restored to their historical form, including the Luginsland tower which had been completely destroyed, with the exception of the Nineteenth century additions, which had been partly removed in 1934/35.
Today, the emperor's old mews is used as a youth hostel.
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Alatskivi Castle is a neo-Gothic castle in Alatskivi, Estonia. Dating to the 17th century, it is situated in Peipsiääre Parish, Tartu County. It was rebuilt in the late 19th century by Baron Arved von Nolcken, modeled on the royal residence of Balmoral in Scotland. A renovation occurred between 2005 and 2011. (Wikipedia)
Castle Hill Station homestead and outbuildings. It is private property and located within the Kura Tawhiti Conservation Area off State Highway 73 between Darfield and Arthur's Pass.
Castle Hill was so named because of the imposing array of limestone boulders in the area reminiscent of an old, run-down stone castle. The front of Christchurch Cathedral in Christchurch was made from Castle Hill limestone. The station was established by the Porter brothers, and later owned by brothers John and Charles Enys. John Enys was a noted entomologist, and friend of novelist Samuel Butler. Ref: Wikipedia
Kenilworth Castle is located in the town of the same name in Warwickshire, England. Constructed from Norman through to Tudor times, the castle has been described by architectural historian Anthony Emery as "the finest surviving example of a semi-royal palace of the later middle ages, significant for its scale, form and quality of workmanship".[1] Kenilworth has also played an important historical role. The castle was the subject of the six-month long Siege of Kenilworth in 1266, believed to be the longest siege in English history, and formed a base for Lancastrian operations in the Wars of the Roses. Kenilworth was also the scene of the removal of Edward II from the English throne, the French insult to Henry V in 1414 (said by John Strecche to have encouraged the Agincourt campaign), and the Earl of Leicester's lavish reception of Elizabeth I in 1575.
The castle was built over several centuries. Founded in the 1120s around a powerful Norman great tower, the castle was significantly enlarged by King John at the beginning of the 13th century. Huge water defences were created by damming the local streams and the resulting fortifications proved able to withstand assaults by land and water in 1266. John of Gaunt spent lavishly in the late 14th century, turning the medieval castle into a palace fortress designed in the latest perpendicular style. The Earl of Leicester then expanded the castle once again, constructing new Tudor buildings and exploiting the medieval heritage of Kenilworth to produce a fashionable Renaissance palace.
Kenilworth was partly destroyed by Parliamentary forces in 1649 to prevent it being used as a military stronghold. Ruined, only two of its buildings remain habitable today. The castle became a tourist destination from the 18th century onwards, becoming famous in the Victorian period following the publishing of Sir Walter Scott's novel Kenilworth in 1826. English Heritage has managed the castle since 1984. The castle is classed as a Grade I listed building and as a Scheduled Monument, and is open to the public.
Castle Rising Castle
One of the most famous 12th Century castles in England.
The stone keep, built in around 1140 AD, is amongst the finest surviving examples of its kind anywhere in the country and, together with the massive surrounding earthworks, ensures that Rising is a castle of national importance.
In its time Castle Rising has served as a hunting lodge and a royal residence.
The most famous period in its history was when it came to the mother of Edward III, Queen Isabella, following her part in the murder of her husband Edward II.
The castle passed to the Howard family in 1544 and it remains in their hands today, the current owner being a descendant of William D'Albini II, the Norman baron who raised the castle.
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The ruins of Krzyżtopór castle. According to legend, its destruction was due to a pact with the devil gone wrong (as usual)...
Hirosaki Castle is one of the finest original castles in Japan. It's main keep and several other structures remain in tact, much as there were in 1810. It was originally constructed in 1610 by the Tsugaru clan who ruled the Hirosaki domain of Mutsu, but lightning damaged the main keep and it was not until years later that repairs were made. The castle is known for spectacular cherry blossom viewing in spring, but also for the fact that it has nine structures which are classified as Important Cultural Property.
Hirosaki-jo. Hirosaki, Aomori.
