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DonaCatalina · March 25, 2012, 09:34:01 AM

Burg Mannsberg is a castle in Carinthia, Austria.
map coordinates 46.795821, 14.491177
The oldest written mention of the castle as a 'loco Magnesperc' comes from the period 1065-1075, as the noble Adalbero to the bishopric of Brixen under Bishop Altwin presented.

DonaCatalina · March 26, 2012, 09:57:23 AM

Burg Perchtoldsdorf is a castle in Lower Austria.
map coordinates 48.119722, 16.264167
The castle itself was probably built before the year 1000 and consisted mostly of wood. The first mention in records in 1138 refers to the lord of the castle as de Pertoldesdorf Heinricus. By that time the castle had been rebuilt and enlarged mostly in brick and stone.

DonaCatalina · March 27, 2012, 05:12:26 AM

Shamil Gala, or Galacha, is a fortified watch tower in ?lisu, a village and municipality in the Qakh Rayon of Azerbaijan.
map coordinates 41.464985, 47.056380
Constructed sometime in the middle ages as part of a series of watchtowers, it was never inhabited by more than a tiny garrison.

DonaCatalina · March 28, 2012, 05:15:34 AM

Zaslawye or Zaslaul was a castle in the historic town of Zaslawye in Minsk Province of Belarus.
map coordinates 54.007532, 27.291660
According to chronicles, Zaslawye was founded in 985 by Vladimir the Great who sent his wife Rogneda to live here with their son Izyaslav of Polotsk. Today all that remain are the ramparts and foundations with a church sitting in the middle.

DonaCatalina · March 29, 2012, 05:33:12 AM

Kasteel van Turnhout is located in the Flemish region of Belgium.
map coordinates 51.324614, 4.945888
The castle and moat were originally built in the early twelfth century as the seat of the Dukes of Brabant. It remained in their possession for over eight hundred years, being rebuilt many times.

DonaCatalina · March 30, 2012, 05:26:16 AM

Hreljin Castle is a castle in Hreljin, Croatia.
map coordinates 45.274, 14.602
Hreljin was one of the seven forts Liburna of Roman Liburnia. In 1225the areas of Vinodol and Hreljin came under the power of the dukes of Krk Frankopan. The main keep was probably rebuilt as it is at that time.

DonaCatalina · March 31, 2012, 08:03:06 AM

Lapikus is a ruined castle in South Moravia, Czech Republic.
map coordinates 48.936852, 16.052567
Probably built in the mid fourteenth century, the castle first appears in records as Lapikus in 1411. It was mostly destroyed during the Czech Hungarian wars.

DonaCatalina · April 01, 2012, 08:20:51 AM

Pieskowa Skala is the name of a castle and limestone cliff in the valley of river Pradnik, Poland.
map coordinates 50.244167, 19.78
Pieskowa Ska?a castle, rebuilt by King Kazimierz Wielki, is one of the best-known examples of a defensive Polish Renaissance architecture. The castle was first mentioned in Latin documents of Polish king Wladyslaw I, before 1315, as "castrum Peskenstein".

DonaCatalina · April 02, 2012, 05:06:17 AM

Asserbo castle is located in the woods near Liseleje, Denmark.
map coordinates 56.024022, 12.052776
The castle was built by Bishop Absolon in the mid twelfth century. It was a monastery until being taken over by the king in the fifteenth century.

DonaCatalina · April 03, 2012, 05:10:23 AM

Auckland Castle is a castle in the town of Bishop Auckland in County Durham, England.
map coordinates 54.6664, -1.6702
In around 1183 Bishop Pudsey established a manor house on the site. Around 1293, Bishop Bek, who preferred the town as his main residence over Durham Castle due to its proximity to hunting grounds, later converted the manor house into a castle.

DonaCatalina · April 04, 2012, 05:18:07 AM

Poide Castle is in Poide Parish, Saare County, on the eastern part of Saaremaa Island, Estonia.
map coordinates 58.508236, 23.049341
Poide Castle was built by the Livonian Order late in the thirteenth century, estimated about 1255. Today all that remains is the order's chapel and remnants of walls and cellars on a high mound.

DonaCatalina · April 05, 2012, 05:25:56 AM

Château de Montgilbert is a ruined medieval fortress located in the commune of Ferrières-sur-Sichon, France.
map coordinates 46.038528, 3.623528
At a key point between the Auvergne, Forez, and Bourbonnais, Montgilbert was probably built by the family of Saint-Gérand around 1250, during the reign of Saint Louis. The site was a Roman Fortification and may have been a Gallic stronghold before that.

DonaCatalina · April 06, 2012, 08:38:36 AM

Château de Pontivy, called Chateau des Rohan, is a Breton castle in the town of Pontivy, France.
map coordinates 48.0704, -2.9635
Yes, you saw that; the castle was the seat of the Dukes Bretagne and the Rohan family. The castle raised in the fifteenth century by Jean II de Rohan, apparently on the site of a much older fortification. Archeology and the footprint of foundations suggests a much larger outer bastion at some previous time.

DonaCatalina · April 07, 2012, 04:52:03 AM

Brancepeth Castle is a castle in the village of Brancepeth in County Durham, England.
map coordinates 54.734203, -1.654496
A succession of buildings has been on the site. The first was a Norman castle built by the Bulmers in the Twelfth Century.

DonaCatalina · April 08, 2012, 11:08:27 AM

Reussenstein Castle is a ruined castle in Germany.
map coordinates 48.561227, 9.567148
The castle was built in 1270 as a ministerial castle of the Dukes of Teck in order to watch the only pass into the Swabian Alb from the Neidlingen valley.