Castles!- Large Photos

[LadyShadow]

I would love to buy Glamis Castle.  But that is WAY out of my price range.  Yes I did look at Castle Magic's web site.  But the castle they have for sale there is also out of my price range.  I need to win the lottery, inhereit some money, or save really, really well.  I'm going to have a castle built before I die.  It just might take longer than what I want 

[dbaldock]

I would love to buy Glamis Castle.  But that is WAY out of my price range.  Yes I did look at Castle Magic's web site.  But the castle they have for sale there is also out of my price range.  I need to win the lottery, inhereit some money, or save really, really well.  I'm going to have a castle built before I die.  It just might take longer than what I want 

Glamis Castle actually isn't for sale - it's still the home of the Earl and Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne.  It is, however, open for publi tours - that's how I was able to take pictures of it in 2001.

Ref: Wikipedia - Glamis Castle

Take Care,
David Baldock

[LadyShadow]

Oops.    Sorry for the overlook.

[DonaCatalina]

Happy Eigth Day of Christmas!
And Happy New Year's Day!
Today we visit a castle that most of you will find familiar, Urquhart.
The earliest history of the castle may begin in the time of St. Columba in the 6th century, when the predecessor of the castle may have been mentioned in Adomnán's Life of Columba: it is probably the site called Airchartdan, visited by Columba in the latter half of the sixth century during one of his visits to King Brude son of Maelchon of the northern Picts. It is not known precisely when the castle was built, but records show the existence of a castle on this site from the early 1200s. The area had been granted to the Durward family in 1229, and they were probably the builders of the castle. It was certainly in existence in 1296, as it was captured by Edward I of England at this time.

[DonaCatalina]

Happy Ninth Day of Christmas. Tonight will be the Tenth Night.
Today we visit Pembroke Castle in Wales. Pembroke Castle was never captured during the medieval period; Henry VII was said to have been born in one of the upper chambers of the gatehouse. ca 1456.

[DonaCatalina]

Happy Tenth Day of Christmas!
Today we are going somewhere a little different. Oshi-Jo castle is in Japan. Japanese castles typically look more like palaces.

[DonaCatalina]

Happy 11th Day of Christmas!
Today we visit Loevenstein Castle in the Netherlands.
Currently the castle is used as a medieval musuem, and still retains its extensive moat system.

[DonaCatalina]

Happy 12th Day of Christmas!
Today marks the beginning of the Mardi Gras season.
Today we visit Threave Castle in the River Dee in Scotland. Castles on Islands seem to have a particular appeal.

[captmarga]

Some lovely ones! 

Interesting about Today we visit Loevenstein Castle in the Netherlands. I have a friend named Bob Loewenstein... has to be some connection somewhere, eh?

Capt. Marga

[Richard de Graeme]

Here's one where thee may stay. I stayed there once many moons ago:

http://www.ashford.ie/index.php

[DonaCatalina]

Château-Gaillard is our stop this morning.
At the end of the twelfth century, the western part of Normandy was the site and objective of repeated confrontations between the Kings of France and England. The peace treaty signed in early 1196 by Phillipe Auguste and Richard the Lionheart resulted in the handing over to the King of France of important strongholds, including Vernon, Gaillon and Gisors. The Chateau Gaillard was constructed to protect the approach to Rouen: its defenses reached out to the south west, towards a plateau likely to be used as the base for an enemy attack. A two-meter thick wall linked the castle to the Culture and a second wall with a fortified gate blocked off the area between the foot of the cliffs and the Seine, forming a sort of protective holding bay.

[DonaCatalina]

Bodiam Castle is our destination today.
Built in 1385, Perfect example of a late medieval moated castle
One of Britain's most famous and evocative castles
Medieval battlements, ramparts and moat to explore






----the well-----thirsty?

[DonaCatalina]

Ah, sunny Italy!
Today we visit Castello di Monalto.

[DonaCatalina]

A trip to the Emerald Isle finds us at Castle Cahir.
Superbly set on a rocky island in the River Suir, this impressive fifteenth-century castle - the largest of its period in Ireland - was considered impregnable until the advent of heavy cannon. Described by one Elizabethan commentator as "the bulwark for Munster and a safe retreat for all the agents of Spain and Rome", it fell to Devereux, Earl of Essex, in 1599 after it had been battered for two days with artillery. It surrendered without a fight to Inchiquin in 1647 and again to Cromwell in 1650, but otherwise had a notably undistinguished history, which possibly helps to explain why it survives in such remarkably good condition today.

[DonaCatalina]

Castillo de Peñafiel was built in the XIV century by Don Juan Manuel. This castle is notorious for its narrowness. Even though small, in this castle there was a fierce battle in which thousands of people died.
The shape of Penafiel resembles a ship. The mountain on which it was built is very narrow; thus the inevitable shape of  Penafiel.
Penafiel means "loyal rock" in Spanish. It is called this way because the castle has been very loyal throughout the centuries to Castile.
All the walls are very thick and tall. This castle was designed to be "unconquerable" and, according to many historians the gatehouse is probably the best one in Spain.