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  2. Vajdahunyad Castle - Wikipedia

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    As the castle contains parts of buildings from various time periods, it displays different architectural styles: Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque. Originally, it was made from cardboard and wood, but it became so popular that it was rebuilt from stone and brick between 1904 and 1908.

  3. Toy forts and castles - Wikipedia

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    A toy fort is a miniature fortress or castle that is used as a setting to stage battles using toy soldiers.Toy forts come in many shapes and sizes; some are copies of existing historical structures, while others are imagined with specific elements to enable realistic play, such as moats, drawbridges, and battlements.

  4. Ozark Medieval Fortress - Wikipedia

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    Ozark Medieval Fortress was a project designed to construct an accurate replica of a 13th-century French castle in Lead Hill, Arkansas. [1] Construction was carried out on the site using only materials and techniques appropriate to the 13th century. [2] The ground was broken in 2009, with the expectation that completion would have taken about ...

  5. What's the deal with Burbank's gigantic castles? We ... - AOL

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    One of those people is Tim Pipher, owner of L.A. Castle Studios, who appreciates the contrast between the interior and exterior of the building he rents for the production facility.

  6. Woodleigh Replicas - Wikipedia

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    Some of the property was subdivided into building lots and restoration and reconstruction work was started on the two main structures, Dunvegan Castle and the Tower of London. Though no longer intended as a tourist attraction, they have been rebranded as Woodleigh Castles, and it is expected they will be used for private rentals and as an event ...

  7. Medieval fortification - Wikipedia

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    Stone castles took years to construct depending on the overall size of the castle. Stone was stronger and of course much more expensive than wood. Most stone had to be quarried miles away, and then brought to the building site. But with the invention of the cannon and gunpowder, castles soon lost their power.

  8. Rampart (fortification) - Wikipedia

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    Earth ditch and rampart defences on the Ipf near Bopfingen, Germany Reconstructed pfostenschlitzmauer of the oppidum at Finsterlohr, Creglingen, Germany. The composition and design of ramparts varied from the simple mounds of earth and stone, known as dump ramparts, to more complex earth and timber defences (box ramparts and timberlaced ramparts), as well as ramparts with stone revetments. [2]

  9. Encastellation - Wikipedia

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    The process was rather quick once the castle, as a distinct type of fortress, was introduced. However, it took different forms in different lands. The methods and reasons of encastellation differed based on law (who could legally build a castle), necessity (who needed a castle), and geography (where could castles be effectively built).

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