Castles!- Large Photos

[DonaCatalina]

Coca

Coca Castle lies in flat and wooded lands, the little walled town of Coca (Roman "Cauca"; birthplace of Roman Emperor Theodosius), in the Segovia province.
Coca castle is one of the most beautiful castles in Spain and made mostly of brick.

[Lady Christina de Pond]

hmmmmm nice very nice

[DonaCatalina]

Château de Vincennes
The Duc D'Enghien was shot here on Napoleon's orders after he had been kidnapped from Ettenheim.
He was buried in the moat and reportedly haunts the castle.

[Sir William Marcus]

Hats off Lady Catalina for an exceptional thread.

[Lady Christina de Pond]

i agree i totally love this thread

[DonaCatalina]

Auchindoun
This castle has had a very violent life and not held by anyone for very long. It was built in the 15th century for the Earl of Mar. The Earl of Mar was murdered by his brother (James III) and the tower house passed to Robert Cochrane. Cochrane was hanged in 1482 and it was taken over by the Ogilvies but went to the Gordons in 1535. The Mackintoshes raged through it in 1591 in revenge for the murder of the Bonnie Earl o' Moray. Gordon was killed in 1594 at the Battle of Glenlivet.

[DonaCatalina]

Schlaining
The Schlaining Castle, sitting enthroned high above the Tauchental valley in Austria, is considered the town´s main attraction.

[DonaCatalina]

Montecchio Vesponi
The castle is currently closed for restoration.

[DonaCatalina]

Conisbrough



Also comes complete with ghost

[captmarga]

Shade of Krull!!!  Goodness!  Must investigate the ghost as well.

Huzzah for continuing this spectacular thread!!

Capt. Marga

[DonaCatalina]

Llansteffan

It's a long walk uphill to the Welsh Ruin.

[DonaCatalina]

Marksburg
Marksburg holds the dstinction of being the only Rhine castle never to be destroyed.

[DonaCatalina]

St Georgen
I'm sorry that I couldn't find some better photos

[captmarga]

That's a lovely picture - and there is an interesting website.    This thread has certainly sent me to planning future trips in Europe...

THANK YOU!

Capt Marga

[DonaCatalina]

Villel

Castillo de Villel
You can see from these photos that not much survives and is nearly impossible to reach.