swap_horiz Devín Castle Alternatives

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Citadel of Cairo

The Citadel of Cairo is a medieval Islamic fortification on the Mokattam hills in Egypt, founded by Saladin in 1176 and...

Medieval Egypt Hilltop Ayyubid

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Spišský Hrad

One of the largest castle complexes in Central Europe, located in eastern Slovakia and dating to the 12th century, desig...

Medieval 12TH Century Slovakia Ruins

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Marksburg Castle

Marksburg Castle is a medieval hilltop fortress in Braubach, Germany, distinguished as the only unaltered and never-dest...

Germany Medieval 12TH Century Rhine

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Castelo de São Jorge

Medieval castle overlooking Lisbon, Portugal, first established as a Moorish stronghold and expanded by Portuguese kings...

Medieval Portugal Lisbon Hilltop

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Belgrade Fortress

Belgrade Fortress is a complex of fortifications at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers in Serbia, with origins...

Serbia Confluence Medieval Multi Era

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Marienberg Fortress

Marienberg Fortress is a prominent hilltop fortification in Würzburg, Germany, with origins tracing back to 704 AD, serv...

Germany Medieval River Hilltop

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Hrad Bojnice

Castle in Bojnice, Slovakia, remodeled in the late 19th century by Count Ján Pálffy in a French Gothic Romantic style, n...

Romantic Medieval Slovakia 14TH Century

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Berat Castle

A UNESCO-listed medieval castle in Berat, Albania, notable for its inhabited Ottoman-era quarter of houses still occupie...

Medieval Byzantine Hilltop Albania

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Toompea Castle

A medieval castle on Toompea Hill in Tallinn, Estonia, dating to the 13th century and today serving as the seat of the E...

Medieval Tallinn Estonia 13TH Century

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Hochkönigsburg

A medieval hilltop castle in Alsace, France, restored between 1900 and 1908 on orders of Kaiser Wilhelm II after lying r...

France Medieval Alsace Hilltop

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Klis Fortress

Medieval Croatian fortress near Split controlling a strategic Dinaric Alpine pass, seat of early Croatian kings before f...

Split Medieval Croatia 16TH Century

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Ohrid Fortress

Medieval fortress in Ohrid, North Macedonia, significantly rebuilt by Bulgarian Tsar Samuel around 990 AD on earlier Rom...

Medieval North Macedonia 10TH Century Hilltop

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Quéribus Castle

The last Cathar stronghold in France, a ruined castle atop a peak in the Aude department that held out against royal Fre...

France Medieval Hilltop Cathar

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Fortaleza de Óbidos

Fortaleza de Óbidos is a medieval castle in Portugal captured from the Moors by King Afonso I in 1148, later restored as...

Medieval Portugal 13TH Century Hilltop

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Habsburg Castle

Habsburg Castle is a medieval stronghold in Switzerland constructed in the 11th century, notable for being the ancestral...

Switzerland Medieval Origin Hilltop

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Festung Kufstein

Festung Kufstein is a strategically vital hilltop fortress in Tyrol, Austria, with origins dating back to 1205 and notab...

Austria Medieval River Tyrol

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Veste Coburg

Veste Coburg is one of Germany's largest surviving medieval fortresses, located in Bavaria and notably serving as a hidi...

Germany Medieval 10TH Century Hilltop

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Vilnius Upper Castle

A medieval hilltop fortification in Vilnius, Lithuania, of which the 14th-century Gediminas Tower survives as a national...

Medieval Lithuania 14TH Century Hilltop

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Château de Bouillon

Medieval castle in Bouillon, Belgium, associated with Godfrey of Bouillon, who pledged it to the Prince-Bishop of Liège...

Medieval Belgium Hilltop Ardennes

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Palanok Castle

Castle in Mukachevo, Ukraine, known as Palanok, perched on a 68-meter extinct volcanic hill and notable for its three-ti...

Medieval Ukraine 14TH Century Hilltop

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