Castles!- Large Photos

[DonaCatalina]

The featured castle for May 29 is;
Penhow
Map coordinates 51.613,631, -2.833568
Claims to be the oldest inhabited castle in Wales. It has been extensively added on to since the Norman Conquest.
Penhow is reputed to be haunted by several ghosts. One of them being a young girl in kitchen clothes who is seen in the Great Hall

[DonaCatalina]

The featured castle for May 30 is;
Bibbiano
This castle has its origins in the 9th century.
http://www.castellitoscani.com/bibbiano.htm

[captmarga]

The featured castle for May 26 is;

Pierrefonds.
http://www.casteland.com/puk/castle/picardie/oise/pierrefonds/pierrefonds.htm

Oh, we were so close to it last March!   I see we're going to have to make it a required stop on the next trip!!!

Capt. Marga

[DonaCatalina]

The featured castle for May 31 is;
Cochem
http://www.burg-cochem.de/e_frame.html

[DonaCatalina]

The featured castle for June 1 is;

Kellie
Kellie is best known today for its gardens.
http://www.phouka.com/travel/castles/kellie/kellie.html

[DonaCatalina]

The featured castle for June 2 is;
Torija
This castle in Guadalajara, Spain may have been originally built as early as the 10th or 11th centuries.
http://www.castles.nl/eur/es/tor/tor.html

[DonaCatalina]

For June 3 the castle of the day is;

Usk
A picturesque ivy covered ruin in Wales.
http://www.uskcastle.com/

[Lady Christina de Pond]

  I love castles

[DonaCatalina]

For June 4 we are visiting Mauterndorf,
a 13th century fortification near Salzburg.
http://www.salzburg-burgen.at/en/mauterndorf/index.php

[brier patch charlie]

I would love to have a towerhouse, and of course the money to go with it!

[Baron Doune]

I wonder why Mauterndorf looks so good?

[DonaCatalina]

The featured castle for June 5 is;

Rocca of Civitella Valdichiana
http://www.castellitoscani.com/civitella.htm

[DonaCatalina]

I'm going to break my own rule today.
The Featured castle for June 6 is;
Omaha Beach.
http://www.alvernia.edu/academics/history/silbey/silbey-Pages/Image7.html
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1563784/posts

[captmarga]

Dona Catalina, that's a perfectly logical fortification.  HUZZAH!!!

Capt. Marga

[Baron Doune]

2 days late again...thank you WWII vets!