Schloss Wernigerode (Wernigerode Castle), Wernigerode in the Harz mountains, Sachsen-Anhalt (Saxony-Anhalt), Germany.
Wernigerode is a picturesque town in the northeast of the Harz mountains, situated at the foot of the Brocken (1141 m = 3743 ft) which is the highest mountain of the Harz.
Wernigerode has many half-timbered houses, particularly the beautiful Gothic town hall, and the impressive Schloss Wernigerode (Wernigerode Castle) towers above the town. The Harzer Schmalspurbahn (Harz Narrow Gauge Railways) operates at Wernigerode station, connecting Wernigerode with the Brocken and the town of Nordhausen in the south of the Harz mountains.
Harz weekend June 2012
Leeds Castle
"The loveliest castle in the world"
Historian Lord Conway
A castle has been on this site since 1119.
In the 13th century it came into the hands of King Edward I, for whom it became a favourite residence.
In the 16th century, Henry VIII used it as a residence for his first wife, Catherine of Aragon.
The castle as it is today dates mostly from the 19th century and is built on islands in a lake formed by the River Len.
In 1926 Lady Baillie, an Anglo-American heiress, bought the castle, in a state of considerable disrepair, for $874K (about £550K), a colossal amount in those days, and set about restoring it to its fabulous former glory with no expense spared.
Lady Baillie donated the castle to the nation in 1974.
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Reception Hall
Portrait of Jan Van Hesse and his sister Margaret (d.1710), the second wife of the 2nd Lord Culpeper.
Looking down on the Castle,I would have prefered the tide to be in,maybe next time.Castle Tioram (pronounced "Chee-rum" from Scottish Gaelic "Caisteal Tioram" meaning "dry castle") is a ruined castle that sits on the tidal island Eilean Tioram in Loch Moidart, Lochaber, Highland, Scotland. It is located west of Acharacle, approximately 80 kilometres from Fort William. Though hidden from the sea, the castle controls access to Loch Shiel.
Kingswear Castle is one of a pair of forts, the other being Dartmouth Castle, that guard the mouth of the Dart Estuary in Devon, England.
Kingswear Castle was built between 1491 - 1502, as a coastal artillery tower for use with heavy cannon.
Due to the limited range of cannon at the time, the fort at Kingswear was designed to work alongside Dartmouth Castle on the opposite bank, so that between them they could provide complete cover of the narrow entrance through the Dart estuary into Dartmouth Harbour. Gun technology improved and the range of the weapons increased and new gun emplacements were added to Dartmouth Castle, aiming further out towards the estuary mouth, leading to a decline in the defensive role of Kingswear Castle.
Castle (Kasteel) Amstenrade was built from 1781 - 1784. Style baroque-neoclassism. It's privat property and still belongs to the family Marchant et d'Ansembourg.
National Trust property Bodaim Castle in East Sussex.
Handheld 3 shot HDR taken with Canon 50D and Canon 10-22mm.Processed through Photomatix Pro.
Ex Royal Air Force buildings at Castle Kennedy airfield, near Stranraer, which I think are now used for food warehousing. My late father was stationed here between 1943 and 1946, hence I am wearing my Royal Air Force tartan kilt in his honour.
Post war the airfield was used by Silver City Airways for flights to Belfast and Isle of Man during the nineteen fifties.
The original runways are now potholed and dangerous to use, but a six hundred metre length of runway 08/26 has been re-surfaced with tarmacadam in recent years and is occasionally visited by light aircraft.
24th October, 2007
Warkworth Castle is a ruined medieval building in the village of the same name in Northumberland. The village and castle occupy a loop of the River Coquet, less than a mile from the coast. When the castle was founded is uncertain: traditionally its construction has been ascribed to Prince Henry of Scotland in the mid-12th century, but it may have been built by King Henry II of England when he took control of England's northern counties. Warkworth Castle was first documented in a charter of 1157–1164 when Henry II granted it to Roger fitz Richard. The timber castle was considered "feeble", and was left undefended when the Scots invaded in 1173.
