Castles!- Large Photos

[Archer]

Love this thread.

[DonaCatalina]

Perenyi Castle is in Vynohradiv, Romania.
map coordinates 48.138809, 23.044033
Perenyi Castle was built by the Perenyi noble family from 1399, later rebuilt in Baroque style into a mansion.





Ugocsa Castle (ruins; 13th century). It was first mentioned in 1308. In 1315 King Charles Robert attacked and destroyed it. In the 15th century the area was given to monks of the Franciscan order, they built a monastery there, which was inhabited until 1558.
map coordinates 48.140957, 23.049829

[DonaCatalina]

Koznik Castle is located in central Serbia.
map coordinates 43.455, 20.940556
The castle was mentioned for the first time in a Prince Lazar's decree, leading historians to estimate the build date before 1329. In the early 15th century, Koznik belonged to Radic Postupovic, one of the most important knights at that time.



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[DonaCatalina]

Castillo de Gigonza is located in the Province of Cadiz in the southern part of Spain.
map coordinates 36.552522, -5.833754
What we know today Gigonza Castle is situated in an ideal location for any type of human settlement in the vicinity because there is a cold water spring sulfuroácidas ideal to cure or mitigate the evils of the body. There is evidence of human habitation at the site back to Pre-Roman times. The castle itself was apparently built originally under Visigoth rule, when Saguntia becomes part of the Bishopric Asidonense but in 555.  In 1312, the castle belonged to Don Alonso de Guzman, the successor of the famous Guzman el Bueno who probably made the last major additions to the castle.

[DonaCatalina]

Filakovo Castle is in the center of the town of Filakovo, in the Banska Bystrica Region of south-central Slovakia.
map coordinates 48.271540, 19.825313
The first written record of the town, along with the Fi?akovo Castle is from 1242, where the castle withstood the Mongol invasions. This was in Papal records though there are no records of the castle's building.

[DonaCatalina]

Orava Castle is situated on a high rock above Orava river in Slovakia.
map coordinates 49.261667, 19.358056
After the Tartar invasion of 1241, Orava Castle was built on the site of an old wooden fort.

[DonaCatalina]

Mokrice Castle is a medieval castle southeast of Brežice, Slovenia.
map coordinates 45.858455, 15.675765
First mentioned in 1444, the castle was rebuilt in the 16th century.

[DonaCatalina]

Castillo de Tabernas overlooks the village of Tabernas, Spain.
map coordinates 37.052179, -2.395134
The Castillo de Tabernas was built in the eleventh century during the time of Arab domination.

[DonaCatalina]

Schoftland Castle is located in Schoftland, Switzerland.
map coordinates 47.304339 , 8.050136 
Wolfgang of Miilinen (1609-1679), Lord of Schöftland, had built the castle Schöftland in 1660. At the same spot once stood a medieval tower.

[DonaCatalina]

Bottmingen Castle is a castle in the municipality of Bottmingen in the canton of Basel-Land in Switzerland.
map coordinates 47.523701, 7.570191
It was first mentioned in 1363 as a possession of the Besitz der Kämmerer, a noble family.

[DonaCatalina]

Dyback Castle is a castle in Skurup Municipality, Scania, in southern Sweden.
map coordinates 55.401292, 13.524883
Originally built in 1270, the castle now consists of several rebuilds from the 1400's to the 1700's.

[DonaCatalina]

Terpersie Castle is a tower house in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
map coordinates 57.270449, -2.753665
The small Z-plan tower house was constructed in 1561 by the Gordon family.

[DonaCatalina]

The Lviv High Castle is a historic castle located on the top of the Castle Hill of the city of Lviv, Ukraine.
map coordinates 49.848312, 24.039411
A brick castle was built on the hill in 1362 by the king Casmimir III. It replaced a series of older wooden fortifications that had been destroyed.

[DonaCatalina]

Ortenburg is a castle near Baldramsdorf in Carinthia, Austria.
map coordinates 46.793248, 13.458871
It was erected in the late 11th century by ministeriales of the Bavarian Prince-Bishops of Freising, who then held large possessions in the Duchy of Carinthia.

[Merlin the Elder]

A beautiful setting!