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Windsor Castle

Windsor Castle stands as Britain’s oldest and largest occupied castle. Constructed initially by William the Conqueror fo...

England Medieval Royal Residence

9.7 Brilliant

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Dover Castle

Dover Castle is a medieval fortress in Kent, England, built up by Henry II in the 1180s and known for commanding the sho...

England Coastal Medieval Fortress

9.4 Excellent

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Château de Carcassonne

Château de Carcassonne is the count's castle inside France's walled Cité de Carcassonne, built by the Trencavel family i...

France Medieval Unesco Citadel

9.4 Excellent

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Burg Eltz

Burg Eltz is a medieval castle above Germany's Moselle region, held by the Eltz family since the 12th century and never...

Germany Family Medieval River

9.4 Excellent

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Bamburgh Castle

Bamburgh Castle is a coastal fortress in Northumberland, England, on the site of the Anglo-Saxon royal stronghold of Beb...

England Coastal Medieval Northumbria

9.3 Excellent

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Chillon Castle

Chillon Castle is a medieval island castle on Lake Geneva in Switzerland, long held by Savoy and documented under its au...

Switzerland Lake Medieval Vaud

9.3 Excellent

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Warwick Castle

Warwick Castle is a medieval castle in Warwickshire, England, founded by William the Conqueror in 1068 and later rebuilt...

England Medieval River Tourism

9.2 Excellent

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Wartburg Castle

Wartburg Castle is a medieval fortress in Thuringia, Germany, where Martin Luther translated the New Testament into Germ...

Germany Medieval Unesco Hilltop

9.2 Excellent

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Frederiksborg Castle

Frederiksborg Castle is a Danish Renaissance palace at Hillerød, built for Christian IV and now home to the Museum of Na...

Renaissance Lake Denmark Museum

9.2 Excellent

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Castel del Monte

Castel del Monte is an octagonal 13th century castle in Apulia, Italy, built by Frederick II and listed by UNESCO as a W...

Italy Unesco Octagonal Swabian

9.2 Excellent

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Château de Chantilly

Château de Chantilly is a French château commissioned after 1875 by Henri d'Orléans and home to the Musée Condé art coll...

Renaissance France Estate Museum

9.1 Excellent

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Hohensalzburg Fortress

Hohensalzburg Fortress is Salzburg's medieval citadel in Austria, begun in 1077 and among Europe's largest preserved cas...

Austria Medieval Fortress Salzburg

9.1 Excellent

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Château de Castelnaud

Château de Castelnaud is a medieval fortress in Dordogne, France, rival to Beynac and now home to a museum of medieval w...

France Medieval Museum Dordogne

8.5 Great

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Sforza Castle

Sforza Castle is a Milan fortress rebuilt by Francesco Sforza in the 15th century and now houses museums including Miche...

Italy Renaissance Milan Museum

8.3 Great

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Fénis Castle

Fenis Castle is a medieval castle in Italy's Aosta Valley, expanded by the Challant family from 1320 to 1420 and noted f...

Italy Medieval Towers Aosta

8.3 Great

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Gruyères Castle

Gruyères Castle is a 13th-century Swiss castle in Fribourg, built in 1270-1282 and once the seat of the Counts of Gruyèr...

Switzerland Medieval Museum Fribourg

8.2 Great

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Peñafiel Castle

Penafiel Castle is a long ridge-top fortress in Valladolid, Spain, rebuilt in the 15th century and known for its narrow,...

Spain Medieval Museum Hilltop

8.0 Great

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Castel Nuovo

Castel Nuovo is a medieval castle in Naples, Italy, begun by Charles I of Anjou in 1279 and rebuilt with a Renaissance t...

Italy Medieval Royal Naples

7.9 Good

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Turku Castle

Turku Castle is a medieval fortress in Finland, founded in the late 13th century and tied to Swedish rule over the regio...

Medieval River Museum Finland

7.7 Good

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Castle of Melfi

Castle of Melfi is a Norman fortress in Basilicata, Italy, where Frederick II promulgated the Constitutions of Melfi in...

Italy Museum Norman Swabian

7.4 Good