Castles!- Large Photos

DonaCatalina · November 20, 2011, 07:42:11 AM

Berdaqar Fortress is located in Armenia.
map coordinates 41.016209, 45.028279
Very little is known about this largely inaccessible castle. It dates from the late tenth century and is associated with the limestone mines that are still active in the area.

DonaCatalina · November 20, 2011, 07:57:44 AM

Purnstein is one of the best preserved fortifications in Upper Austria.
map coordinates 48.501944 , 14.0125
In 1010, the first time the name is used, it is as the bishop's castle Passauer, described on that site. The first documented owner Alram de Birchenstaine was in year 1170. In the 13th Century the castles passed into the possession of the monastery of Passau.

DonaCatalina · November 21, 2011, 05:09:10 AM

Burg Clam is a castle in Upper Austria, Austria.
map coordinates 48.220833, 14.778333
The first documented history of the castle is 1149. Otto Marchland was listed as the owner at that time.

DonaCatalina · November 22, 2011, 05:18:12 AM

Cantecroy Castle (also spelled: Kantekrooi) is located southeast of Antwerp, Belgium.
map coordinates 51.176926, 4.463125
This castle was originally built in the early thirteenth century in the province of Antwerp and may arise from a Frankish alodium. It is first mentioned in 1239 , when Arnold of Cantincrode signed a charter.The building of the castle was at least a decade prior to that date. Within sight of the castle are one of the 'crown' forts built in 1870 to protect the city of Antwerp.

DonaCatalina · November 23, 2011, 05:07:45 AM

Travnik Castle is located in the heart of the city of Travnic in central Bosnia and Herzegovina.
map coordinates 44.229873, 17.670760
The town itself has its origins as a Roman fort. In the Middle Ages the Travnik area is known as the Zupa LaSva province of the medieval Bosnian kingdom. The castle was probably built shortly after 1200 and is first mentioned by Bela IV of Hungary in 1244.

DonaCatalina · November 28, 2011, 05:11:00 AM

Brough Castle is a ruined castle in the village of Brough, Cumbria, England.
map coordinates 54.52176, -2.3244
The first castle was built by William Rufus in the 1090s, as a stone motte and bailey in the north part of the former Roman fort Verteris. The first photos in the series are again from DBaldock's photo album. WElcome back and enjoy!

dbaldock · November 28, 2011, 05:46:21 PM

Quote from: DonaCatalina on November 28, 2011, 05:11:00 AM
Brough Castle is a ruined castle in the village of Brough, Cumbria, England.
map coordinates 54.52176, -2.3244
The first castle was built by William Rufus in the 1090s, as a stone motte and bailey in the north part of the former Roman fort Verteris. The first photos in the series are again from DBaldock's photo album. WElcome back and enjoy!

I asked, and found out that those two large pieces of the wall (bottom-left in all three photos) fell during the 1950's. The ladies who were working in the Ice Cream Parlor at the Castle were too young to remember them falling, but said that the people in the village felt the impact. I can believe it, since the pieces of masonry are each as big as a large car.

Take Care,
David Baldock

DonaCatalina · November 29, 2011, 05:26:31 AM

Kamerlengo is a castle and fortress in Trogir, Croatia.
map coordinates 43.515278, 16.2475
It was built by the Republic of Venice as part of an expansion of the Veriga Tower, built on the site in the late 14th century. Camerlengo in Italian is the name of a Papal Office, though I don't know if that had any connection with why the castle was given this name.

DonaCatalina · November 30, 2011, 05:11:49 AM

Muchalls Castle stands overlooking the North Sea in the countryside of Kincardine and Mearns, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
map coordinates 57.0175, -2.1798
The lower course is a well preserved double groined 13th century towerhouse structure, built by the Frasers of Muchalls.

DonaCatalina · December 01, 2011, 05:16:29 AM

Castolovice is a castle in a market town in the Hradec Kralove Region of the Czech Republic.
map coordinates 50.1306, 16.187042
The castle and the town was purportedly settled by ?astolov of the Hronovec family in 1342. Jindrich of Regernu rebuilt the aging structure in 1600 and filled in the moat to what we see today.

DonaCatalina · December 02, 2011, 05:22:14 AM

Château de Puymartin is a castle in the commune of Marquay, France.
map coordinates 44.910556, 1.1425
The castle was built in 1270 and was partially destroyed during the Hundred Years war in 1338. It was rebuilt in 1450 by Radulphe de Saint Clar.

DonaCatalina · December 03, 2011, 10:21:00 AM

Château de Salignac is the former castle of the Salignac-Fénelon family in the commune of Salignac-Eyvigues in France.
map coordinates 44.974861, 1.326667
Reference is made ??to the site of Salignac around the year 1000, but the oldest stone buildings and towers appear to date from the Twelfth Century.

DonaCatalina · December 05, 2011, 05:12:45 AM

Burgruine Ras is a castle ruin in the village Schlatten in Austria.
map coordinates 46.54545 14.04092
It was first documented in 1171, are today only ruins of parts available.

DonaCatalina · December 05, 2011, 05:19:20 AM

Burgruine Liemberg is a castle in Carinthia, Austria.
map coordinates 46.748056, 14.2175
The first mention was in 1167 (de Wolfpertus Liebenberch).

DonaCatalina · December 06, 2011, 05:15:56 AM

Domazlice is a castle in the town of Domazlice in the Czech Republic.
map coordinates 49.439081, 12.929944
Domažlice was first recorded in 1231. P?emysl Otakar II of Bohemia ordered the fortifications for the purpose of protecting the border with Bavaria.