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Castel del Monte (Italian for "Castle of the Mountain"; Barese: Castìdde du Monte) is a 13th-century citadel and castle situated on a hill in Andria in the Apulia region of southeast Italy. It was built during the 1240s by King Frederick II, who had inherited the lands from his mother Constance of Sicily. In the 18th century, the castle's ...
This is a list of castles from around the world. By country. Africa. Castles in Ghana; Castles in South Africa; Americas. Castles in Brazil; Castles in Canada ...
Located just 45 minutes outside Dublin, the Kilkea Castle is one of the oldest inhabited castles in Ireland and will help satisfy your childhood fairytale dream. This 186-acre property features an ...
A water castle, sometimes water-castle, [a] is a castle where natural or artificial water is part of its defences. [2] [3] It can be entirely surrounded by water-filled moats (moated castle) or natural waterbodies such as island castles in a river or offshore. The term comes from European castle studies, mainly German Burgenkunde.
Himeji Castle is said to be one of the best surviving representations of typical Japanese castle architecture. It was first built in 1333 by samurai governor Akamatsu Norimura as a fortress ...
The stunning Bavarian castle, as well as several other castles in Poland, France and Spain, served as inspiration for the 1950 Disney film 'Cinderella' and the Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland.
Neuschwanstein welcomes almost 1.5 million visitors per year, making it one of the most popular tourist destinations in Europe. [3] [57] For security reasons, the palace can only be visited via a 35-minute guided tour, and no photography is allowed inside the castle. There are also special guided tours that focus on specific topics.
The oldest surviving structure today is the castle chapel built at the turn of the 13th century. In the years 1563 to 1569 the 152.5 metre deep well was bored into the rock within the castle - until that point the garrison of the Königstein had to obtain water from cisterns and by collecting rainwater.