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The west gate has fortifications running from the ridge to the north built of brick and cement, followed by a freely laid stone wall for about a mile, then followed by a second line of old wall (of 30 feet (9.1 m) height) which extends 220 yards (200 m) and rises to join the first line (known as atak) of fortifications on the hill.
The ruins of the castle are now a park. [5] Gassantoda Castle was listed as one of Japan's Top 100 Castles by the Japan Castle Foundation in 2006. [6] The castle site is a 60 minute bus ride from JR West San'in Main Line Yasugi Station to Gassan-Iriguchi bus stop, and 40 minutes from hillside entrance to hilltop castle ruins. [5]
Untere Burg ("Lower Castle"), also known colloquially as Burg Alt-Schellenberg ("Castle of Alt-Schellenberg"), is a castle ruin located in the municipality of Schellenberg, Liechtenstein.
West gate of the Heidelsburg with original Roman ashlars. The Heidelsburg, also called the Bunenstein, is an old fortification in the western Palatine Forest in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate that goes back at least to the days of the Roman Empire. Today only the remains of two gates, together with their steps, the castle walls and a ...
Obere Burg is the larger and older one of the two ruined castles in the Municipality of Schellenberg.Its construction was finished already around 1200. The castle's first appearance in written records occurred on 10 January 1348.
The overgrown ruins of Rhuddlan Castle in the mid-19th century. Elizabeth, the eighth daughter of Edward I, was born at Rhuddlan in 1282, the same year work at the castle was completed. Two years later the Statute of Rhuddlan was signed at the castle following the defeat of Llewellyn the Last, who had attacked the castle unsuccessfully.
Koh Ker is the modern name for an important city of the Khmer empire. In inscriptions the town is mentioned as Lingapura (city of lingams) or Chok Gargyar [2]: 70 (translated as city of glance, [3] or as iron tree forest). [1]: 8–9
The main courtyard and the surviving maple tree, while the overgrown vegetation covers the rest of the promontory The red-tinged walls of the eastern facade remained after the fire that engulfed the palacete The dual vaulted-ceiling cistern occupying a comparable space alongside the main house, with shell decorated fountain (to the left)