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Criccieth Castle is a native Welsh castle situated on the headland between two beaches in Criccieth, Gwynedd, in North Wales, on a rocky peninsula overlooking Tremadog Bay. It was built by Llywelyn the Great of the kingdom of Gwynedd but it was heavily modified following its capture by English forces of Edward I in the late 13th century.
Lužnica baroque manor with the Spiritual-Educational Center Mary’s Court (Marijin dvor) is located just 20 kilometers west of Zagreb. The Center is run by Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul.
Scotney Castle is an English country house with formal gardens south-east of Lamberhurst in the valley of the River Bewl in Kent, England
Monty Python fans might recognise this castle from the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, known as The Castle of Aaaaarrrrrrggghhh in the film.
is a Bohemian castle of the mid-13th century, located within the village with the same name of the Central Bohemian Region in Czech Republic. It is an early Gothic castle which was constructed, named and still owned by members of the same family.
A picturesque moated medieval castle, Nunney Castle in Somerset dates from the 1370s. Its builder was Sir John de la Mare, a local knight who was beginning to enjoy royal favour. Much modernised in the late 16th century, the castle was besieged and damaged by the Parliamentarians in 1645, during the English Civil War.
Though ruined, Nunney's dramatic great tower is very well preserved. Its four round corner towers and connecting walls are tightly encircled by the castle moat.
Burg Satzvey’s history can be traced back all the way to the 12th century. At this time, it was known only as Vey.
The castle’s lineage has spread over many ancient royal families. It began with the Benedictines, until the Archbishop of Cologne gave the lordship to Otto von Vey in 1368. Although the castle has retained the name Vey (partially), the family’s ownership of Burg Satzvey was far less enduring.
By 1391, the last of the line had died out and it passed on to Heinrich von Krauthausen. Von Krauthausen was the son-in-law of Otto von Vey, and was chiefly responsible for the construction of the Satzvey Castle we know today.
But even von Krauthausen didn’t maintain power for very long time either. After a series of famous noble families held control, by the 16th century, a man named Wilhelm Spieß von Büllesheim usurped Satzvey with the blessing of the Cologne Archbishop.
In the 1700s, Satzvey was once again under new management, and this time would be a bit more lasting. The castle was sold to Karl Otto von Gymnich.
Satzvey Castle remains in the Gymnich family today, and the Gymnichs have been particularly active in preserving the castle’s history with festivals and other events.
This castle was commissioned by George C Boldt in 1900 the owner of the Landmark Waldorf Astoria in New York, the project was abandoned 4 years later due to the death of his wife he never set foot in it again.
The castle sits on one of more than 1800 islands in the St Laurence River region between Canada and the USA.
I was lucky that my friend Claudia took me for a boat ride I never knew in which country I was in at any given time.
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At the bottom of Mill Street is the Mill Garden, famed for the quality of its planting in an unbelievable setting. It was created over a period of sixty years by the late Arthur Measures, who made it a personal expression of his love of plants.
On one side are the river and the ruin of the mediaeval bridge, whose roadway once led across where there are now lawns and flowers. In a lucky year, swans nest in its shelter. On the other side, Caesar’s Tower looms overhead. The stone walls of the castle give one of the most dramatic backdrops for any garden.
Aigle castle, Vaud canton, Switzerland. Hoping to go back there early November so the vineyards in gold colors.
Clun Castle sits high on a natural rocky mound in a loop of the river Clun, on the edge of the small, picturesque town of the same name. Founded shortly after the Norman Conquest to demonstrate the authority of the English monarchy over this part of the border region, the castle and the nearby settlement prospered in the 13th century thanks to the management of the Fitzalan family, but suffered a number of attacks from across the Welsh border. It was used as a hunting lodge in the 14th century, but was increasingly neglected, and by 1539 the castle was reported as ruinous.
La Bastille, On of the most famous Castle in Rhone-Alps region which gives a wonderful view of Grenoble city...That was the day, half of the castle was under the mist. We could see from the city the top half of of the castle is inside the cloud/mist...
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The castle, called the Borgwal, was built between 1350 and 1375.
The castle was then in a sparsely populated area. Here and there there was only one farm, there was no question of village construction. In 1623 Johan van Reede bought the castle. After that he started working on the foundation of the current village of Renswoude.
Inside Castel Beseno, Besenello, Trento, Italy
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Le Château de Vianden fut construit pendant la période du 11e au 14e siècle sur les assises d'un castel romain et d'un refuge carolingien; il est une des plus grandes et plus belles résidences féodales des époques romane et gothique de l’Europe.
In Carolingian times, the castle was originally a decagonal tower, later transformed into a chapel. This chapel, the " Little Palace" and the "Great Palace" - the most beautiful parts of the castle - were erected in the first half of the 13th century. The Juliers Quarter, on the west side of the Great Palace, dates from the beginning of the 14th century, whereas the Nassau Quarter was only built at the beginning of the 17th century.
The castle was defended by strong fortifications, by gates and towers, of which notable examples are the " White Tower" on the northwest side, and the " Black Tower" on the northeast side.
You entered the castle through five gates, the first of which had a drawbridge and the fifth a descending grid. After this gate, you could enter the Little Palace by way of a staircase and a portal.
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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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