Roger's son Robert inherited and improved the castle. Robert was a favourite of King John, and hosted him at Warkworth Castle in 1213. The castle remained in the family line, with periods of guardianship when heirs were too young to control their estates. King Edward I stayed overnight in 1292 and John de Clavering, descendant of Roger fitz Richard, made the Crown his inheritor. With the outbreak of the Anglo-Scottish Wars, Edward II invested in castles including Warkworth where he funded the strengthening of the garrison in 1319. Twice in 1327 the Scots besieged the castle without success.
John de Clavering died in 1332 and his widow in 1345, at which point Henry de Percy, 2nd Baron Percy, took control of Warkworth Castle, having been promised Clavering's property by Edward III. Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, added the imposing keep overlooking the village of Warkworth in the late 14th century. The fourth earl remodelled the buildings in the bailey and began the construction of a collegiate church within the castle, but work on the latter was abandoned after his death. Though Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland, supported Parliament during the English Civil War, the castle was damaged during the conflict. The last Percy earl died in 1670. In the mid-18th century the castle found its way into the hands of Hugh Smithson, who married the indirect Percy heiress. He adopted the name "Percy" and founded the dynasty of the Dukes of Northumberland, through whom possession of the castle descended.
In the late 19th century, the dukes refurbished Warkworth Castle and Anthony Salvin was commissioned to restore the keep. Alan Percy, 8th Duke of Northumberland, gave custody of the castle to the Office of Works in 1922. Since 1984 English Heritage has cared for the site, which is a Grade I listed building and a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Hohenzollern Castle (German: Burg Hohenzollern) is a castle, about 50 kilometers (30 mi) south of Stuttgart, Germany, considered home to the Hohenzollern family that came to power during the Middle Ages and ruled Prussia and Brandenburg until the end of World War I.
The castle is located on top of Mount Hohenzollern at an elevation of 855 meters (2,805 ft), above Hechingen and nearby Bisingen, both located at the foothills of the Swabian Alb. It was originally constructed in the first part of the 11th century. It was completely destroyed after a 10-month siege in 1423 by the imperial cities of Swabia.
A second, larger and sturdier castle was constructed from 1454 to 1461 and served as a refuge for the Swabian Hohenzollern family during wartime, including during the Thirty Years' War. By the end of the 18th century, however, the castle was thought to have lost its strategic importance and gradually fell into disrepair, leading to the demolition of several dilapidated buildings. Today, only the chapel remains from the medieval castle.
The third version of the castle, which stands today, was constructed by King Friedrich Wilhelm IV between 1846 and 1867, under the direction of Oberhofbaurat Stühler, who based his design on English Neo-Gothic style as well as the castles in Loire.[1] Because the castle was built to be merely a family memorial, no member of the Hohenzollern family took residence in this third castle until 1945, when it became home to the last Prussian Crown Prince Wilhelm. Prince Wilhelm and his wife Crown Princess Cecilie are buried there.
The Castle in Malbork was built in Prussia by the Teutonic Order as an Ordensburg. The Order named it Marienburg, literally "Mary's Castle". The town which grew around it was also named Marienburg, but since 1945 it is again, after 173 years, part of Poland and known as Malbork.
The castle is a classic example of a medieval fortress, and is the world’s largest brick gothic castle. UNESCO listed the castle and its museum as World Heritage Sites in December 1997 as Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork. It is one of two World Heritage Sites in the region with origins in the Teutonic Order. The other is the Medieval Town of Toruń, founded in 1231 as the site of the castle Thorn (Toruń).
Whilst most parapets, except those on the earliest castles, have ‘open-rounds’ on their corners, to allow defenders on the parapet to watch the walls below, these ‘half-rounds’ mid-way along the walls, are less common.
