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Name Image Location Type Date Notes Appenzell Castle: Appenzell: Manor house: 1563: Original owner Antoni Löw executed 1584. 1584-1682 used as Franciscan monastery. Today known as "Doctor's House" and privately owned.
Dating back to the early 12th century, the Alcázar of Segovia is one of the most distinctive medieval castles in Europe. Disney was inspired by this site in building Cinderella's castle.
This is a list of castles in France, arranged by region and department. Notes. The French word château has a wider meaning than the English castle: it includes architectural entities that are properly called palaces, mansions or vineyards in English.
[a] The Dutch word kasteel and the French word château refer both to fortified defensive buildings (castles proper) and to stately aristocratic homes (châteaux, manor houses or country houses). As a result, it is common to see the name of both types of building translated into English as 'castle', which can sometimes be misleading.