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Eilean Donan castle and his reflection in the water of Loch Duich, Scotland.
Eilean Donan castle is an iconic castle of Scotland and certainly one of the most beautiful in this country.
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Castle of theTeutonic Order in Malbork, Poland (UNESCO World Heritage Site).
This is the largest castle in the world by surface area, and the largest brick building in Europe. It was built in Prussia by the Teutonic Knights, a German Roman Catholic religious order of crusaders, in a form of an Ordensburg fortress. The Order named it Marienburg (Mary's Castle). The town which grew around it was also named Marienburg.
Castle Heeswijk is water citadel former at Heeswijk from the 11th century. The castle had been restored in 2005. Already in the year 1080 there a preamble of the current castle, so-called motte-burcht arose. In the course of the middle ages the motte (castle hillock) were blunted and on the place of the citadel a castle were built. Castle Heeswijk several times have played a role in the history. It did not succeed prince Maurits around 1600 up to two times to take the castle. It's halfbrother Frederik Hendrik succeeded in this in 1629, however, in, so that he could besiege then s' Hertogenbosch. In 1672 the sun king Lodewijk XIV the uninvited guest on castle Heeswijk were during its fight against the republic. On the end of the 18th century Pichegru, general still used the castle of the French revolution under the guidance of Napoleon, as a headquarter. In 1835, André bought baron of pine Bogaerde of Terbrugge the castle touched in decline and started immediately a massive reconstruction. For its growing collection art objects and curiosa, of him and of its sons, the noblemen Louis and Donat, the castle was extended with among other things the weapon room and the Irontower.
The current castle museum gives a picture of the life sitation and the collect tradion from the middle of the 19th century. After the recent restorations there meanwhile guided tours by the castle are possible. The weapon room of the castle does service as official marrylocation of the municipality Bernheze. In under the promenade cellar roofs lain (marry)partys and receptions are given and the carriage house of castle accommodate Heeswijk - and training facilities as well as congress - and presentation spaces meet.
if you want to see the castle and you use a car navigator is the end destiny is the Gouverneursweg, Heeswijk-Dinther
Kasteel Heeswijk is laying on circa 10 minutes from 's Hertogenbosch en 20 minutes from Eindhoven.
When it is good you can see the exif
Castle Fraser, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Built in the 15th Century
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Stunning Eilean Donan castle. Situated at the meeting point of three sea lochs on the west coast of Scotland, Eilean Donan dominates skyline beside the picturesque village of Dornie, on the main tourist route to the Isle of Skye. Billed as Scotland most romantic castle. Shot on film35mm and simply scanned photograph into computer. Can't wait to return and shoot again, this time with digital.
Leeds Castle, Leeds, Kent, England.
Built in the 12th Century by one of William the Conqueror's Lords
Robert de Crevecoeur.
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Corfe Castle Ruins, Wareham, Dorset, England.
Built by William the Conqueror soon after his arrival in Britain in 1066
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Dover Castle, Dover, Kent, England.
The Medieval Castle was built in the 12th century by King Henry ll, And is now looked after by the English Heritage group.
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Scarborough Castle is situated on a roughly triangular headland that rises 300ft above the sea. There is evidence of Iron Age settlements and the remains of a Roman signal station on the site, but the first medieval castle was built by William le Gros, Count of Aumale, in the 1130's. He constructed a wall on the landward side of the promontory and built a tower where the keep now stands. When Henry II came to the throne in 1154 he demanded the return of all royal castles, and Scarborough, which was built on a royal manor, was one of the castles reclaimed by the Crown.
Henry II spent a lot of money improving Scarborough Castle, adding a large square keep on the site of the previous tower and building a wall to protect the inner bailey. More extensive work was carried out by King John, who improved and extended the castle walls and built a new hall in the inner bailey and a new royal chamber block and great hall in the outer bailey. In 1243 Henry III constructed a new barbican and added a double drawbridge tower - the drawbridges have since been replaced by stone arches.
In 1312 the castle came under a brief siege when Edward II's favourite, Piers Gaveston took refuge there. A shortage of supplies forced him to surrender within a fortnight. Despite promises of safe conduct, his journey back south was brought to an abrupt end when he was captured and beheaded by the Earl of Warwick. Greater resistance was offered by the Royalist defenders of the castle in 1645 when they were besieged by a Parliamentary force. They managed to withstand a five month siege, despite an artillery bombardment that had caused half the keep to collapse within just three days. They were finally forced to surrender on July 25 1645. After the Civil War the castle was used as a prison, and in the mid 18th century a barracks block was added that remained in use until the middle of the next century. The barracks were severely damaged during the First World War when two German warships fired more than 500 shells at Scarborough on the morning of 16 December 1914. As a result of the damage the barracks were demolished.
This castle was built in 1889. I care for it along with 10 acres of grounds and 5 other smaller outbuildings.
Windsor Castle is an official residence of The Queen and the largest occupied castle in the world. A Royal home and fortress for over 900 years.
The Johnstown Castle that stands today is the legacy of various owners and their repeated additions to its structure.
The castle was first build in the fifteenth century with the Esmondes - a Norman family who settled in the county in the 1170s - In the 1640's during the bloody Cromwellian period of Irish history the castle and it's grounds were seized and sequester on numerous occasions.
Stable possession finally occurred in 1692 when the property fell into the ownership of John Grogan, whose descendants dwelt at the Johnstown estate for over two-hundred and fifty years.
In 1945 Maurice Victor Lakin presented Johnstown Castle and its estate as a gift to the Irish nation.
This castle sits in Dollar Glen Scotland. It has a commanding position at the top of the glen. It sits on a rocky outcrop above the glen which must have been why it was built there, but the trees that have grown up around it make it hard to get a good angle for a photo.
