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  2. 7 Abandoned Castles, Chateaux & Mansions Worth A Visit ... - AOL

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    awscyh/Flickr Castles, chateaux, and mansions - these are displays of wealth and power usually reserved for kings and countesses, or at least old-timey movie stars. It's hard to imagine these ...

  3. Alt-Schauenburg Castle - Wikipedia

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    Alt-Schauenburg was probably built around 1275 as the seat of a junior branch of the Schauenburg family. The castle was occupied for less than a century. The 1356 Basel earthquake destroyed much of the castle and shortly thereafter the ruins were abandoned. The ruins were gradually buried, until 1949-50 when they were excavated and repaired.

  4. Lennox Castle - Wikipedia

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    Lennox Castle is an abandoned castle in Lennoxtown, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, approximately 12 miles (19 kilometres) north of Glasgow. [1] It is infamous for previously hosting Lennox Castle Hospital , Scotland's "largest institution for people with learning disabilities".

  5. Ewloe Castle - Wikipedia

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    Ewloe Castle. Ewloe Castle (Welsh: Castell Ewloe or Castell Ewlo) is a native Welsh castle built by the Kingdom of Gwynedd near the town of Ewloe in Flintshire, Wales.The castle, which was one of the last fortifications to be built by the native Princes of Wales, was abandoned at the beginning of the invasion of Wales by Edward I in 1277.

  6. Pidhirtsi Castle - Wikipedia

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    Pidhirtsi Castle was featured on season 6, episode 8 of the TV series, Mysteries of the Abandoned titled "The Thing on Hell Mountain", which aired on the Science Channel, on May 14, 2020. The episode tells the tale of the castle in the 18th century, and of its second owner Waclaw Rzewuski, who hid many secrets in the dark, dank dungeons. It is ...

  7. Category:Ruined castles in Germany - Wikipedia

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  8. Heinrichsberg Castle - Wikipedia

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    Thereafter, for decades, there was no written evidence of the castle, which became increasingly dilapidated and, by 1491 was referred to as an abandoned castle, that was a pledge held by the Frederick of Hoym. At that time the lords of Hoym also held the Anhalt fiefs of Bärenrode, Bolkendorf and half of the village of Dankerode. They pledged ...

  9. Turku Castle - Wikipedia

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    After the fire, the main castle structure was largely abandoned and used as storage. Castle seen in 1724. In the 18th century, the Renaissance bailey functioned as an administrative center, with the old main structure abandoned and in disrepair. The castle housed the provincial government after a period of turmoil called the Greater Wrath. The ...