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Below are lists of castles in Europe, organized by country: Sovereign states. Windsor Castle, England, United Kingdom Tavastia Castle, Hämeenlinna, ...
The castle was expanded several times to house the growing number of Knights. Soon, it became the largest fortified Gothic building in Europe, [7] on a nearly 21-hectare (52-acre) site. The castle has several subdivisions and numerous layers of defensive walls.
Burghausen Castle in Burghausen, Upper Bavaria, is the longest castle complex in the world (1051 m), confirmed by the Guinness World Record company, [1] and the third largest. [2] The castle is therefore also among the largest palaces in the world .
Burghausen Castle is the longest and third largest castle complex in the world (1051 m), confirmed by the Guinness World Record company. [54] Burghausen Castle: 27 Windsor Castle United Kingdom: Windsor: 54,835 square metres (590,239 sq ft) Castle which dates back to around 1070 and has 5455 acres of royal parkland.
Falkenstein Castle or Castrum Pfronten is the ruin of a castle in the Bavarian Alps, near Pfronten, Germany. At 1,277 metres (4,190 ft) above sea level , it is Germany's highest castle. [ 1 ] King Ludwig II of Bavaria purchased the ruin in 1883 and planned to construct a fairy tale castle , but the plans were abandoned upon his death in 1886.
The Castle of Rocca Calascio is a mountaintop fortress or rocca in the municipality of Calascio, in the Province of L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy. At an elevation of around 1,460 metres (4,790 ft), the castle is the highest fortress in the Apennines .
Hohensalzburg Fortress was refurbished from the late 19th century onwards and became a major tourist attraction with the Festungsbahn funicular railway, opened in 1892, [5] leading up from the town to the Hasengrabenbastei; It stands today as one of the best preserved castles in Europe.
The list of castles is a link page for any castle in the sense of a fortified building. Afghanistan. Albania Argentina. Castillo Naveira; Armenia. Austria ...