09-09-2005 07:22									#31
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Frederiksborg Palace, Hillerød, Denmark. Largest Renaissance castle in Northern Europe, built 1560-1620. Now serves as the Museum of National History.

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	09-09-2005 07:31									#32
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Mont Saint-Michel in Normandy and Caernarfon in Wales.

	10-09-2005 00:13									#33
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quote: Originally posted by Wycoff How about Neuschwanstein.

Pseudo-romanticistic/pseudo-medieval stuff.
(although it was rebuild on the ruins of a medieval castle)

quote: I've never understood how Versailles qualifies as a castle anyway. Its more like a palace, just like the Winter Palace in St.Petersburg

Yep. Spiff you're out. Castle-heretic.

Cool castles in no particular order:

Tomar (Portugal)
Kerak (Jordan, and not to be confused with the even more famous "Krak des Chevaliers" in Syria.... umm....topic....let's say this is all greater Europe )
Marienburg (Poland, already mentioned)
Wartburg (Germany, think Luther)
Prag (already mentioned too)
Tower in London (nobody mentioned it yet )
...and probably lots of others

	10-09-2005 00:16									#34
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Do you mean medieval castles or baroque like castles?

For medieval the best ones have been posted already, though I'd expect the baltic countries to feature some more of those.

As far as early modern castles/palaces are concerned, Potsdam has several of them. They're all a bit tacky though, which should be a given for this kind of castle anyway.

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Caernarfon, Harlech, Conwy and Beaumaris in North Wales are the four UNESCO World Heritage sites of Edward I's attempt to subjugate the Welsh in the 13th century...

My locals are Cardiff, Castell Coch and Caerphilly, these are all within about 10 miles of where I live.

They say Wales has the highest concentration of castles in the world with something like 400 of them in such a small area! It's because we're all naughty and won't do as we're told...

Outside those, the best I've been to are probably Dover Castle in Kent, St Michael's Mount in Cornwall (by the same guys who built Mont Saint Michel), The Topkapi Palace in Istanbul, the walled town and castle of Rhodes, the fortifications of Valetta (Both Knights Hospitaller) and the Alhambra in Granada.

Leeds Castle is totally overrated!

Prague castle is just a glorified residence - very nice though, don't get me wrong!

And my all time top of the wishlists is Krak des Chevaliers, the Crusaders castle in Syria - which I will probably do some time in 2006...

Yes, I do like the odd castle...

	10-09-2005 03:09									#36
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The Alhambra in Grenada

	10-09-2005 03:32									#37
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Don´t bother with the Wartburg. Sure, Luther´s been there. But other than that, it is a mediocre castle. Much better to visit:

Carcassonne (Southern France)
Königstein (Germany, south of Dresden)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_castles

	10-09-2005 03:39									#38
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The only bad thing about Königstein is when you walk up there you ought to go thousands of stairs.

	10-09-2005 03:48									#39
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So...no pics of American castles then?

	10-09-2005 03:49									#40
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hah! they do got forts though. TEH ALAMO!!!

	10-09-2005 04:15									#41
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What is the difference between palace, fort and castle anyway? Many have been a combination.

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Yes. What I hate most is the fact the English use the word castle where we can say Schloss or Burg, with the connotation being the early modern palace and the medieval stone fort respectively. Stupid English.

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Cannibals too. They consider Hamburger a good thing to eat

	10-09-2005 04:44									#44
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quote: Originally posted by Ecthy Yes. What I hate most is the fact the English use the word castle where we can say Schloss or Burg, with the connotation being the early modern palace and the medieval stone fort respectively. Stupid English.

Newcastle.
Edinburgh.

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	10-09-2005 05:10									#45
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quote: Originally posted by duke o' york Je reste ma valise monsieur.

	10-09-2005 05:26									#46
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Took awhile before zé penny dropped.

	10-09-2005 05:28									#47
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Neuschwanstein the castle built by Mad King Ludwig of Baveria. It's the castle which inspired Disney to build Sleeping Beauty's Castle.

In California: Hearst's Castle.
In Hawaii: The Iolani Palace.

