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The Castle of La Suda, also known as the Castell del Rei [King's Castle], is a large ruined fortress-palace overlooking the city of Lleida, Spain. The currently visible Romanesque - Gothic complex, dating from the 13th and 14th centuries, when it was used as a royal palace, was built over a 9th-century kasbah andalusí . [ 1 ]
The castle has two entrances, an unobtrusive service entrance and an ornate main entrance. Frederick II's main entrance featured elements from classical architecture such a pediment supported by rather thin fluted pilasters, and may have been influenced by Frederick II's interest in Greco-Roman architecture. [1] Capital with faun head
Bratislava Castle (Slovak: Bratislavský hrad, IPA: [ˈbracislawskiː ˈɦrat] ⓘ; German: Pressburger Burg; Hungarian: Pozsonyi vár) is the main castle of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. The massive rectangular building with four corner towers stands on an isolated rocky hill of the Little Carpathians , directly above the Danube river ...
The castle was occupied by the English for twelve years, until 1186, when it was returned to William as the dowry of his English bride, Ermengarde de Beaumont, who had been chosen for him by King Henry. [44] By the end of the 12th century, Edinburgh Castle was established as the main repository of Scotland's official state papers. [45]
Hadad Temple Inside the Citadel The inner gate of the citadel View from outside Entrance gate The fortified entrance Entrance to the Throne Hall: an iwan with ablaq masonry The Throne Hall. The Citadel of Aleppo (Arabic: قلعة حلب, romanized: Qalʿat Ḥalab) is a large medieval fortified palace in the centre of the old city of Aleppo ...
The main entrance is through a triumphal arch between two tall round towers. Detail of the triumphal arch In 1443 Alfonso V of Aragon , who had conquered the throne of Naples, established a court in the castle, such as to compete with the Florentine court of Lorenzo de' Medici and the fortress was completely rebuilt in its present form ...
The castle has a rectangular plan and is divided into an inner and outer ward, with four large towers on each side. [140] The main entrance to the castle is through the western barbican, an exterior defence in front of the main gate. [141] The barbican features the earliest surviving stone machicolations in Britain. [142]
Roman west gate of Pevensey Castle; the main land entrance. The Roman fort had two principal entrances, one on the east side and the other on the west, guarded by clusters of towers. The west gate covered the landward access via the causeway that linked Pevensey to the mainland.