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Started by DonaCatalina, May 07, 2008, 08:26:57 AM

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Château de Ruthie is located in Aquitaine, in the Pyrenees.
Map coordinates 43.149717, 0.934134
You have to love the name, although I'm sure it means something quite different in Langue d'oc. The castle originally dates from the 11th century. Today a little less than half survives.







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Clifford Castle is a castle in the village of Clifford which lies four miles to the north of Hay-on-Wye in England.
map coordinates 52.10443, -3.10666
The early motte and bailey castle was built on a cliff overlooking a ford on the River Wye in 1070 by William Fitzpond. Clifford Castle was the home of Walter Fitz Richard's daughter Rosamund Clifford, who was also known as the Fair Rosamund. She was the mistress of Henry II until her death in 1176.








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Château d'Airvault is a castle in Airvault in the region Poitou-Charentes, France.
map coordinates 46.8275, -0.138056
Airvault The castle was built on top of an ancient Roman castrum, probably in various stages, beginning in the 10th century and through the 11th century.
















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The Château de Suscinio or de Susinio was built to be the residence of the Dukes of Brittany.
map coordinates 47.512778, -2.729444
Designed to be a place of leisure, between the seaside and a forest full of game for hunting, the castle's first logis seigneurial (seigniorial house) dates from the beginning of the 13th century. The castle was enlarged and more heavily fortified in the 14th century.
































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Dankwarderode Castle in Braunschweig is a Saxon lowland castle in Germany.
map coordinates 52.26472, 10.52417
Dankwarderode Castle was built between 1160 and 1175 as the Seat of Duke Henry the Lion on an island in the river Oker. In satellite photos you can see how the river was re-routed to make 18th and 19th century fortifications around the inner city.
















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Goslar castle lies at the foot of the Rammelsberg mountain in the south of the city of Goslar, Germany.
map coordinates 51.902778 , 10.425833
The exact build date of the oldest building is not really known. On 11 November 1050 is Henry IV was born in the Palatinate district in the castle. Goslar is one of the castles also known as Konigspfalz or Kaiserpfalz because they were secondary seats of the Holy Roman Emperor.The current complex consists of several buildings.
























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Castello de Loriano is located in Marcianise, Italy.
map coordinates 41.024271, 14.299475
The castle is first documented in 1506, although the construction appears to be from about a generation previous. The Baron Francesco Brancaccio was in dispute with the citizens over the market square.The castle is now a private residence.





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Castle Karpniki, or Karpnikach, is a castle located in the village Karpniki in Poland.
map coordinates 50.846517, 15.849944
The castle was built in the fourteenth century, probably by Henry Czirna



















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Vaduz Castle is the palace and official residence of the Prince of Liechtenstein.
map coordinates 47.139444, 9.524444
The earliest mention of the castle can be found in the deed of Count Rudolf von Werdenberg-Sargans for a sale to Ulrich von Matsch. The erstwhile owners in 1322- presumably also the builders - were the Counts of Werdenberg-Sargans. Parts of the castle have been dated to about 1280 by investigations of the buildings.















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Castle Numão is located in the village of the same name in Portugal.
map coordinates 41.099722, -7.29
The early human occupation of the site dates back to its pre-history, Neolithic. It is believed that one Castrum of Lusitanos Celts that was here was later Romanized . With the Muslim invasion of the Iberian Peninsula, these conquerors also erected a fort on parts of the site.














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Kipfenberg Castle is a castle on a steep slope in the district of Eichstätt in Bavaria,Germany.
map coordinates 48.948466, 11.397490
The castle was built in the 12th Century and was built in 1277 in the possession of the Knights Kropf.









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Château de Karreveld is located in Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, Belgium.
map coordinates 50.860350, 4.315420
Originally built in the early middle ages, the castle remains in private hands, spending time as a hotel, and then as a restaurant. Much rebuilding has left very little of the early construction, including most of the moats.













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Castle Ceklís ruins are located on the outskirts of Bernolakovo, Slovakia.
map coordinates 48.199953, 17.288022
The castle probably was built in the Thirteenth Century, but is now in ruins. What appears to be a castle tower is actually a water tank made from the castle ruins in the Twentieth Century. A few bits and pieces of the original castle still exist around that.










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Pride of place for last castle of the year goes to Erchless.
Erchless Castle is an L-plan castle in northern Scotland, near Struy.
map coordinates 57.4297, -4.6493
Built in the 13th century by the Bissetts, it became into the hands of the Chisholms the 15th century, via the marriage of Alexander de Chisholme to Margaret, Lady of Erchless.












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Castle Crine is located in County Clare, Ireland.
map coordinates 52.758338, -8.756016
The original castle was simply a round tower. In the eighteenth century, the Butler family incorporated it into a large mansion. Its somehow poetic that the only portion still standing is a part of the round tower. The property is privately owned and the restored gate lodge is the only portion accesible to the public.




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