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1987. Casa Loma (Spanish for "Hill House") is a Gothic Revival castle -style mansion and garden in midtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that is now a historic house museum and landmark. It was constructed from 1911 to 1914 as a residence for financier Sir Henry Pellatt. The architect was E. J. Lennox, [ 1 ] who designed several other city landmarks.
Castle Grayskull, from the He-Man Masters of the Universe cartoon series. Castle Lemongrab, from Adventure Time. Castle Wyvern, in Gargoyles. Death's Castle, from Adventure Time. Dreamland Castle, from Disenchantment. Ice King's Castle, from Adventure Time. Katz Kastle, from Courage the Cowardly Dog.
Castle Frank Brook is a buried creek and south-west flowing tributary of the Don River in central and north-western Toronto, Ontario, originating near the intersection of Lawrence Avenue and Dufferin Street . Residential and industrial development in the former suburban cities of York and North York have obliterated nearly all traces of its ...
Hart House at the University of Toronto, designed by Henry Sproatt. Gothic Revival architecture in Canada is an historically influential style, with many prominent examples. . The Gothic Revival style was imported to Canada from Britain and the United States in the early 19th century, and it rose to become the most popular style for major projects throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuri
André René Roussimoff ( French: [ɑ̃dʁe ʁəne ʁusimɔf]; 19 May 1946 – 28 January 1993), better known by his ring name André the Giant, was a French professional wrestler and actor. Dubbed "the Eighth Wonder of the World ", Roussimoff was known for his great size, which was a result of gigantism caused by excess growth hormone.
The Castle of Otranto is the first supernatural English novel and is a singularly influential work of Gothic fiction. [1] It blends elements of realist fiction with the supernatural and fantastical, establishing many of the plot devices and character types that would become typical of the Gothic novel: secret passages, clanging trapdoors ...
This is a list of castles in Canada. Most cannot properly be described as true castles. They are primarily country houses, follies, or other types of buildings built to give the appearance of a castle. They are usually designed in the Gothic Revival, Châteauesque, Renaissance Revival, Romanesque Revival, Scots Baronial or Tudor Revival styles.
Gormenghast. Gormenghast / ˈɡɔːmənˌɡɑːst / is a fantasy novel by British writer Mervyn Peake, the second in his Gormenghast series. It is the story of Titus Groan, 77th Earl of Groan and Lord of Gormenghast Castle, from age 7 to 17. As the story opens, Titus dreads the pre-ordained life of ritual that stretches before him.