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Château de Chinon is a château located on the bank of the river Vienne in Chinon, France. It was founded by Theobald I, Count of Blois. In the 11th century the castle became the property of the counts of Anjou. In 1156 Henry II of England, a member of the House of Anjou, took the castle from his brother Geoffrey, Count of Nantes, after Geoffrey rebelled for a second time. Henry favoured the Château de Chinon as a residence. Most of the standing structure can be attributed to his reign; he died there in 1189.
Above Melnik there is a trail linking several old fallen down churches, a fortress, with great views all around.
April 20, 2015 - The Baba Vida Fortress dates from 900AD - 999AD and is noted to be one of the best preserved Medieval Castles located in the country of Bulgaria.
Hohensalzburg Castle ("High Salzburg Fortress" in German). It sits on Festungsberg hill. With a length of 250 meters and a width of 150 meters, it is one of the largest medieval castles in Europe.Construction of the fortress began in 1077 under Archbishop Gebhard von Helfenstein. This original design was just a basic bailey with a wooden wall. In Salzburg, the Archbishops were powerful political figures, and they expanded the castle to protect their interests.
Genoese Fortress Kafa
Feodosia, Crimea, Ukraine
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The Artanuji fortress was built in the 5th century by order of the Georgian king Vakhtang Gorgasali. In the 7th century, the city was destroyed by the Arabs. Around 820, Ashot I Kuropalate restored and rebuilt the city as the capital of the Georgian principality of Tao-Klarjeti.
Ottoman fortress built on the siege of Constantinople
Forteca Rumeli - osmańska twierdza zbudowana do oblężenia Konstantynopola
Fortress Explorations is a walk-through attraction. There's also an activity you can do in the fortress called "The Leonardo Challenge", but since it's only in Japanese (as the Cast Members regretfully told us), we didn't do it. On retrospect, I should've asked for the map thingy anyway even if I couldn't read it.
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