Castles!- Large Photos

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The castle was built as an enclosed community. Like many European castles, it had a great round tower, on the raised mound (motte), enclosed by a moat and the river on the northern side, and an adjoining enclosure (bailey), that was completely destroyed in 1903.

I wonder what happened in 1903 to cause the bailey to be completely destroyed?


Take Care,
David Baldock

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The castle was built as an enclosed community. Like many European castles, it had a great round tower, on the raised mound (motte), enclosed by a moat and the river on the northern side, and an adjoining enclosure (bailey), that was completely destroyed in 1903.

I wonder what happened in 1903 to cause the bailey to be completely destroyed?


Take Care,
David Baldock

On satellite photos you can see that the area surrounding the tower is subdivided with houses and building of construction typical from 1900-1920. I would hazard that the town sold off the property to private owners except for the main tower itself.

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Château d'Abée is a castle in Belgium.
Map coordinates 50.476325, 5.350999
Very little is known about the history of this castle. Other than that the keep dates back to the 13th century. And that the accompanying farm was rebuilt in 1828 after a devastating fire.

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The Château de Turenne is a castle in the Corrèze département of France.
Map coordinates 45.055556, 1.583611
Seat of the Duke of Bouillon and Viscount of Turenne, this 11th century castles hosted crusaders and nobles. The castle was partially dismantled by a french king but still remains an awesome sight on the crest of the hill. Some of the lower bastions have been converted into homes and rental villas, while gardens fill the center of the former courtyard.

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Bijela Tabija is a castle overlooking the historic core of Sarajevo. It is a national monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The central fort has been rebuilt in modern times and is in a better state of preservation than it's eastern bastion which is no longer connected to it by the city walls.
map coordinates 43.860646, 18.439743
Sarajevo as we know it today was founded by the Ottoman Empire in the 1450s upon conquering the region, with 1461 typically used as the city's founding date. The first Ottoman governor of Bosnia Province, Isa-Beg Ishakovi?, transformed whatever cluster of villages there was there into a city and state capitol by building a number of key objects, including the governor's castle ("Saray") which gave the city its present name.

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Today we visit Kaliakra castle in Bulgaria.
Map coordinates 43.366667, 28.466667
The name "Kaliakra" is of Byzantine Greek origin and is traditionally translated as "Beautiful Headland".
The inaccessibility of the cliffs is the reason, that fortifications were built on the cape in ancient times. The earliest finds were dated to the IV cent. B.C.. Kaliakra saw its share of battles with the Ottoman Turks right up though the middle ages. The northernmost curtain wall extends across the entire peninsula.

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Buckden Towers, formerly known as Buckden Palace, is a 12th century fortified manor house, located on High Street, Buckden, Cambridgeshire, England.
map coordinates 52.29468, -0.25299
Though often stated as being built in the 15th century, it was actually built in the late 12th century, when records show it as being used to house the Bishops of Lincoln. The tall brick tower was added in 1475, protected by walls and a moat, and surrounded by an outer bailey. It was used by the bishops until 1842.

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Kastel Gomilica was built in the first half of the 16th century by Benedictine nuns from Split, on the estate (Pustica) donated to them in 1078 by King Zvonimir of Croatia. They also consecrated the Romanesque church of Sts. Cosmas and Damian in 1160, and erected Catholic Monastery on a small island, that became today's Kastilac.
Map coordinates 43.55, 16.4

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The Saint Hilarion Castle lies on the Kyrenia mountain range on the island of Cyprus. It was originally a monastery, named after a monk who allegedly chose the site for his hermitage. Later fortified by Byzantines, it formed the defense of the island with the castles of Buffavento and Kantara against Arab pirates raiding the coast.
Map coordinates 35.312788, 33.279556

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Kinbane Castle (Kenbane Castle) is situated in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, on a long, narrow limestone headland projecting into the sea. The name Kinbane means White Head and refers to the white limestone on which the castle stands. Not much of the castle remains, and the path up to it is narrow and stepped.
map coordinates  55.229228,  -6.290147
The two storey castle was built in 1547 by Colla MacDonnell, brother of Sorley Boy MacDonnell, with a large courtyard with traces of other buildings, probably constructed out of wood. In 1551 the castle was besieged by English forces under Lord Deputy, Sir James Croft, in the course of an expedition against the MacDonnell's. During another siege in 1555 by English forces, the castle was partly destroyed by cannon fire. Rebuilt afterwards, Colla MacDonnell died at the castle in 1558.

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Zamek Brandys is in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic on the banks of the Elbe river. An early Middle Ages Premyslid dynasty stronghold built at the turn of the 9th and 10th century surrounded by stone rampart; it became famous through a historical event – the murder of Prince Wenceslas by his brother Boleslav at the gate of St. Kosma and Damian church on September 28 935 (or 929). After his death, Princ Wenceslas was proclaimed a saint by the church and became main patron saint of the Czech nation.
map coordinates 50.187274, 14.666295
Most of the central castle was rebuilt in the 14th and 15th centuries by the Holy Roman Emperors.

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Frederiksborg castle is a castle in Hillerød, Denmark. The oldest parts of the castle date back to 1560, and were built by King Frederick II, after whom the palace is named. Most of the current palace, however, was built from 1602 to 1620 by Christian IV using Dutch architects, Hans and Lorents van Steenwinckel, and follows the Dutch style favoured by Christian IV for his new buildings in Copenhagen.
map coordinates 55.935, 12.300833
Situated on a series of artificial islands, most of the castle is accessible only by bridges.

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Toompea is a castle on the limestone hill of Toompea in the central part of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia.
Map coordinates 59.435556, 24.737222
The first wooden castle is believed to have been built on the hill in either the 10th or 11th century by residents of the ancient Estonian county of Ravala. In 1219, the castle was taken over by Danish crusaders - led by Valdemar II. Much of the original castle remains as well as town walls and towers.

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It's a gray rainy day, so we'll go to Scotland!
Craigston Castle, Turriff, Aberdeenshire is a historic home of the Urquhart family. It was built 1604-1607 by John Urquhart of Craigfintry, known as the Tutor of Cromarty.
map coordinates 57.5846, -2.3993
The foundations of the central keep are believed by some to be from an even older structure.

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The Turku Castle is a monument of Finnish history situated in the city of Turku in Finland. Turku castle is one of the oldest buildings still in use in Finland. Turku castle is the largest surviving medieval building in Finland, and one of the largest surviving medieval castles in Scandinavia.
map coordinates 60.435332, 22.227984
A start was made on building the castle in about 1280. In the end it became an extensive fortress.