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South Solar of Bunratty Castle in County Clare, Ireland. The solar was a room in many English and French medieval manor houses, great houses and castles, mostly on an upper storey, designed as the family's private living and sleeping quarters. [1] Within castles they are often called the "Lords' and Ladies' Chamber" or the "Great Chamber". [1]
At the time the castle palace was considered the height of the most luxurious European courts. The interior decoration, of which nothing remains except a small remainder was composed of plasterwork, tiled and azulejos, stained glasses and gilded coffered ceilings. The floors and walls were covered with tapestries.
Kisimul Castle (Scottish Gaelic: Caisteal Chiosmuil) [1] and also known as Kiessimul Castle, [2] is a medieval castle located on a small island off Castlebay, Barra, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. It gets its name from the Norse ciosamul , meaning "castle island".
Arundel Castle is a restored and remodelled medieval castle in Arundel, West Sussex, England.It was established by Roger de Montgomery in the 11th century. The castle was damaged in the English Civil War and then restored in the 18th and early 19th centuries by Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk. [2]
Interior of a late 13th-century garderobe at Chirk Castle in Wales.. The term garderobe is also used to refer to a medieval or Renaissance toilet or a close stool. [2] In a medieval castle, a garderobe was usually a simple hole discharging to the outside into a cesspit (akin to a pit latrine) or the moat (like a fish pond toilet), depending on the structure of the building.
Kimbolton Castle is a country house in Kimbolton, Cambridgeshire, England. It was the final home of King Henry VIII 's first wife, Catherine of Aragon . Originally a medieval castle but converted into a stately palace, it was the family seat of the Earls and Dukes of Manchester from 1615 until 1950.
The palace is based on a medieval lowland castle that was built around 1100 by the Counts of Oldenburg to control a long-distance trade route from Westphalia to East Frisia. The name of Elimar I, Count of Oldenburg , was first mentioned in 1108, the building itself was explicitly mentioned for the first time in 1275, and a keep appears in a ...
The design and layout of the Hall of the Kings borrowed iconography from the Palace of Alhambra. In the 1400s, King Henry IV of Castile (r. 1454–1474) played a large role in the final design of the Hall of the Kings. Historical and literary references are evident in the decoration, including the storied medieval Castilian knight, El Cid. [11]