Castles!- Large Photos

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Barbury Castle is an Iron Age hill fort situated in Wiltshire, England.
map coordinates 51.48456, -1.78681
The site was first occupied some 2500 years ago, and was then in use during the Roman occupation of the area. The single road passing directly east-west through the fortification's center is evocative of typical Roman Castra.

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Burg Auerbach is one of several dramatic castles along the Bergstrasse in southern Hesse, Germany.
map coordinates 49.709167, 8.631944
Records indicate that probably in 1222 the castle was built on the mountain Auerberg (Urberg) by earl Diether IV von Katzenelnbogen.

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Burg Bentheim is a medieval hilltop castle in Bad Bentheim, Lower Saxony, Germany.
Map coordinates 52.3025, 7.156111
The first reference to this castle in in documents from the 11th Century.

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The Narin Qal'eh or Narin Castle is a mud-brick fort or castle in the town of Nain, Iran.
Map coordinates 32.867378, 53.089657
Although built some 2000 years ago, it contains what seems to be a type of plumbing system made out of mortar built into its massive walls.

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Antrim Castle or Massereene Castle was erected in stages between 1610 and 1666.
Map coordinates 54.715666, -6.223909
According to the Illustrated Dublin Journal of 1861, the castle was built by Sir John Clotworthy, later created Viscount Massereene.
However, archeological evidence indicates that he built his castle on the site of an earlier castle. The Norman motte and bailey on the grounds has been dated to the 11th century.

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Castel Brando is considered to be one of Italy's most impressive medieval castles, looking down on the villages of Cison di Valmarino  and Valmareno.
The castle ghost
map coordinates 45.968333, 12.13605
Castel Brando was originally built in the early Roman period as a defensive fortress. During the 13th century the castle was substantially enlarged while under the ownership of the Da Camino family, who lived there from 1233 to 1335.

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The ruins of Chateau de Ganne (eleventh and twelfth centuries) are located near the river in Grez-sur-Loing, France.
Map coordinates 48.316369, 2.691924
Legend associates this castle with Charlemagne and Roland as being the home of Ganelon the traitor and his father Lord Ganne.
Unfortunately another castle in Pommeraye makes claim to the same location, so sorting fact from legend is difficult.

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Chateau de Pommeraye is a castle built in the eleventh century by the Pommeraye family in the Calvados. It was largely rebuilt in the seventeenth and nineteenth century.
Map coordinates  48.9062 ,-0.4174
Another candidate for the home of Lord Ganne and the traitor Ganelon, the ruins of Chateau de Ganne rise on a hillside to the southeast on the Pommeraye property. Map coordinates 48.901819, -0.409192. This fortification was dependent on the family of La Pommeraye, who participated in the conquest of England alongside William, and received in recompense important possessions in Devon and Somerset. In the present state of our knowledge, it can be reported to the eleventh and twelfth centuries, but seems to have its roots until the tenth century.
Chateau de la Pommeraye



Chateau de Ganne

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Qasr Amra is the best-known of the desert castles located in present-day eastern Jordan.
Map coordinates 31.803189, 36.583567
It was built early in the 8th century (probably between 711 and 715) by the Umayyad caliph Walid I. The interior is unique in the Islamic world for its frescoes of people and animals.

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Jaunpils Castle is a castle in the historical region of Zemgale, in Latvia.
Map coordinates 56.730451, 23.021020
Jaunpils castle with moat was built in 1301 as Livonian Order fortress.

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OOOooohhhh!! I want to live there, Doña!

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The Citadel of Raymond de Saint-Gilles, also known as Qala'at Sanjil in Arabic, is a castle in Tripoli, Lebanon.
Map coordinates 34.433801, 35.844780
It takes its name from Raymond de Saint-Gilles, who dominated the city in 1102 and commanded a fortress to be built in which he named Mont Pelerin (Mt Pilgrim).

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Raudondvaris Castle (Lithuanian: Raudondvario pilis) is in Raudondvaris, Lithuania.
Map coordinates 54.943056, 23.783333
Originally built about 1549, the castle acquired its current shape in 1653–1664, when it was owned by Janusz Radziwill.

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Chateau de La Rochette is in Larochette in central Luxembourg.
Map coordinates 49.785305, 6.217423
Probably built in the 11th century, the castle was in use until destroyed by fire in 1565.