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🏰 Chateau de Bon Repos🇫🇷 FranceThe Château de Bon Repos is an old fortified house, from the 15th and 16th centuries, rem...
09/13/2024

🏰 Chateau de Bon Repos
🇫🇷 France

The Château de Bon Repos is an old fortified house, from the 15th and 16th centuries, remodeled in the 17th and 19th centuries, which stands in the town of Jarrie in the department of Isère in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. The remains of the enclosure date from the 12th and 13th centuries.
Bon Repos Castle was built around 1470, at the start of the Renaissance, by Guillaume Armuet.

🏰 Fort Predil🇸🇮 Slovenia
09/13/2024

🏰 Fort Predil
🇸🇮 Slovenia

🏰 Trakošćan Castle🇭🇷 CroatiaTrakošćan Castle (pronounced [trakɔʃtɕan], Croatian: Dvor Trakošćan or Dvorac Trakošćan) is ...
09/13/2024

🏰 Trakošćan Castle
🇭🇷 Croatia

Trakošćan Castle (pronounced [trakɔʃtɕan], Croatian: Dvor Trakošćan or Dvorac Trakošćan) is a castle located in northern Croatia (in Varaždin County) that dates back to the 13th century.

Trakošćan was built in the 13th century within Croatia's northwestern fortification system, as a rather small observation fortress for monitoring the road from Ptuj to Bednja Valley.

According to a legend, Trakošćan was named after another fortification (arx Thacorum) that was alleged to have stood in the same spot back in antiquity. Another source claims that it was named after the knights of Drachenstein who were in control of the region in early Middle Ages.

🏰 Bran Castle🇷🇴 RomaniaBran Castle (Romanian: Castelul Bran; German: Schloss Bran or Die Törzburg; Hungarian: Törcsvári ...
09/13/2024

🏰 Bran Castle
🇷🇴 Romania
Bran Castle (Romanian: Castelul Bran; German: Schloss Bran or Die Törzburg; Hungarian: Törcsvári kastély) is a castle in Bran, 25 kilometres (16 mi) southwest of Brașov. The castle was built by Saxons in 1377 who were given the privilege by Louis I of Hungary.

🏰 Burg Altena🇩🇪 GermanyAltena Castle (German: Burg Altena) is a medieval hill castle in the town of Altena in North Rhin...
09/13/2024

🏰 Burg Altena
🇩🇪 Germany
Altena Castle (German: Burg Altena) is a medieval hill castle in the town of Altena in North Rhine-Westphalia. Built on a spur of Klusenberg hill, the castle lies near the Lenne in the Märkischer Kreis.

The castle was erected by the early Counts of Berg in the early 12th century. Eventually, the House of Berg abandoned Altena and moved their residence to Hamm.
Supposedly, the castle was built by the brothers Adolf and Everhard von Berg around the year 1108 after Henry V granted them land in Sauerland for their loyal services. On Wulfseck Mountain they built their castle, which they named Wulfeshagen, later Altena. This is one of the several legends of the establishment of the county of Altena and the building of the castle.

🏰 Burg Riom🇨🇭 SwitzerlandRiom Castle is a castle in the village of Riom-Parsonz (part of the municipality of Surses) of ...
09/12/2024

🏰 Burg Riom
🇨🇭 Switzerland

Riom Castle is a castle in the village of Riom-Parsonz (part of the municipality of Surses) of the Canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

Riom was inhabited during the Roman era, from the 1st century through the 4th. During this time, it was a mansio or way-station along the Julier Pass road. After the Fall of the Western Roman Empire, farmers and herders continued to live here during the Early Middle Ages. In 840 it was personally owned by the king of Raetia Curiensis and was a local administrative center as well as the site of major church. The church was given by King Arnulf to a vassal of his named Ruotpert, who in 904 traded it to Lorsch Abbey. Riom and the surrounding lands eventually passed to the Knights of Wangen-Burgeis in the early 13th century and around 1226 they built Riom Castle.

🏰 Bled Castle🇸🇮 SloveniaBled Castle (Slovene: Blejski grad, German: Burg Veldes) is a medieval castle built on a precipi...
09/12/2024

🏰 Bled Castle
🇸🇮 Slovenia

Bled Castle (Slovene: Blejski grad, German: Burg Veldes) is a medieval castle built on a precipice above the city of Bled in Slovenia, overlooking Lake Bled. According to written sources, it is the oldest Slovenian castle and is currently one of the most visited tourist attractions in Slovenia. Nowadays, the castle is employed as a historical museum with a collection that represents the lake's history.

🏰 Château de Peyrelade🇫🇷 FranceThe Château de Peyrelade is a ruined castle in the commune of Rivière-sur-Tarn in the Ave...
09/12/2024

🏰 Château de Peyrelade
🇫🇷 France
The Château de Peyrelade is a ruined castle in the commune of Rivière-sur-Tarn in the Aveyron département of France.

The name is derived from the occitan "pèira lada", meaning wide rock; an accurate description of the site. Objects found on the site suggest it was inhabited in prehistoric times.

Thanks to its position controlling the entrance to the gorges du Tarn, it was one of the most important castles in the Rouergue province. It existed at least as far back as the 12th century, and was the scene of incessant battles and sieges until 1633 when it was dismantled on the orders of Cardinal Richelieu.

🏰 Castello Caldora🇮🇹 ItalyCastello Cantelmo-Caldora (Italian for Cantelmo-Caldora Castle) is a Middle Ages castle in Pac...
09/12/2024

🏰 Castello Caldora
🇮🇹 Italy

Castello Cantelmo-Caldora (Italian for Cantelmo-Caldora Castle) is a Middle Ages castle in Pacentro, Province of L'Aquila (Abruzzo).

The castle was built before the 14th-15th century, because at this time was made its first restructuring. The most common assumption is that it dates back to the 11th-13th century, that is the age of the truncated tower placed at the north-east of the castle.

A main upgrades was completed in the second half of the 15th century, when the Orsini family built circular towers. Also the construction of the wall with a trapezoidal base is dated back to this period.

🏰 Veliki Tabor Castle🇭🇷 Croatia
09/12/2024

🏰 Veliki Tabor Castle
🇭🇷 Croatia

🏰 Castell de Peracense🇪🇸 SpainThe Castle of Peracense is a castle in Peracense, Aragon, northern Spain.The castle was bu...
09/12/2024

🏰 Castell de Peracense
🇪🇸 Spain
The Castle of Peracense is a castle in Peracense, Aragon, northern Spain.

The castle was built on an escarpment at the southern end of the Sierra Menera range. The location was occupied since the late Bronze Age, and was later reused during the Moorish domination of Spain, in the 10th and 11th centuries. During the late Middle Age its strategical importance rose, due to its position between the Kingdom of Castile and the Kingdom of Aragon.

The castle was enlarged and renewed in the 14th century.

🏰 Château de Montfort🇫🇷 FranceThe Château de Montfort is a castle in the French commune of Vitrac in the Dordogne départ...
09/12/2024

🏰 Château de Montfort
🇫🇷 France
The Château de Montfort is a castle in the French commune of Vitrac in the Dordogne département, part of the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

The castle clings to a promontory overlooking the Cingle de Montfort (Montfort Meander) on the Dordogne. Its grandiose setting "aroused the envy of those who wished to rule Périgord" so that its history is a long series of battles and sieges. It was taken and razed to the ground by order of Simon de Montfort in 1214. Abbot Guy of Vaux-de-Cernay led the demolition party. The castle was later rebuilt, but again destroyed another three times: during the Hundred Years' War, under Louis XI of France and on the instructions of Henri IV of France.

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