18 Spectacular Castles on a Cliff
byMany castles take advantage of natural features of the local landscape in which they are built in order to increase their defensive power –…
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Roman Forts
byRoman forts, known in Latin as Castrum (plural Castra), were designated plots of land used as military encampments. Throughout the Roman Republic and the…
Palaces in St Petersburg
byFounded by Tsar Peter the Great of Russia on 27th May 1703, the city of Saint Petersburg is synonymous with the birth of the…
Vianden Castle in Luxembourg
byLocated in the small town of Vianden in the north of Luxembourg, just 55 kilometers from the capital Luxembourg City, Vianden Castle is an…
Castles of Sintra
bySintra is an enchanting Portuguese city, just an hour away from Lisbon. It has been one of the most visited cities in Portugal for…
Amazing Castles at Disney Parks
byThe Disney theme parks are loved for their rides, characters and overall sense of magic, but one of the things that really sets them…
The Best Castles in Britain
byBritain is home to thousands of castles, from the powerful Norman stone keeps that first brought castles to the British Isles, to the concentric…
10 Castles with Turrets to Visit
byDeriving from the Latin turris meaning ‘tower’ and the Italian Torretta meaning ‘little tower’, turrets were small towers added onto existing structures in castles,…
Renaissance Palaces
byKnown for marking the transition from the middle ages to the early modern period, the Italian Renaissance revolutionized many aspects of our society. Although…
Medieval Castle Defence – Defending a Castle from Siege
byMedieval warfare revolved around sieges. Set-piece field battles were not only incredibly bloody but were also highly risky for both sides involved – even…
Castle Dungeons
byCastle dungeons have a fearsome reputation in the modern imagination – they are dark, subterranean prisons, where unfortunate captives would be held in squalid…
Castle Towers
byThroughout the medieval period castles were built in a huge variety of styles and with many different functions – there were simple wooden motte-and-bailey…