Neuschwanstein Castle (German: Schloss Neuschwanstein, pronounced ]) is a 19th-century neo-romanticist palace on a rugged hill above the village of Hohenschwangau near Füssen in southwest Bavaria, Germany. The palace was commissioned by Ludwig II of Bavaria as a retreat and as an homage to R
Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress, more commonly known as the Tower of London, is a historic castle on the north bank of the River Thames in central London, England. It lies within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, separated from the eastern edge of the City of London by the open space
The Mausoleum of Hadrian, usually known as the Castel Sant'Angelo, is a towering cylindrical building in Rome, initially commissioned by the Roman Emperor Hadrian as a mausoleum for himself and his family. The building was later used as a fortress and castle, and is now a museum.
The Castle of Gruyères (in french: château de Gruyères), located in the medieval town of Gruyères, Fribourg, is one of the most famous in Switzerland. The building was built between 1270 and 1282, following the typical square plan of the fortifications in Savoy. It was the property of the Counts of
The Detinets ('Young Man's Compound,' from the same root as the Russian word deti = children) is the ancient name for the Kremlin or fortress in Novgorod the Great, which stands on the left bank of the Volkhov River about two miles north of where it empties out of Lake Ilmen.
Frederiksborg castle is a castle in Hillerød, Denmark. It was built as a royal residence for King Christian IV, and is now known as The Museum of National History. The current building replaced a previous castle erected by Frederick II, and is the largest Renaissance palace in Scandinavia. The
Замок Скалігерів (італ. Castello Scaligero) — середньовічний замок у місті Сірміоне в північній Італії, на березі озера Гарда. Зведений у XIII—XIV століттях представниками веронської родини Скалігерів, замок у Сірміоне — один із найкраще збережених замків в Італії, а також рідкісний зраз
St Michael's Mount (Cornish: Karrek Loos yn Koos, meaning 'hoar rock in woodland') is a small tidal island in Mount's Bay, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The island is a civil parish and is linked to the town of Marazion by a man-made causeway of granite setts, passable between mid-tide and low
Schloss Drachenburg is a private Villa in Palace style constructed in the late 19th century. In only two years 1882 till 1884 it was completed on the Drachenfels hill in Königswinter, a German town at the Rhine River near the city of Bonn. Baron Stephan von Sarter (1833–1902) a broker and banker pl
Kumamoto Castle (熊本城; -jō) is a castle in Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan that has been opened to the public for tours. A large, and in its day, an extremely well fortified Japanese castle. The donjon (castle central keep) is a concrete reconstruction built in 1960, but several ancill
Rosenborg Castle (Danish: Rosenborg Slot) is a renaissance castle located in the centre of Copenhagen, Denmark. The castle was originally built as a country summerhouse in 1606 and is an example of Christian IV's many architectural projects. It was built in the Dutch Renaissance style, typical of
Narikala (Georgian: ნარიყალა) is an ancient fortress overlooking Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, and the Kura river. The fortress consists of two walled sections on a steep hill between the sulphur baths and the botanical gardens of Tbilisi. On the lower court there is the recently restored St Nic
Medieval Carcassonne castle is a fortified town rather than a castle - and perhaps the most impressive fortified medieval town to be found in Europe. Which is ironic, because in the middle of the 19th century it was in such bad repair that it became scheduled for demolition, to be saved by the
The Alcazaba (Spanish: Alcazaba; Arabic: القصبة, romanized: al-qaṣabah, lit. 'citadel') is a fortress at the western tip of the Alhambra in Granada, Spain. Its name comes from the Arabic term al-qaṣabah ('the citadel' or kasbah), which became Alcazaba in Spanish.&
Cēsis Castle (German: Wenden) is a Livonian castle situated in Cēsis, Latvia. Its ruins are one of the most majestic [] castle ruins in the Baltic states. Once the most important castle of the Livonian Order, it has been the official residence for the masters of the order,[] it was partly d
Phanom Rung (Thai: ปราสาทหินพนมรุ้ง), or, with its full name, Prasat Hin Phanom Rung (Phanom Rung Stone Castle), is a Khmer temple complex set on the rim of an extinct volcano at 1,320 feet above sea level, in Buriram province in the Isan region of Thailand. It was built in sandstone and laterite