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Blackrock Castle is a castellated fortification located at Blackrock, about 2 km from Cork city centre on the banks of the River Lee in Ireland. Originally developed as a coastal defence fortification in the 16th century to protect upper Cork Harbour and port , the site now houses an observatory, visitor centre and restaurant.
Stormveil Castle is a fictional castle depicted in the 2022 action role-playing game Elden Ring, developed by FromSoftware. It is the game's first "legacy dungeon", a self-contained dungeon crawl designed to be reminiscent of earlier games in the Dark Souls series. As such, it also functions as a tutorial for the game's mechanics.
Elden Ring [b] is a 2022 action role-playing game developed by FromSoftware. It was directed by Hidetaka Miyazaki with worldbuilding provided by American fantasy writer George R. R. Martin . It was published for PlayStation 4 , PlayStation 5 , Windows , Xbox One , and Xbox Series X/S on February 25 in Japan by FromSoftware and internationally ...
Blackrock, Cork, suburb of Cork city; Blackrock, Dublin, southern coastal suburb of Dublin city Blackrock railway station, railway station serving the Dublin city suburb; Black Rock, Co. Limerick, mountain among the Ballyhouras; Blackrock, County Louth, a village; Blackrock Island, County Mayo, rocky islet toward Blacksod Bay, County Mayo
8th or 9th Century Cross at Blackrock said to mark the boundary of Dublin city. The Rock Road, which forms the south-western boundary of the park, is said to form part of one of the oldest roads in the country, having been part of the ancient Slíghe Chualann constructed by the High King of Ireland several centuries before Saint Patrick, and which connected Tara with what is now southern ...
In J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy writings, Isengard (/ ˈ aɪ z ən ɡ ɑːr d /) is a large fortress in Nan Curunír, the Wizard's Vale, in the western part of Middle-earth.In the fantasy world, the name of the fortress is described as a translation of Angrenost, a word in Tolkien's elvish language, Sindarin, a compound of two Old English words: īsen and ġeard, meaning "enclosure of iron".
The lighthouse on Blackrock Island was constructed in 1864. [10] [11] The tower was built of stone quarried from the rock on which it stands; the keepers' dwelling is contiguous. [12] It is a 50-foot-high round stone tower with lantern and gallery attached to a single storey keeper's house. The lighthouse is painted white.
In December 2009, BlackRock purchased Barclays Global Investors, at which point the company became the largest money-management firm in the world. [3] Despite his great influence, Fink is not widely known publicly, apart from his regular appearances on CNBC. [3] BlackRock paid Fink $23.6 million in 2010, [19] and $36 million in 2021. [20]