57604 Pendennis Castle at Didcot basking in glorious June sunshine on Didcot Railway Centre's Turntable moments after the unveiling of its new GWR green livery. 20.06.2010
Bamburgh Castle is built on a dolerite outcrop on the Northumberland coast. The location was previously home to a fort of the indigenous Celtic Britons known as Din Guarie and may have been the capital of the kingdom of Bernicia, the realm of the Gododdin people, from the realm's foundation in c. 420 until 547, the year of the first written reference to the castle. In that year the citadel was captured by the Anglo-Saxon ruler Ida of Bernicia (Beornice) and became Ida's seat.
The castle was briefly retaken by the Britons from his son Hussa during the war of 590 before being relieved later the same year. In c. 600, Hussa's successor Æthelfrith passed it on to his wife Bebba, from whom the early name Bebbanburh was derived. The Vikings destroyed the original fortification in 993.
The Normans built a new castle on the site, which forms the core of the present one. William II unsuccessfully besieged it in 1095 during a revolt supported by its owner, Robert de Mowbray, Earl of Northumbria. After Robert was captured, his wife continued the defence until coerced to surrender by the king's threat to blind her husband.
Bamburgh then became the property of the reigning English monarch. Henry II probably built the keep as it was complete by 1164. Following the Siege of Acre in 1191, and as a reward for his service, King Richard I appointed Sir John Forster the first Governor of Bamburgh Castle.Following the defeat of the Scots at the Battle of Neville's Cross in 1346, King David II was held prisoner at Bamburgh Castle.
During the civil wars at the end of King John's reign, the castle was under the control of Philip of Oldcoates. In 1464 during the Wars of the Roses, it became the first castle in England to be defeated by artillery, at the end of a nine-month siege by Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, the "Kingmaker", on behalf of the Yorkists
The Forster family of Northumberland continued to provide the Crown with successive governors of the castle until the Crown granted ownership of the castle to another Sir John Forster in around 1600.[14] The family retained ownership until Sir William Forster (d. 1700) was posthumously declared bankrupt, and his estates, including the castle, were sold to Lord Crew, Bishop of Durham (husband of his sister Dorothy) under an Act of Parliament to settle the debts in 1704.
Crewe placed the castle in the hands of a board of trustees chaired by Thomas Sharp, the Archdeacon of Northumberland. Following the death of Thomas Sharp, leadership of the board of trustees passed to John Sharp (Thomas Sharp's son) who refurbished the castle keep and court rooms and established a hospital on the site. In 1894, the castle was bought by the Victorian industrialist William Armstrong, who completed the restoration.
During the Second World War, pillboxes were established in the sand dunes to protect the castle and surrounding area from German invasion and, in 1944, a Royal Navy corvette was named HMS Bamborough Castle after the castle. The castle still remains in the ownership of the Armstrong family
Name:CASTLE BREAKWATER LIGHTHOUSE
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AIS transponder class:Class A
General vessel type:Leading Light Front
Built with granite in the second decade of the 1800's, the Castle Breakwater and St Peter Port Lighthouse were created in response to a possible invasion of French forces under the direction of Napoleon.
The lighthouse - used as an aid to shipping, has a focal plane height of 14m above Mean High Water Springs (MHWS), and a range of 16NM (easily seen on clear evenings on rounding Corbiere Point in Jersey). It has a continuous light showing white for 7.5 seconds and red for 2.5 seconds, and a 12m (40 ft) round granite tower with lantern and gallery. During restricted visibility, a horn is sounded once every 15s to assist vessels in restricted visibility - activated manually by Guernsey Port Control.
The northeast face of the lighthouse is painted white, and vertical black and white stripes are painted on the head of the pier to make a more conspicuous day mark.
As well as being an important aid to shipping, the lighthouse is also a popular local fishing spot.
The Upper castle was built on the top of a high hill after the Mongol Invasion (1241-42). The castle was the residence of King Charles I of Hungary (1308-1342), who died here in 1342.
