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Glanegg is a castle in Carinthia, Austria.
Map coordinates 46.726, 14.182
In the history of the castle is first documented in 1121. The first owner was the Duke Henry III of Carinthia. After his death in 1122 it was inherited by his nephew, Count Bernhard von Marburg.

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The castle [ur=lhttp://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burgruine_Hochwart]Hochwart[/url] (also Hohenwart) is a castle south of the village Köstenberg in the municipality of Velden am Wörthersee in Carinthia, Austria. The castle is also known as the "Black Castle".
Map coordinates 46.638056, 13.995556
In the mid-12th century the duke was Henry V of Carinthia who probably built the castle. Duke Henry's brother Hermann in 1162 sold the castle to the Bishop of Gurk.

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Castle Navahrudak (also Novogrudok) in Navahrudak, Belarus was one of the key strongholds of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
Map coordinates 53.601458, 25.827714
As early as the 14th century, Navahrudak is known to have possessed a stone tower along the lines of Tower of Kamyanyets. Other fortifications were of timber. The castle was stormed by the Teutonic Knights under Heinrich von Plotzke in 1314. Although the attack was not successful, the tower sustained substantial damage.

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Kasteel Beauvoorde is a double moated castle in Beauvoorde in Wulveringem in the municipality of Veurne, West Flanders, Belgium.
map coordinates 51.016, 2.655
Wulfringhem', heem van Wulferus' mensen is mentioned in 1128 in records as the Saxon knight Wulfahari who built a castle.

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Château de Beloeil is situated in the municipality of Beloeil in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
Map coordinates 50.551, 3.73
Since the 14th century it has been the residence of the Prince de Ligne.

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Wow. I guess I need to add Belgium to the list of places I have to visit!

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Citadel Pocitelj is a castle in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Map coordinates 43.134388, 17.731803
It is supposed that the fortification and its attendant settlements were built by Bosnia's King Stjepan Tvrtko I in 1383.

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Tsepina is a castle in the western Rhodope mountains, southern Bulgaria.
map coordinates 42.085, 24.124
In the Middle Ages Tsepina was one of the most important Bulgarian fortresses in the Rhodope region. The Bulgarians took the castle in the 9th century but with the end of the First Bulgarian Empire in the beginning of the 11th century the Byzantines conquered it.

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Preslav Fortress was the capital of the First Bulgarian Empire from 893 to 972 and one of the most important places of medieval Southeastern Europe.
Map coordinates 43.146288, 26.812739
The name of Preslav is of Slavic origin; apparently it was initially founded and functioned as a Slavic settlement until its fortification at the beginning of the 9th century.

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Zrinski Frankopan Castle is in the County of Primorje-Gorski Kotar county,Croatia.
Map coordinates 45.421389, 15.168889
Castle Zrinski Frankopan with the park in Severin na Kupi was the possession of old family plemieke Frankopan by the middle of XVI century. It has a square ground plan and internal yard and halls with arcades, and outside corner cylindrical towers.

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Cesky Sternberk is a castle in a town of the same name in the Czech Republic.
Map coordinates 49.809259, 14.926724
It was founded in 1241 by the family Zdeslav Divisovcu and named after the historical parish of Sternberk.

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Gurre Castle was a royal castle in North Zealand in Denmark.
Map coordinates 56.019489, 12.505193
It is first mentioned in court chronicles in 1364, when Pope Urban V sent a gift of relics to its chapel.

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An-Nakhl citadel is a North Sinai fortification in Egypt.
Map coordinates 29.903132, 33.753155

Sultan al-Ghouri, who reigned between 1506 and 1516 gave orders to build fortresess to protect the pilgrim route in Mecca, Medina, Manahil Ajroud, Nakhl, Qalaa and in the well; then other works in Qalaa al-Azlam, Al Muwashaha, Magharib, Nabat al-Fagi.

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Rakvere (aka Ordensburg) is a castle in a town of the same name in northern Estonia.
Map coordinates 59.347723, 26.352016
On 12 June 1302, Rakvere was granted Lübeck rights. When the Danish king sold Danish Estonia to the Livonian Order in 1346, a large castle was built on top of the previous stronghold. The Ordensburg was protected by towers and courtyards.

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Barwick-in-Elmet Castle is in the village of Barwick-in-Elmet, West Yorkshire, England.
map coordinates  53.83224, -1.39675
Originally the site of an Iron Age hill fort, a motte and bailey castle was erected by the Norman Ilbert de Lacy on the southern end of the hill fort.