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Helfstyn is a castle 15 km east of P?erov, in Central Moravia, Czech Republic.
map coordinates 49.518611, 17.628889
The castle was probably established at the end of the 13th century by the marauding knight Fridus (or Helfrid) of Linava who used the castle as a base for robbing merchants during the unsettled times that followed the murder of Wenceslas III in 1306. (You know considering his name is in a Christmas Carol, I can't believe that word doesn't recognize it)

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Puth castle is a castle in Voerendaal in The Netherlands.
map coordinates 50.888548, 5.925489
The original building was constructed with its moat system in the 14th century by the Knights of Puth. What you see today is mostly an 18th century building on the 14th century foundations.

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Ciechanow Castle is located on swampy ground in Ciechanow, Poland.
map coordinates 52.884722, 20.619444
Ciechanowski Castle was built in the fourteenth century. The earliest mention of the fortress from the year 1429, when the architect - master Niklos presented to Prince Janusz the construction accounts for the work on the construction of the fortress.

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The Castle of Freixo de Espada-à-Cinta is located in Portugal.
map coordinates 41.092581, -6.804037
The town existed in the early days of the Independence of Portugal , marking the border west of the river Douro . Therefore, in order to promote its settlement and defense, D. Afonso Henriques (1112-1185), awarded the town a charter from 1152 (or 1155 - 1157 ), confirmed in 1246. The construction of the castle dates from this time. Over time the castle was reduced to a single Heptagonal tower and some wall sections. Which now stands in the center of the town cemetery.

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Balga Castle is located near Pogranichny in Russia.
map coordinates 54.5525, 19.969444
The hill of Balga had been the site of an Old Prussian (Warmian) fortress called Honeda, that had been unsuccessfully besieged by the Wettin margrave Henry III of Meissen on his 1237 Prussian Crusade. It was conquered in 1239 by the forces of the Teutonic Order, led by Grand Marshal Dietrich von Bernheim. The Teutonic Order rebuilt it into an Order Castle.

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Bañares Castle is located in La Rioja, Spain.
map coordinates 42.465018, -2.910539
This castle is now in ruins, as much of the stone was sold for construction. It is known that it had thick walls, keep and a moat that defended it. On December 24, 1477, the infant D. John gave his gentleman in waiting Diego López de Zúñiga the County of Banares. But there are records that indicate the first tower was erected in 1395 by Juan Pérez de Lagunilla.

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The Castle of Stilo is a castle built at Stilo, Calabria in southern Italy.
map coordinates 38.480556, 16.464167
The first reference to the Norman castle at Stilo is from May 7, 1093 in a concession act of Comte Roger to Saint Bruno: "elegerunt itaque quondam solitudinis locum inter locum qui dicitur Arena et oppidum quod appelatur Stilum".

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Irton Hall is located near the village of Holmrook in England.
map coordinates 54.392446, -3.379614
Irton Hall is a large mostly 19th-century house which incorporates a 14th-century pele tower. The Tower belonged to the Lord of Irton and Melthwaite. Henry VI stayed there on occasion.




Photo From Tripadvisor- The hall is now a Bed & Breakfast

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The Castle of Vinhais is located in Portugal.
map coordinates 41.835, -7.000278
A first attempt to register the incorporation of the town and the fortress was under the reign of D. Sancho II (1223-1248), a second, under his brother and successor, D. Afonso III (1248-1279) who granted the town a charter on 20 May of 1253 to build the castle where there was already a nucleus of settlement organized around the Church of San Facundo.

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Tromra Castle is located in County Clare, Ireland.
map coordinates 52.801500, -9.472183
This conspicuous peel tower is a well-marked object in all wide views of the low central coast of Clare despite the fact that the tower lies on very low ground. Though the castle is probably a late 15th century building, but the place appears in the records from a far earlier period. The castle had been confirmed to the Earl of Thomond in 1652 by the commonwealth and again to him, Col. Carey Dillion and Robert Dixon. It was afterwards held by Samuel Burton, and in 1712 it was granted in fee farm to Mrs. Alice Burton by Henry, Earl of Thomond.

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The Castle of Turégano is an ancient fortress located in the town of Turégano in the province of Segovia, Spain.
map coordinates 41.158155, -4.005160
The castle was founded on the site of a pre-existing Celtiberian fortress. Its structure is integrated into the adjacent church of San Miguel.

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Schloss Buchenau is located in Buchenau between Fulda and Bad Hersfeld in the district of Eiterfeld, Germany.
map coordinates 50.780163, 9.765620
The castle was built in 1611-1618 by Georg Melchior von Buchenau and his wife Agnes von Schwalbach in the style of the Renaissance. The oldest portion of the castle is the main hall; which was built in 1550 by Georg of Buchenau (1535-1563) and his wife Susanne of Mansbach.

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Schwalbennest Castle is located in the Hesse region of Germany.
map coordinates 49.407, 8.8245
The castle was probably built by Ulrich II, youngest son of Ulrich I, Count of Steinach, sometime around 1300. It was one of several castles that the family built along the Neckar River.

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Hinterburg Castle is located in Neckarsteinach, Germany.
map coordinates 49.409460, 8.872572
Around 1100 the castle was begun with the construction, probably in the fief of the Bishopric of Worms or the Diocese of Speyer. Around 1142 the castle became the property of the Counts of Steinach; Bligger I being the first to be documented at this castle.

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Mittelburg is located in Neckarsteinach, Germany.
map coordinates 49.409250, 8.833002
The middle castle was probably around 1165 by Conrad I of Steinach, the youngest son Bliggers II of Steinach. It is just east of the Hinterburg.