The short history of the Visegrád Castle:
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Part of my Hungarian Castles Project:
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Mons Meg is a medieval bombard located at Edinburgh Castle, Scotland. It was built in 1449 on the orders of Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy and sent by him as a gift to King James II of Scotland in 1454. The bombard was employed in sieges until the middle of the 16th century, after which it was only fired on ceremonial occasions. It was on one such occasion in 1680 that the barrel burst, rendering Mons Meg unusable. The gun remained in Edinburgh Castle until 1754 when, along with other unused weapons in Scotland, it was taken to the Tower of London. Sir Walter Scott and others campaigned for its return, which was effected in 1829. Mons Meg has since been restored, and is now on display within the castle. Mons Meg has a calibre ( barrel diameter ) of 20 inches ( 510 mm ) , making it one of the largest cannons in the world by calibre. The gun forms part of the collection of the Royal Armouries, on loan to Historic Scotland who manage Edinburgh Castle
Orford Castle was built by Henry II to assert his Royal authority over the region, and in particular over Hugh Bigod, earl of Norfolk. The remarkable 21 sided tower with its three projecting square turrets, was completed in just two years (1165-7), and once stood within a curtain wall with rectangular towers and a twin-towered gatehouse (now all gone).
The remaining tower is unique in Britain. The circular interior contains many rooms on five floors, including kitchens and a chapel. From the top of the 27m tower there are great views of Orford Ness and the surrounding countryside.
Naworth Castle, is a castle in Cumbria, England, near the town of Brampton. It is adjacent to the A69, about 2 miles east of Brampton. It is on the opposite side of the River Irthing and just within sight of Lanercost Priory. It was the seat of the Barons Dacre and is now that of their cognatic descendants, the Earls of Carlisle. It is a Grade I listed building.
The castle is thought to have late 13th-century origins, in the form of a square keep and bailey. It was first mentioned in 1323, and in 1335, a licence to crenellate was granted to Ralph Dacre.
Thomas Dacre (1467–1525), who commanded the reserve of the English army at the Battle of Flodden and was known as "the Builder Dacre", built the castle's gateway and placed over it his coat of arms with the Dacre family motto below: Fort en Loialte (Norman-French: "Strong in Loyalty"). There were further additions in 1602 for his successor, Lord William Howard. It is likely that the 18th-century walled garden lies within the boundaries of the original moat.
Lord William Howard purchased back the Dacre family estate from King James and took up residence with his children and grandchildren at Naworth Castle. He restored the castle, improved the estate and established order in that part of the country. He had a large family of children, of whom Philip, his heir, was the grandfather of Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle, and his younger son Francis was the ancestor of the Howards of Corby.
William Morris, the artist and socialist, stayed at the castle in August 1874. In a letter to Aglaia Coronio, he writes "...all is very pleasant. Ned & I pass our mornings in a most delightful room in one of the towers that has not been touched since William Howard of Queen Elizabeth's time lived there: the whole place is certainly the most poetical in England." From 1939 to 1940, Naworth was occupied by Rossall School from Fleetwood in Lancashire, which had been evacuated from its own buildings by various government departments. It is currently occupied by the Hon. Philip Howard, younger brother and heir presumptive of the 13th Earl of Carlisle.
On Saturday, 18 May 1844, the castle caught fire, possibly as a result of the ignition of some soot in the flue of the Porter's Lodge. The structure's lack of internal walls allowed the fire to spread rapidly, and it remained unchecked until it reached the northern wing. Although some property was saved, by the time two fire engines had arrived by train from Carlisle, most of the roof had collapsed and the fire had spread to nearly every room on the three sides of the quadrangle. Water had to be passed in buckets from a rivulet at the foot of a steep hill on the north side of the castle. "Belted Will's Tower" was saved, while the fire continued until around one o'clock on Sunday morning, when it was brought under control. Subsequent restoration was undertaken by the architect Anthony Salvin.
Naworth Castle is private and not open to the public
More photos of Naworth Castle here: www.flickr.com/photos/davidambridge/albums/72157625081673916