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Dover Castle

Dover Castle stands on the cliffs of Kent, England, a significant medieval fortress constructed primarily during the rei...

England Coastal Medieval Fortress

9.4 Excellent

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Bamburgh Castle

Bamburgh Castle stands dramatically on the Northumberland coast, representing nearly one thousand years of British histo...

England Coastal Medieval Northumbria

9.3 Excellent

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Dunnottar Castle

Dunnottar Castle stands as a dramatic ruin on Scotland’s northeast coast. This clifftop fortress, dating back to the 12t...

Scotland Coastal Clifftop Ruin

9.1 Excellent

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Monemvasia Castle

Monemvasia Castle stands as a remarkably preserved medieval fortress situated on a small, isolated Greek island. Built o...

Coastal Medieval Byzantine Greek

8.8 Great

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Margat Castle

Margat Castle stands on a Syrian hilltop overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. Constructed originally as a Crusader fortres...

Coastal Syrian Hilltop Crusader

8.7 Great

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Culzean Castle

Culzean Castle is a large country house situated on the Ayrshire coast of Scotland, overlooking the Firth of Clyde. The...

18TH Century Scotland Coastal Neoclassical

8.7 Great

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Dunluce Castle

Dunluce Castle stands as a dramatic ruin overlooking the Irish Sea near Portrush, Northern Ireland. Constructed in the 1...

Coastal Northern Ireland Clifftop Ruin

8.6 Great

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Peñíscola Castle

Peñíscola Castle is a medieval coastal fortress located on a rocky promontory in the town of Peñíscola, in the Valencian...

Spanish Coastal Medieval Papal

8.6 Great

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Tintagel Castle

Tintagel Castle sits on the rugged Cornish coast of England a dramatic ruin dating back centuries. Originally constructe...

England Coastal Arthurian Ruin

8.5 Great

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Miramare Castle

Miramare Castle stands on the Adriatic coast of Trieste, Italy. Constructed between 1856 and 1860, it served as a summer...

Italy Coastal Estate Habsburg

8.5 Great

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Fort St. Angelo

Fort St. Angelo is a bastioned fortification situated at the tip of Birgu on the island of Malta. Originally a medieval...

Coastal Medieval Harbour Maltese

8.4 Great

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Kalmar Castle

Kalmar Castle stands on Sweden’s coast as a significant Renaissance-era fortification. Constructed in the mid-15th centu...

Sweden Renaissance Coastal Fortress

8.3 Great

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Egeskov Castle

Egeskov Castle is a Renaissance water castle located on the island of Funen in Denmark. Completed in 1554 by the noblema...

Danish Renaissance Island 16TH Century

8.1 Great

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Purana Qila

Purana Qila, meaning Old Fort, is a fortified complex in Delhi, India, associated with the Mughal emperor Humayun and th...

Indian 16TH Century Mughal Delhi

8.1 Great

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Castle Fraser

Castle Fraser is a fortified tower house in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, developed mainly between 1575 and 1635. It is one o...

Scottish 16TH Century Tower House Aberdeenshire

8.1 Great

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Sidon Sea Castle

Sidon Sea Castle is a medieval fortress in Sidon, Lebanon, built by Crusaders in the early 13th century on a small islan...

Coastal Medieval Lebanese Island

8.1 Great

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Castello di Miramare

Castello di Miramare is a 19th-century palace situated on a rocky promontory on the Gulf of Trieste in northeastern Ital...

Italian 19TH Century Coastal Habsburg

8.1 Great

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Blackness Castle

Blackness Castle is a 15th-century artillery fortress situated on the southern shore of the Firth of Forth in Scotland....

Scotland Coastal Fortress Firth

8.0 Great

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Portchester Castle

Portchester Castle is a medieval fortress at the northern end of Portsmouth Harbour in Hampshire, England. Its Norman ke...

England Coastal Medieval Roman

7.9 Good

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Odawara Castle

Odawara Castle is a reconstructed feudal stronghold located in the city of Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Historic...

Japanese Restored 16TH Century Feudal

7.9 Good