Boxtel is a small town, but its big church shows that it was an important place once. Just outside the town you'll find a park in which lies this castle, Kasteel Stapelen. The entire complex was given a new look in early neo-Gothic style in 1857-1858, to fit the then popular ideas about what a medieval castle should look like. Towers were heightened, the facade of the chapel was renewed and countless battlements were added to places where there never had been any. Since 1915 the castle has been used as a monastery. In the Middle Ages a miracle occured here which is still celebrated each year with a big procession.
I visitatori si domandano che legame c'è fra Macbeth, Cawdor e Shakespeare. La verità è che non ci sono legami dato che il castello fu costruito nella fine del 14esimo secolo ed è pertanto impossibile che Re Duncan vi possa avere perso anche solo una goccia di sangue o che Lady Macbeth possa aver dormito qui
Visitors often ask about the link between Macbeth, Cawdor and Shakespeare. The truth is that as Cawdor Castle was not built until the late 14th century, it is impossible for King Duncan to have lost any blood or Lady Macbeth much sleep in this particular house.
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Leeds Castle, Leeds, Kent, England.
Built in the 12th Century by one of William the Conqueror's Lords
Robert de Crevecoeur.
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Morton Castle near Thornhill, Dumfries & Galloway
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The partially ruined Medieval Scotney Castle, Lamberhurst, Kent UK on an overcast day.
The newer Scotney House can be seen to the upper left of the shot, this built in 1837 by Antony Salvin, in the "Picturesque" Elizabethen style, for Edward Hussey 3rd.
Leeds Castle in Kent , England.
Built in the 12th Century by one of William the Conqueror's Lords
Robert de Crevecoeur.
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Castle Rock Column Czech Republic. HDR composed of seven sub-frame of 1EV. Technique Nikon D800, Nikon 16-35 mm f / 4,0 AF-S G ED VR, the transition filter gray Cokin P120.
Dukes of Alburquerque's Castle: The ancient fortress was built before the 11th century, though the current building was built in the XIV and 15th centuries, being named as castle in 1306. It is located in the top of a hill. It was restored to be a high school.
Hever Castle Hever, Kent, England. Built in the 13th century.
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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.
The castle was closed on this day as they were putting up stands but the man said I could take a photo from where he was standing, so this is it !!! I then walked all round the outside and down to the river, I enjoyed this lovely town.
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Eilean Donan Castle, Loch Duich, Scotland.
The first fortified castle was constructed in the mid 13th century. Since then, at least four different versions of the castle have been built and re-built. Partially destroyed in a Jacobite uprising in 1719, Eilean Donan lay in ruins for almost 200 years, until Lieutenant Colonel John MacRae-Gilstrap bought the island in 1911 and proceeded to restore the castle to its former glory. After 20 years of work the castle was re-opened in 1932.
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Bannerman's Castle (Pollepel Island, Beacon, New York State)
Bannerman’s Castle is not really a castle, in the classic sense. It wasn’t built for royalty;
nobody used it as a fortress against marauding warlords; and nary a maiden was ever locked up on its towers. What it did hold: nobody other than the self proclaimed Arms King of New York City.
In 1900, Francis Bannerman operated a booming mail-order weapons business and he knew a good deal when he saw one. When the US military put their surplus goods from the Spanish-American War on the market, he purchased 90% of them. Needing somewhere safe to store live ammunition, guns, and other dangerous items, Bannerman also purchased 6.5-acre
Pollepel Island, in the Hudson River about 50 miles north of New York city.
Although most of the goods were stored in regular old warehouses, Bannerman had an incredible castle built on the island as a residence. A native Scottsman, Bannerman drew up the plans for his castle himself, citing Scottish castles as his inspiration. The incredible mansion could easily be seen from the Hudson, and was a kind of advertisement for Bannerman’s goods during the turn of the century.
Unfortunately, it was all downhill from there. Bannerman died in 1918, and in 1920 two hundred tons of powder and shells exploded, severely damaging the stores and buildings. In 1950 a storm sunk the ferry boat that supplied
Pollepel Island, and the place was fully abandoned. Over the years, fire and structural issues have taken their toll and in 2009 large chunks of the exterior walls collapsed.
Wray Castle is a Victorian neo-gothic building built in 1840 for a retired Liverpudlian surgeon, James Dawson, who built it along with the neighboring Wray Church using his wife's fortune.
the castle it has been used for a variety of purposes, including a youth hostel, the offices of the Freshwater Biological Association, and a training college for Merchant Navy radio officers (RMS Wray Castle).
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Caerlaverock Castle is a moated triangular castle first built in the 13th century. It is located on the southern coast of Scotland, 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) south of Dumfries, on the edge of the Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve. Caerlaverock was a stronghold of the Maxwell family from the 13th century until the 17th century when the castle was abandoned. It was besieged by the English during the Wars of Scottish Independence, and underwent several partial demolitions and reconstructions over the 14th and 15th centuries. In the 17th century, the Maxwells were created Earls of Nithsdale, and built a new lodging within the walls, described as among "the most ambitious early classical domestic architecture in Scotland".[1] In 1640 the castle was besieged for the last time and was subsequently abandoned. Although demolished and rebuilt several times, the castle retains the distinctive triangular plan first laid out in the 13th century. Caerlaverock Castle was built to control trade in early times.[2]
Today, the castle is in the care of Historic Scotland and is a popular tourist attraction. It is protected as a scheduled monument,[3] and as a category A listed building.[4]
Castle Stalker picturesquely set on a tidal islet on Loch Laich, an inlet off Loch Linnhe. It is about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north-east of Port Appin, Argyll, Scotland, and is visible from the A828 road about mid-way between Oban and Glen Coe.
In recent times, the castle was brought to fame by the Monty Python team, appearing in their film Monty Python and the Holy Grail.