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Doddendael Castle lies northeast of Ewijk in the Dutch province of Gelderland.
map coordinates 51.874167, 5.7475
The Castle of Doddendael dates from 1332. Between 1580 and 1590 Doddendael played a role in the first phase of the Eighty Years War .

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Debno Castle is located in the southern Polish village of Debno.
map coordinates 49.964213, 20.715581
Debno Castle was built in 1470 - 1480 by Chancellor of the Crown and Kasztelan of Krakow, Jakub Debinski.

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Bolczow Castle is located about 15 km from Jelenia Gora in Poland.
map coordinates 50.861111, 15.911944
The creation of the castle in the year 1375 is attributed to the Duke courtier Bolek II of Rodu Bolczow.

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The Castle of Aljezur is a Portuguese castle founded in the parish of Aljezur, in the municipality of the same name overlooking the Aljezur River. Not much imagination there.
map coordinates 37.316342, -8.804964
Excavations in the castle have discovered that the location was occupied during the Bronze and Iron Ages, while the parade grounds, habitational structures, and two silos date to the 12th and 13th centuries.

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Harewood Castle is located on the Harewood Estate, Harewood, in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.
map coordinates 53.9059, -1.5117
The castle was founded by Sir William De Aldeburgh; he was granted a licence to crenellate in 1366.

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One of the castles named Karolyi is located in Carei in northwestern Romania.
map coordinates 47.683967, 22.466869
The predecessor of today's structure was built in 1482 when Lancz Laszlo Karolyi was given permission by King Matthias to build a stone house. In 1592 during the wars with the Turks, the building was substantially changed. Then the rectangular stone building - which at this time filled the role of fortress, was given bastions, lowers, inner courtyard and outer defensive walls, deep water trenches, and is equipped with an external palisade.

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Manasija, also known as Resava, is a castle enclosing an Orthodox monastery near Despotovac, Serbia.
map coordinates 44.100556, 21.469444
The castle was built by Despot Stefan Lazarevi? between 1406 and 1418. He added the Monastery of Manasija to serve as his mausoleum; in its grandeur, his resting place surpassed everything ever built in the Pomoravlje.

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Bzovík Castle is located in the village of Bzovik in the Krupina District of Slovakia.
map coordinates 48.315225, 19.089488
In historical records, the castle was first mentioned in 1135 (Bozouk) when the noble Lampert of Hunt-Poznan founded a Cistercian abbey here, and fortified it against the Turks.

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Ballumbie Castle is on the edge of Ballumbie, which is a residential area on the north-east edge of Dundee, Scotland.
map coordinates 56.499229, -2.900728
The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland record the date of construction as 1545, although Historic Scotland give a date of 14th–15th century.

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On a hill above the town of Konjice, Slovenia, and a little to the southwest are the ruins of Konjice Castle.map coordinates 46.335946, 15.409969
The original Roman core of the castle is now barely visible. In the western part of the design of the lower walls reveal Roman walls and Roman is also a small tower at the eastern end. Most are preserved walls comes from the Gothic period of the twelfth century.

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There are two castles in Vitanje, Slovenia. Old Castle Vitanje,
Map coordinates 46.376769, 15.293080
And New Castle Vitanje;
map coordinates 46.379616, 15.292981
The Old Castle was recorded as owned by the Knight Marchwart de Witenstain in 1107; so it follows the build date was much earlier. It was damaged by an earthquake in 1201. Between 1353 and 1429, the New Castle is the site mentioned in records as the main dwelling of the local rulers. The old castle was probably abandoned completely after the earthquake of 1511.
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Novi Grad Vitanje

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Olvera Castle is located in Olvera, in the Province of Cadiz, Spain.
map coordinates 36.9358900, -5.267289
Olvera was built in the late twelfth century , as part of the defensive system of the Nasrid kingdom of Granada.

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Carastas Castle is located about 5 km northeast of Olvera in the province of Cadiz. It is also known as the castle of Ayamonte.
map coordinates 36.942531, -5.192977
There is little to no documentation on this castle. Archeological evidence suggests it was built by the Almoravids in the 11th or 12th century.

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Sissacherfluh Castle is a castle in the municipality of Sissach of the canton of Basel-Land in Switzerland.
map coordinates 47.480424, 7.818067
A first use is likely in the late Bronze Age to be done. Of these, a few remnants of were post houses discovered in the western part of the system. The main use was probably in the early middle ages : a 2 meter thick defense walls (double shell with earth filling) with gate and tower on the northern corners of the gently sloping north side to protect the whole area.

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Masyaf Castle is located in the town of Masyaf, Syria.
map coordinates 35.06624, 36.34329
Evidence suggests that the lower layers and foundations of the castle are of Byzantine origin.[1] Later levels were added by the Nizari Ismailis, Mamluks, and Ottomans.