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Below are lists of castles in Europe, organized by country: Sovereign states. Windsor Castle, England, United Kingdom Tavastia Castle, Hämeenlinna, ...
Most Spanish castles were built from stone, whereas castles in Eastern Europe were usually of timber construction. [154] On the Construction of the Castle of Safed, written in the early 1260s, describes the construction of a new castle at Safed. It is "one of the fullest" medieval accounts of a castle's construction. [155]
A castle town is a settlement built adjacent to or surrounding a castle. Castle towns were common in Medieval Europe. Some examples include small towns like Alnwick and Arundel, which are still dominated by their castles. In Western Europe, and England particularly, it is common for cities and towns that were not castle towns to instead have ...
List of castles in Europe ~ Template:List of castles in Europe; A. List of castles in Albania; List of castles in Armenia; List of castles in Austria;
Category: Castles in Europe by country. ... Castles and forts in Georgia (country) (1 C, 44 P) Castles in Georgia (country) (1 P) Castles in Germany (8 C, 15 P)
Castles have played an important military, economic and social role in Great Britain and Ireland since their introduction following the Norman invasion of England in 1066. . Although a small number of castles had been built in England in the 1050s, the Normans began to build motte and bailey and ringwork castles in large numbers to control their newly occupied territories in England and the ...
Lists of castles in Europe (5 C, 46 P) + Castles in the Channel Islands (2 C, 3 P) Castles in Ireland (5 C, 2 P) A. Castles in the Ardennes (3 C) E. Castles in the ...
Krak des Chevaliers was built during the 12th and 13th centuries by the Knights Hospitaller with later additions by Mamluks. It is a World Heritage Site. [1]This is a list of castles in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East, founded or occupied during the Crusades.