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Castell Coch ( Welsh for 'red castle'; Welsh pronunciation: [ˈkas.tɛɬ koːχ]) is a 19th-century Gothic Revival castle built above the village of Tongwynlais in South Wales. The first castle on the site was built by the Normans after 1081 to protect the newly conquered town of Cardiff and control the route along the Taff Gorge.
Swallow's Nest, one of the Neo-Gothic châteaux fantastiques near Yalta. The Swallow's Nest (Ukrainian: Ластівчи́не гніздо́, romanized: Lastivchýne hnizdó; Russian: Лáсточкино гнездо́, romanized: Lástochkino gnezdó) [nb 1] is a decorative castle located at Gaspra, a small spa town between Yalta and Alupka on the Crimean peninsula.
Herstmonceux Castle is a brick-built castle, dating from the 15th century, near Herstmonceux, East Sussex, England. It is one of the oldest significant brick buildings still standing in England. [1] The castle was renowned for being one of the first buildings to use that material in England, and was built using bricks taken from the local clay ...
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Lincoln Castle is a major medieval castle constructed in Lincoln, England, during the late 11th century by William the Conqueror on the site of a pre-existing Roman fortress. The castle is unusual in that it has two mottes. [1] It is one of only two such castles in the country, the other being at Lewes in East Sussex.
In France, the terms château or manoir are often used synonymously to describe a French manor house; maison-forte is the appellation for a strongly fortified house, which may include two sets of enclosing walls, drawbridges, and a ground-floor hall or salle basse that was used to receive peasants and commoners.
Akershus Castle and Fortress seen from Oslofjord. Akershus Fortress ( Norwegian: Akershus Festning, pronounced [ɑkəʂˈhʉːs ˈfɛ̂sːtnɪŋ]) [ 1] or Akershus Castle ( Norwegian: Akershus slott [ɑkəʂˈhʉːs ˈslɔtː]) [ 2] is a medieval castle in the Norwegian capital Oslo that was built to protect and provide a royal residence for ...
Ozark Medieval Fortress was a project designed to construct an accurate replica of a 13th-century French castle in Lead Hill, Arkansas. [1] Construction was carried out on the site using only materials and techniques appropriate to the 13th century. [2] The ground was broken in 2009, with the expectation that completion would have taken about ...