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Chateau de Montafilan is located to the west of Corseul, France.
map coordinates 48.485317, -2.190429
The castle was built by the Counts of MONTAFILAN DINAN the twelfth century. The last owner, Françoise de Dinan was the preceptor of Anne of Brittany.

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Cachtice Castle is a castle ruin in Slovakia next to the village of Cachtice.
map coordinates 48.725, 17.760833
Cachtice was built in the mid-13th century by Kazimir from the Hont-Pazmany gens as a sentry on the road to Moravia.

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Castillo de Fonte Arcada is located in Peroxa, Ourense, Spain.
map coordinates 42.434302, -7.787031
The exact build date is not known. But there are records of the Temes family using the castle to withstand Muslim incursions in 793.











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Dobra Niva is the ruins of a castle located in the village Podzamcok.
map coordinates 48.503056 , 19.103611
The castle was probably built in response to Mongolian Invasion. It is documented as a royal property in 1305 and 1306.

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Bokalce Castle is a castle turned mansion in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia.
map coordinates 46.048111, 14.444619
As early as the 12th century, the site was occupied by a fortification belonging to the noble Eghk family. The current structure was heavily rebuilt in 1548 as Wokhauez.

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Castillo de Tebra is located just west of Tebra, Spain.
map coordinates 42.035928, -8.745203
The castle was primarily constructed in 1478 by Pedro Madruga. It was partially torn down and rebuilt during the reigns of Isabella I and her daughter Juana I. In 1533 it became the seat of the Conde de Camiña.

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Castillo de Os Novais, also called Torrenovaes, is located between Os Novais and Quiroga, Spain.
map coordinates 42.459709, -7.247848
The castle was built in the early Twelfth century. By the Sixteenth century it was occupied by Knights Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem.

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Old Slains Castle (otherwise known as Old Castle Slains) is a ruined castle near Collieston in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
map coordinates 57.3606, -1.9131
The 13th-century castle was originally the property of the Comyn Earls of Buchan.



Slains Castle, also known as New Slains Castle to distinguish it from nearby Old Slains Castle, is a ruined castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
map coordinates 57.4152, -1.8324
The core of the castle is a 16th-century tower house, built by the 9th Earl of Erroll. Significant reconstruction of the castle has been carried out a number of times, lastly in 1837 when it was rebuilt as a Scots Baronial mansion.

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The castle Hilfikon is a castle in Hilfikon in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.
map coordinates 47.329807, 8.247841
The first written mention of the castle was in the Habsburg land register of 1303/07. According to this year were 1290 and Arnoldus Marchwardus Hilfikon of the owner of the castle, as well as belonging to basic and low-court mastery over the village.

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Ellinge Castle is a castle in the village Ellinge in West Sallerups parish in Eslov, Sweden.
map coordinates 55.8117, 13.2875
The exact age of the castle is unknown. Erland Galen was recorded as the owner in the early 1200's. The moat is still there though some of the exterior walls have changed.

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Caerhays Castle or Carhayes Castle is located 0.5 mi (0.80 km) south of St Michael Caerhays, a village in Cornwall, England.
map coordinates 50.2396, -4.8467
In the Early Middle Ages, the manor belonged to the Arundell family. The earliest record of the name is Karihaes in 1259, and is recorded as Carihays in 1379, but its original meaning is obscure. The current exterior of the main keep was done in 1808 and done in the style of a Norman castle, and much larger than the original.

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Himmelberg is a castle in Carinthia, Austria.
map coordinates 46.746505, 14.038214
The ruins of Himmelberg , which gave the village its name, was an 11th or 12 Century castle built above the village at the entrance to the Teuchen.

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Kasteel van Ravestijn, also called Slot Heenvliet, is in the historic town Heenvliet in South Holland.
map coordinates 51.863056, 4.2425
The first wooden fortification was already here probably around the year 1100 built. In 1254 a castle of stone belonged to Henry of Voorne or his brother Hugo.

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Kasteel Solhof is located in the town of Aartselaar, Belgium.
map coordinates 51.13744, 4.39396
Though there are records of a castle as far back as 1414; the moat and outer towers are all that remain of a castle built 1540-1550. There is a hotel in the Neoclassical keep that was built later.

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Knin Fortress is partially ruined fortress located just above Knin, Croatia.
map coordinates 44.034037, 16.193494
The construction of the fortress started as early as 9th century, while the current state was brought up in 17th and 18th centuries. Some of the older interior construction can still be seen in walls and steps.