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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]
A 19th-century reconstruction of the keep at Château d'Étampes. Since the 16th century, the English word keep has commonly referred to large towers in castles. [4] The word originates from around 1375 to 1376, coming from the Middle English term kype, meaning basket or cask, and was a term applied to the shell keep at Guînes, said to resemble a barrel. [5]
This is a list of castles and other such fortifications and palaces or country homes in Germany. Included are castles (German: Burg, Schloss), forts (German: Festung), palaces (German: Schloss, Palais, Palast), country or stately homes and manors, and even follies.
Guédelon Castle (French: Château de Guédelon [ʃɑto d(ə) ɡedlɔ̃]) is a castle currently under construction near Treigny, France.The castle is the focus of an experimental archaeology project aimed at recreating a 13th-century castle and its environment using period techniques, dress, and materials.
Schloss Drachenburg or Drachenburg Castle is a private villa styled as a palace and constructed in the late 19th century. It was completed in only two years (1882–84) on the Drachenfels hill in Königswinter , a German town on the east bank of the Rhine , south of the city of Bonn .
This is a list of castles and fortresses declared historic monuments by Romania's Ministry of Culture. [1] Banat. Caraș-Severin (6) Bey's Fortress, Socolari;
Nuremberg Castle: Palas, Imperial Chapel, Heathens' Tower on the right - Sinwell Tower in the middle left - Pentagonal Tower, Imperial Stables and Luginsland Tower on the right The courtyard with Heidenturm (Heathens' Tower), Kaiserkapelle (Imperial Chapel), and Tiefer Brunnen (Deep Well) Tiefer Brunnen (Deep well, small building with gable roof in the middle) and Sinwellturm (Sinwell Tower ...
Schwerin Castle (German: Schweriner Schloss, German pronunciation: [ʃveˈʁiːnɐ ˈʃlɔs] also known as Schwerin Palace, (German: [ʃveˈʁiːn] ⓘ or German pronunciation: [ʃvɛˈʁiːn]) is a 19th-century Schloss built in the historicist style located in the city of Schwerin, the capital of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state, Germany.