	10-09-2005 05:33									#48
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Forgot to mention Cesky Krumlov in South Bohemia, probably one of the nicest towns in Europe.
The castle is smallish, but it's beautiful and there's a pit with real live bears beneath it. The bears had diarreah when I was there. Messy.

	10-09-2005 06:21									#49
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OK. Perhaps the castle of my hometown does not belong here...

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	10-09-2005 06:22									#50
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But I think Wawel, the royal castle in Krakow, is nice: not from outside, though; it has nice courtyard

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	10-09-2005 06:23									#51
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nice insides, like the chapel of Sigismunds in the cathedral

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	10-09-2005 06:24									#52
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quote: Originally posted by Spiffor #1 - Versailles The rest is irrelevant. Thxbye

That's a palace, not a castle. A castle is a military defensive site. Can you imagine anyone trying to use Versailles as a fort?

	10-09-2005 06:24									#53
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and here's the royal castle of Warsaw

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	10-09-2005 06:28									#54
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Just one more. It's a castle I like very much, it's also a work of Teutonic Knights, like Malbork/Marienburg, it's called Kwidzyn (Marienwerder?)

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	10-09-2005 06:29									#55
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The Palace of Blois is pretty interesting. It has 4 layers of it. The oldest part of the castle dates back to the 13th century, and then there was later medieval, renaissance and neoclassic parts that were added layer upon layer.

I also remeber they still have some weapons and armours from the 13th century there. A pretty good sight (besides, it's close to many pretty renaissance palaces)

	10-09-2005 07:13									#56
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quote: Originally posted by Gangerolf Forgot to mention Cesky Krumlov in South Bohemia, probably one of the nicest towns in Europe. The castle is smallish, but it's beautiful and there's a pit with real live bears beneath it. The bears had diarreah when I was there. Messy.

I've been there, and the only bears they had living under it were the local tourist shop owners, who were charging phenomenal prices for pretty average crap, that you could have taken with a half-decent camera.

	10-09-2005 07:49									#57
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IF you want to g ot foihhgting castle, them ou go to fighting castle.

IOF you want to go to ssissie castle, them you go to oje. Alll I can say is, that you hgo to fighthign castle and thta'st REAL castle! Everytinh ele is disney world!!!!

	10-09-2005 14:51									#58
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quote: Originally posted by MOBIUS Leeds Castle is totally overrated!

I disagree- but then we should also be making a distinction between Royal palaces and chateaux and military and defensive strongholds such as the Tower of London and Dover Castle.


Versailles would tumble down with a few well-aimed cannonades.


Bodiam is pretty and compact, and transitional :

quote: Bodiam Castle is situated beside the River Rother in East Sussex. The castle was built in the late 14th century by a veteran of King Edward III's wars with France, originally as a coastal defence. In 1385, Sir Edward Dalyngrygge was given permission to fortify his house against invasion from France, but then decided to build a new stone castle a short distance away from the house.

http://www.theheritagetrail.co.uk/c...am%20castle.htm

	10-09-2005 14:57									#59
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Corfe Castle withstood a Parliamentarian siege, and suffered much for it:

quote: By 1643 the Parliamentarians occupied most of Dorset, the castle survived a six-week siege. Sir John Bankes died in 1644 and the castle endured a number of half-baked blockades. Later in 1645 a second siege was started by Colonel Bingham, Governor of Poole, and courtesy of an insider the Roundheads took over in February 1646. Defended for the Royalists during the Civil War by the redoubtable Lady Bankes, the castle fell to treachery from within and was heavily slighted afterwards by the Parliamentarians. However, many fine features survive, including the gloriette, which features some of the best early Gothic architecture in England. The Castle was systematically destroyed by the Parliamentary forces, but the fact that some remains is surely testimony to strength of construction.

http://www.isleofpurbeck.com/corfe.html

http://www.castlexplorer.co.uk/engl...photos.php#main

	10-09-2005 15:29									#60
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Well, if you want castles here you will find SOME stuff...

http://www.castillosnet.org/index.shtml (3400+ castles)

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