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Castle at Castle Park, near Holland, Michigan, built in 1890 for Michael Schwarz. It now serves as a community center for the Castle Park Association. [18] Castle Craig, Hubbard Park, Meriden, Connecticut, 32-foot-high (9.8 m) tower built in 1900. [19] Castle Falls, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, built 1945.
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Castles differed from earlier fortifications in that they were generally private fortified residences. Typically, a castle was the residence of a feudal lord, providing the owner with a secure base from which to control his lands, [12] and also a symbol of wealth and power.
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The castle underwent many periods of construction, with an outer bailey, new towers along the inner bailey, new structures within the castle walls, and a new gatehouse all added in the 13th century, during the Welsh Wars. [28] Chester Castle was given by William I to the Earls of Chester and it served as the administrative centre of the earldom ...
There are numerous castles in Gloucestershire, a county in South West England.They consist of motte-and-baileys, fortified manor houses, ringwork, and ring-mottes.A motte-and-bailey castle has two elements, the motte is an artificial conical mound with a wooden stockade and stronghold on top, usually a stone keep or tower. [1]
Of the few rooms in the castle open to tourists, and supposedly one of the most haunted, is the bedroom of the Countess Agnes. Burg Eltz dates back to 1157, and the list of myths surrounding the ...
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