Castles!- Large Photos

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Have you featured Hearst Castle in San Simeon, CA?

I took a bunch of photos while touring the Castle on 4-Oct-09.  But, I had a camera "glitch", and ~88 pictures went missing - so I only have about 16 shots of the Castle remaining.

Take Care,
David Baldock

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Koporie Castle in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, is located about 100 km to the west of St. Petersburg and 12 km south of the Koporye Bay of the Baltic Sea. It contains some of the most impressive medieval ruins in Russia.
map coordinates 59.709097, 29.031873
The second fortress on this site was built in stone by Alexander Nevsky's son Dmitry Alexandrovich in 1280.









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Dundarg Castle is a ruined castle about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) north-northeast of New Aberdour, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It was one of the The Nine Castles of Knuckle.
Map coordinates 57.674053, -2.177508
It was built in the thirteenth century by the Comyn family, and subsequently dismantled, probably by Robert the Bruce, in 1308. It was rebuilt in 1334, but destroyed almost immediately, after a famous siege. The upper part was rebuilt about the middle of the sixteenth century, probably following the Coastal Defence Commission of 1550. Mostly all that remains is a portion of the 16th century building and foundations of the 14th century walls.

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Bac is one of the oldest fortifications in Vojvodina, Serbia. The archeological research showed that an ancient Roman settlement existed in this area. Bac was first mentioned in 535 AD, in a letter written by Eastern Roman emperor Justinian.
map coordinates 45.392911, 19.222334
King Ladislaus I made the town the seat of a new archbishopric in 1085. Most of the current castle ruins appear to date from that time, with some 14th century modifications.

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Kostol Banská Bystrica is a citadel in a key city in central Slovakia.  It started as a permanent settlement in the 9th century and obtained the municipal privileges of a Hungarian royal town in 1255, including the fortification.
Map coordinates 48.736627, 19.146555
The oldest part of Banská Bystrica town is the Castle at the edge of SNP Square. It is enclosed within what has remained of its original fortifications ? a barbican protecting the main gate, three bastions, and part of the walls.

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Castillo de Almonaster la Real is located in the province of Huelva, Spain.
Map coordinates 37.866667, -6.783333
The structure was originally a Visigothic Basilica, remade into a Mosque. Then after the Reconquista the structure was remade again into a fortified castle / monastery combination.

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Château de Brosse is an ancient fortress located near Saint-Benoît-du-Sault and Chaillac in a very centered area of France called Berry.
Map coordinates 46.415278, 1.320278
It was built during the 10th century by the de Brosse family. Today only ruins remain.

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The Alcazar de Antequera is in the province of Málaga, part of Andalusia.
map coordinates  37.013912, -4.567795
In the year 711 a tribe of Berbers out of North Africa (Moors) invaded Spain. By about 716, Antikaria was influenced by Moorish culture, tradition and architecture, and received a new name: Medina Antaquira. In the years between then and 1212 when the city was reconquered by christians, the fortress was build and enlarged.








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Schloss Burg, is located in Burg an der Wupper (Solingen), in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Map coordinates 51.1375, 7.152778
In the beginning of the 12th century (after 1133), count Adolf II von Berg built Schloss Burg on a mountain over the river Wupper. The old castle of the counts, Castle Berge in Odenthal near Altenberg, was abandoned.
http://www.schlossburg.de/fileadmin/burg/photos/schlossburg.jpg

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Schloss Burg im Leimental is in the district of Laufen in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.
map coordinates 47.456715, 7.440765
The castle was built sometime about 1269 by the Lords of Wessenberg, who owned the village for several centuries. The castle is still a private home and the owners don't encourage visitors.

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Bohus Fortress lies along the old Norwegian - Swedish border in Kungälv, Bohuslän, Sweden.
Map coordinates  57.8625, 11.998611
Bohus construction began in 1308 under King Haakon V Magnuson, king of Norway from 1299 until 1319. The castle and its outer walls take up much of the island in the river Gota.

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Castelsardo is in Sardinia, located in the northwest of the island within the Province of Sassari.
Map coordinates 40.916960, 8.714098
The fortifications and medieval village were built starting in 1102 by the Doria family.

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Bani Qahtan castle is found in the Syrian Coastal Mountains near Lattakia city.
Map coordinates 35.386962,36.135004
The castle is totally damaged and not much remains of it, except the outer walls. The ruins date back to 12-th century. The castle is mentioned as being a stronghold in the hands of Ismaeli Arabs, who surrendered it to Salaheddin Al-Ayoubi (Saladdin) in 1188.

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Bodrum Castle (Bodrum Kalesi), located in southwest Turkey in the city of Bodrum.
Map coordinates ?37.03167, 27.42944?
It was built by the Knights Hospitaller starting in 1402 as the Castle of St. Peter or Castellum Petronium.

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We ate in a Turkish/Mediterranean Restaurant called Bodrum Cafe when we were visiting Mountain View (in Silicon Valley, south of San Francisco) at the beginning of October.  When we asked about the name, the waiter and the owner (both from Turkey) talked about the city in Turkey, and even showed us some tourist information brochures.  Then my parents mentioned that they remembered visiting the area when they were on a tour of Turkey, Greece, and Italy a few years ago.  Small world, huh?   

Take Care,
David Baldock