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Zahhak Castle is a castle in East Azerbaijan Province,Hashtrood, Iran.
map coordinates 37.385056, 47.167217
it was inhabited from the second millennia BC until the Timurid era.

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Dunlough Castle, stands atop the cliffs at the northern tip of the Mizen Peninsula, Republic of Ireland.
map coordinates 51.482559, -9.829363
Founded in 1207 by Donagh O'Mahony, Dunlough is one of the oldest Norman castles in southern Ireland. The site is also referred to as Three Castle Head for the three surviving towers.

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Hikone Castle is the most famous historical site in Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, Japan.
map coordinates 35.276389, 136.251667
The keep was originally built in 1575, as part of Otsu Castle, and was moved to Hikone by the Ii clan.

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Wow! That is beautiful!

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Azuchi Castle is located on a hill on the shores of Lake Biwa, in Omi Province, Japan.
map coordinates 35.156022, 136.139361
It was built from 1576 to 1579 Oda Nobunaga. Nobunaga intentionally built it close enough to Kyoto that he could watch over and guard the approaches to the capital.

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Castillo de Trasmoz is on a hill above the town of Trasmoz, Spain.
map coordinates 41.826495, -1.725100
The exact build date is last in the mists of history; but most of the fortifications date from the tenth century. Sometime early in the Twelfth century, the castle became a fief of the Aragonese Crown. Alfonso II of Navarre regained it in 1185 by means of a son of the king of England.

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Drisht Castle is a castle near the village Drisht, in the municipality Postribë, Shkoder District, Albania.
map coordinates 42.126790, 19.612215
Drisht Castle, which stands on a hill 800 metres above sea level, was originally a fortress built to defend Shkodra. In the 9th century, it was part of the defences of the Zeta principality.

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Ertij castle or fort is situated upon a hill adjacent to the village of Arpi in the Vayots Dzor Province of Armenia.
map coordinates 39.7393, 45.2705
Ertij was built sometime shortly after 1264 when the province of Vayots Dzor Marz was created.

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Castle Wolkenstein is a medieval castle in Selva di Val Gardena , in South Tyrol , Italy.
map coordinates 46.564167 , 11.77
The castle is the ancestral home of the Tyrolean noble family Wolkenstein Trostburg - a branch of the lords of Villanders -, which owns the ruins today. The castle dates from the 13th Century and was owned in 1240 by Heinrich von Kastelruth.






Castle Wolkenstein is a late medieval castle ruins in Wolkenstein in the community Wörschach in Liezen in Styria , Austria .
map coordinates 47.556944, 14.151667
Historical data refers to the year 1099, as they related to the identity of Ulrich von Wolkenstein mention is made. 

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is a dialed motte in the hamlet Altschmiedelfeld, Germany.
map coordinates 48.964831 , 9.851926  
Historical information about the castle is scarce. In 1172 it was recognized as the seat of the Lords of Schmiedelfeld. For this reason it is sometimes called Schlossschmiedelfeld.




[url=http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruine_Wolkenstein_(Hemishofen)]Castle Wolkenstein is a ruined castle in the canton of Schaffhausen , Switzerland.
map coordinates 47.6802 , 8.838029  
Not much is known about the castle except that its construction dates from the early Twelfth Century.

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Castle Wolkenstein is a late medieval aristocratic castle in the village of Selva district of the city Ebermannstadt in the district of Forchheim in Bavaria.
map coordinates 49.755278, 11.24
The castle, which was probably always was self-released, since the beginning of the 15th Century in the possession of Baron von Aufsesch.





Castle Wolkenstein is a late medieval castle in the town of Wolkenstein in the Ore Mountains in Saxony ( Germany ).
map coordinates 50.655 , 13.064444
The Castle Wolkenstein was in the 13th Century, first mentioned. The lords of Waldenburg sat as a ministerial order of the German king at the castle.

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Castle Brandenstein is a late medieval castle in Schlüchtern in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis , Hesse ,Germany.
Did you think it was going to be another Wolkenstein? I think I've covered all of them finally.
map coordinates 50.356667 , 9.571111 
The castle was in 1278 in the earliest surviving documentary evidence as the possession of Hermann von Brandenstein.  In 1307 the castle went along with related assets, which later became official Brandenstein , as a fief of the Bishopric of Würzburg to the counts of Rieneck Rothenfels.

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Maasi Castle is located on the island of Saaremaa, Estonia.
map coodinates 58.563887, 23.069797
The castle was built in the early middle ages by the Livonian order using forced labor.

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Château-sur-Epte is a castle in village in Upper Normandy, France.
map coordinates 49.197790, 1.661872
The castle was built by William Rufus in 1087 and the motte and bailey foundations are still obvious. MOst of the fortification on top are of fifteenth century construction.

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Château de Saint-Aignan is located in the Province of Centre, France.
map coordinates 47.269649, 1.373943
Though the current castle is mostly of Renaissance construction, you can see vestiges of the eleventh century castle.