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Spis Castle

Spiš Castle is a partially ruined medieval fortress situated on a travertine rock in eastern Slovakia. Built in the 12th...

Medieval Slovakia World Heritage Ruins

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Castle of the Moors

The Castle of the Moors stands atop a Sintra hilltop in Portugal. Originally constructed by the Moors during the 8th and...

Portugal Ruin Hilltop Sintra

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Saint-Hilarion Castle

Saint-Hilarion Castle is a medieval fortification located on the Kyrenia mountain range in Northern Cyprus. Originally e...

Mountain Medieval Byzantine Cyprus

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Castelo dos Mouros

Castelo dos Mouros is a medieval hilltop castle in Sintra, Portugal, constructed during the period of Moorish rule on th...

Medieval Portugal World Heritage Ruins

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Château des Baux

Château des Baux is a ruined medieval castle located on a rocky plateau above the village of Les Baux-de-Provence in the...

France Medieval Tourist Attraction Ruins

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São Jorge Castle

São Jorge Castle sits atop Lisbon’s highest hill offering panoramic views of the city. Constructed originally by the Moo...

Medieval Portugal Lisbon Hilltop

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Castle of Guimarães

The Castle of Guimarães is a medieval fortress in the Minho region of northern Portugal, constructed in the 10th century...

Medieval Portugal 10TH Century Minho

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Óbidos Castle

Óbidos Castle in Estremadura, Portugal, is a well-preserved medieval fortification whose walls largely date to the 12th–...

Medieval Charming Portugal Preserved

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Visegrád Castle

Visegrád Castle is a 13th-century royal palace and citadel complex located on the right bank of the Danube in Hungary. B...

Medieval Hungary Ruins Hilltop

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Silves Castle

Silves Castle is a medieval Moorish fortification located in the city of Silves in the Algarve region of Portugal. Const...

Medieval Moorish Museum Portugal

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Guimarães Castle

Guimarães Castle is a 10th-century medieval fortress in northern Portugal, built on a hilltop under the patronage of Cou...

Medieval Portugal National Hilltop

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Cēsis Medieval Castle

Cēsis Medieval Castle is a historic Livonian Order stronghold located in the town of Cēsis, Latvia. Originally establish...

Medieval Latvia Ruins Teutonic

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Bragança Castle

Bragança Castle is a medieval fortress located in the Trás-os-Montes region of northeastern Portugal. Its origins trace...

Medieval Portugal Preserved Dynastic

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Orford Castle

Orford Castle is a 12th-century royal castle at Orford in Suffolk, England, built for Henry II between 1165 and 1173. It...

Coastal 12TH Century English Polygonal

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Conisbrough Castle

Conisbrough Castle is a medieval fortification located in South Yorkshire, England. Its most prominent feature is a dist...

England 12TH Century Yorkshire Norman

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Leiria Castle

Leiria Castle in central Portugal was founded by Afonso Henriques in 1135 to defend the frontier against Moorish incursi...

Medieval Restored Royal Portugal

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Dunstaffnage Castle

Dunstaffnage Castle is a partially ruined stone castle near Oban in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Built in the thirteenth c...

Scotland Coastal Medieval Fortress

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Castle Rising

Castle Rising is a 12th-century ruined medieval castle located in Norfolk, England, renowned for its massive and highly...

12TH Century Norfolk English Norman

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Carrickfergus Castle

Carrickfergus Castle is a medieval Norman fortress on the shore of Belfast Lough in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Joh...

Coastal 12TH Century Norman Intact

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Medvedgrad Castle

Medvedgrad Castle is a medieval fortified structure built on the southern slopes of Mount Medvednica, overlooking the ci...

Medieval Zagreb Croatia Ruins

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