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Český Krumlov Castle

Český Krumlov Castle is a vast Czech complex first recorded in 1253, later a Rosenberg and Eggenberg seat, and part of a...

Renaissance Unesco Czechia Town

9.4 Excellent

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Stirling Castle

Stirling Castle is a major Scottish royal fortress above the River Forth, notable for its Renaissance palace and links t...

Renaissance Scotland Royal Fortress

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 d'Azay-le-Rideau

Château d'Azay-le-Rideau is a French Renaissance château in the Loire Valley, built from 1518 by Gilles Berthelot on an...

Renaissance France Loire Moated

9.1 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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Kronborg Castle

Kronborg Castle is a Renaissance fortress in Helsingør, Denmark, built by Frederik II and known as Shakespeare's Elsinor...

Renaissance Denmark Unesco Hamlet

9.1 Excellent

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Château de Villandry

Château de Villandry is a Loire Valley château in France, completed around 1536 by Jean Le Breton and noted for its Rena...

Renaissance France Loire Gardens

9.0 Excellent

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Heidelberg Castle

Heidelberg Castle is a ruined Gothic and Renaissance palace in Germany, damaged by French troops in 1689 and lightning i...

Germany Renaissance Ruin Palatine

9.0 Excellent

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Castel Sant'Angelo

Castel Sant'Angelo is Rome's former Mausoleum of Hadrian, completed in 139 CE and later converted into a papal fortress...

Italy Papal Fortress Rome

9.0 Excellent

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Caerphilly Castle

Caerphilly Castle is a 13th-century fortress in South Wales, notable as one of Britain's largest castles and for its ext...

Medieval Wales Concentric Moated

8.9 Great

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Leeds Castle

Leeds Castle is a moated castle in Kent, England, associated with six medieval queens and rebuilt on islands in a lake f...

England Medieval Estate Moated

8.8 Great

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Bodiam Castle

Bodiam Castle is a moated 14th-century castle in East Sussex, England, built in 1385 by Sir Edward Dalyngrigge during th...

England Medieval Moated Ruin

8.6 Great

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Caerlaverock Castle

Caerlaverock Castle is a triangular moated castle in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, notable for its distinctive plan a...

Scotland Triangular Moated Ruin

8.5 Great

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Miramare Castle

Miramare Castle is a 19th century seaside residence in Trieste, Italy, built from 1856 to 1860 for Archduke Ferdinand Ma...

Italy Coastal Estate Habsburg

8.5 Great

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Kalmar Castle

Kalmar Castle is a Swedish coastal fortress, famous for the 1397 Kalmar Union that united Denmark, Norway, and Sweden un...

Sweden Renaissance Coastal Fortress

8.3 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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Castelvecchio

Castelvecchio is Verona's major Scaliger fortress, built from 1354 under Cangrande II della Scala and now home to a civi...

Italy Medieval Museum Verona

8.2 Great

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Mespelbrunn Castle

Mespelbrunn Castle is a moated Renaissance castle in Bavaria's Spessart forest, begun after a 1412 grant to Hamann Echte...

Germany Renaissance Forest Moated

8.1 Great