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Vianden Castle (Luxembourgish: Veianer Schlass [ˈfɑɪɑnɐ ˈʃlɑs] ⓘ or (locally) Veiner Schlooss [ˈfɑɪnɐ ˈʃloːs] ⓘ; French: Château de Vianden; German: Schloss Vianden), located in Vianden in the north of Luxembourg, is one of the largest fortified castles west of the Rhine.
The Vilnius Castle Complex (Lithuanian: Vilniaus pilių kompleksas or Vilniaus pilys) is a group of cultural, and historic structures on the left bank of the Neris River, near its confluence with the Vilnia River, in Vilnius, Lithuania. The buildings, which evolved between the 10th and 18th centuries, were one of Lithuania's major defensive ...
Gediminas' Tower Gediminas' Tower before it was rebuilt in the 1930s. Long ago, the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas was hunting in the woods of Šventaragis Valley.The hunt was successful, and Duke Gediminas brought down a wild bull on a hilltop; but he grew weary in his limbs, and so the duke retired and spent the night there.
The list of castles is a link page for any castle in the sense of a fortified building. Afghanistan. Albania Argentina. Castillo Naveira; Armenia. Austria ...
List of castles in Bosnia and Herzegovina; List of castles in Bulgaria; List of castles in Croatia; List of castles in Cyprus; List of castles in Czech Republic; List of castles and palaces in Denmark ; List of castles in Estonia; List of castles in Finland; List of castles in France; List of castles in Georgia; List of castles in Germany; List ...
This is a list of fortifications in Bosnia and Herzegovina, including fortresses and castles, arranged alphabetically.. Bosnian archaeologist and historian of the Middle Ages, Pavao Anđelić, posited that Bosnia and Herzegovina is a home of great number of forts, fortresses, castles, including a number of walled city-fortresses, in various degrees of preservation, and built in different ...
Encastellation (sometimes castellation, which can also mean crenellation) is the process whereby the feudal kingdoms of Europe became dotted with castles, from which local lords could dominate the countryside of their fiefs and their neighbours', and from which kings could command even the far-off corners of their realms.
During the 14th and the early 15th century the castle was remodelled as a Gothic fortress. The Lords of Kravaře owned the castle until 1447, and it was then held mostly by a number of Moravian noble families, among them the Sovinec family, the Kostek of Postupice family, the Pernštejn family, the Ludanice and the Bruntálský of Vrbno family. [2]