Castles!- Large Photos

DonaCatalina · September 26, 2008, 06:36:58 AM

Le Haut-Andlau in France.
This castle perched up on the hilltops offers a great view over the vineyards and the Black Forest. Built in the 14th century and inhabited up until 1806.

DonaCatalina · September 27, 2008, 11:27:43 AM

Ponferrada Castle in Spain was a castle held by the Knights Templar on the old pilgrim road. Known in Spain as El Camino de Santiago de Compostela, untold thousands of pilgrims passed beneath these massive castle walls on their way to the Holy Land.

IN this shot the castle is lit for a festival.

Lady Amy of York · September 27, 2008, 08:47:52 PM

i look at these castles and never seizes to amaze me how they were built by hand. They did not have the tools and machines we have today. A true talent and skill, that is sadly being lost today. We need to bring back more of the old skills.

DonaCatalina · September 28, 2008, 10:57:33 AM

Montauto Castle in Florence, Italy. There has been some kind of town on this site sight the time of the Etruscans.

DonaCatalina · September 29, 2008, 08:04:57 AM

Hochosterwitz Castle in Austria.

DonaCatalina · September 30, 2008, 06:06:09 AM

Carmarthen Castle in Wales.
The first castle started in 1093 down river was destroyed, but it was then rebuilt on a Roman fort site in 1109. Rebuilding in stone started in 1181 and was fully completed in 1233. It was badly damaged after the Civil War, and most of the remaining structure, apart from the gatehouse, was demolished in the 18th century and has since been built over.

DonaCatalina · October 01, 2008, 06:43:39 AM

Kinizsi Castle (vár), Nagyvázsony in what was Hungary.

DonaCatalina · October 02, 2008, 08:13:27 AM

Poppi Castle in Italy.

DonaCatalina · October 03, 2008, 08:03:02 AM

Hluboka Nad Vltavou Castle in the Czech Republic.

DonaCatalina · October 05, 2008, 08:55:39 AM

Castell Morgraig in Wales.

DonaCatalina · October 05, 2008, 09:24:47 AM

Castle of the Moors in Portugal, also known as Castelo dos Mouros.

They say don't go to this Castle unless you are in shape. It seems like a million stairs to reach the highest tower.

Dustin · October 05, 2008, 11:27:22 PM

Can I play, too?

Stronghold Castle, Oregon, Illinois

This Tudor-style castle was completed in 1930 as a summer home for newspaper publisher William Strong. The Stronghold Conference Center, operated by the Presbytery of Blackhawk, holds an Olde English Faire every October, with the Castle as the centerpiece.