Castles!- Large Photos

DonaCatalina · September 25, 2011, 09:12:27 AM

In case anyone wasn't paying attention, this weekend begins Oktoberfest. Did anyone figure out the joke?
Karlberg Castle is located on Lake Karlberg , Solna , adjacent to Stockholm, Sweden.
map coordinates 59.341111 , 18.021944
The three villages and great house that had formed the Karlberg Estate had been in existance since the middle ages. In 1620 the estate became the property of King Gustav II Adolf's half brother , Admiral Carl Carlsson Gyllenhielm and his wife Helena Ribbing. Between then and 1634 they started construction of the large central stone building that became the center of the castle, probably built on the site of the old manor house.

DonaCatalina · September 26, 2011, 04:49:14 AM

Gelersen-Gorersen Castle is a fortress in Azerbaijan.
map coordinates 41.263562, 47.225478
This fortress was built and maintained by the kings of Azerbaijan before their demise in 805 AD.

DonaCatalina · September 27, 2011, 05:12:43 AM

Synkavichy Castle in Synkavichy, Belarus is actually a combination of church and castle.
map coordinates 53.121117, 25.155008
Constructed in about 1550, the structure served as a place of worship for the village as well as sanctuary in times of danger. The church is dedicated to Saint Michael the Archangel, appropriately enough considering its dual function.

DonaCatalina · September 28, 2011, 05:16:14 AM

Veltwijck Castle is located in Ekeren, Belgium.
map coordinates 51.276412, 4.424498
The castle was at least partially built in the late 1400's or early 1500's. But it does not enter existing records until 1545 when it was purchased by "Wyck of Velt".

DonaCatalina · September 29, 2011, 05:07:03 AM

Château de Spontin is located at the heart of Spontin, Belgium.
map coorfinates 50.323202 , 5.007153
The castle started out in the twelfth century as a square fortified tower with a moat. By the fourteenth century, the castle had been expanded with round towers on top of that.

DonaCatalina · September 30, 2011, 05:05:22 AM

Maglaj Castle is a castle in the town of Maglaj in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
map coordinates 44.543808, 18.102287
Though devastated by recent wars, enough evidence remains to say that the stone castle was almost surely built in the early fourteenth century.

DonaCatalina · October 01, 2011, 03:07:30 PM

Piconha Castle is a Portuguese medieval fortification now situated near the town of Calvos de Randín, Ourense, Galicia, Spain.
map coordinates 41.916100, .7.850723
Piconha was built early in the twelfth century on the border between Galicia and Portugal. All that is visible now are foundations, wall fragments and part of a granite stairway.

DonaCatalina · October 03, 2011, 04:58:51 AM

Gvozdansko Castle is a castle in Gvozdansko village, Croatia.
map coordinates 45.133, 16.215
Gvozdansko Castle was probably built in the second half of the 15th century.

DonaCatalina · October 03, 2011, 05:07:03 AM

Hamrstejn is a castle ruin located close to the city of Liberec, Czech Republic.
map coordinates 50.786, 14.97
For the first time (as is already standing) mentioned in 1357 in the list of Frederick Biberštejna pledged allegiance to the Emperor Charles IV.

DonaCatalina · October 04, 2011, 05:06:29 AM

Borgeby Castle lies in Lomma Municipality, Scania in southern Sweden.
map coordinates 55.751389, 13.036667
There has been a castle on this site since the elenth century, rebuilt many times over the years. The castle was burned in 1452 by the Swedes and in 1658 by the Danes. The wing that connected the tower to the origal wall with the gate was demolished about 1860.

DonaCatalina · October 05, 2011, 05:07:53 AM

Gammel Vraa Castle is located west of Tylstrup, Denmark.
Map coordinates 57.193644, 9.925348
The castle is first mentioned in 1355 . The name means "little place". It was originally a series of courtyards, the king confiscated along with Vendsyssel monasteries and established Gammel VRaa as a royal estate, in 1500-century was the area's largest. Though it is now a hotel, the moat still surrounds the castle.

DonaCatalina · October 06, 2011, 05:09:38 AM

Woodcroft Castle is a converted medieval castle, with moat, in the parish of Etton, Cambridgeshire, England.
map coordinates 52.626738, -0.316476
Woodcroft Castle was built in or about 1280 by the Woodcroft family. The medieval remains of the castle today include a front, a circular tower and a gatehouse.

DonaCatalina · October 07, 2011, 05:04:09 AM

Otepaa Castle is a ruin in Otepaa, Estonia.
map coordibnates 58.05748, 26.5043
It was originally built in the eleventh century as a castle of the Livonian Order. In 1217 it was beseiged and dstroyed by a combined force of Russians and Estonians. In 1224 Bishop Hermann started building the first known brick castle in Estonia from the ruin.

DonaCatalina · October 08, 2011, 05:54:27 AM

Château d'Échéry is a ruined castle in the commune of Sainte-Croix-aux-Mines in Alsace .
map coordinates 48.2683, 7.1963
It is also known as the castle of Haut-Échery and the beginning of its existence it was called Belmont Castle. It was built in the XIII century by the noble Échery who exploited the silver mines.

DonaCatalina · October 10, 2011, 05:11:08 AM

Château de Hierges is located on a rocky outcrop in the town of Hierges, France.
map coordinates 50.105833, 4.740556
Hierges, whose original name was "The Castle of Jerusalem" was built on the site of a castrum whose origins date back to the ninth century.