swap_horiz Heidelberg Castle Alternatives

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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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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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Hohenzollern Castle

Hohenzollern Castle is the ancestral seat of the House of Hohenzollern in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, rebuilt in Gothic...

Germany Gothic Hilltop Dynastic

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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Dunnottar Castle

Dunnottar Castle is a ruined cliff-top fortress near Stonehaven, Scotland, notable for sheltering the Honours of Scotlan...

Scotland Coastal Clifftop Ruin

9.1 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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Spiš Castle

Spiš Castle is a large ruined fortress in eastern Slovakia, built from the 12th century and included in a UNESCO World H...

Unesco Fortress Slovakia Ruin

8.9 Great

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Kenilworth Castle

Kenilworth Castle is a ruined fortress in Warwickshire, England, expanded by John of Gaunt and transformed for Elizabeth...

England Medieval Elizabethan Ruin

8.8 Great

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Marksburg

Marksburg is a Rhine hill castle in Braubach, Germany, built by 1117, one of two Middle Rhine castles never destroyed an...

Germany Medieval Rhine Intact

8.8 Great

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Château de Peyrepertuse

Château de Peyrepertuse is a cliff-top fortress in Aude, France, strengthened as a royal border castle after the 1258 Tr...

France Mountain Ruin Cathar

8.7 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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Urquhart Castle

Urquhart Castle is a ruined fortress on Loch Ness in Scotland, notable for its role in medieval conflicts and its promin...

Scotland Medieval Ruin Lochness

8.6 Great

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Dunluce Castle

Dunluce Castle is a ruined medieval fortress in Northern Ireland, perched on a basalt cliff and associated with the MacD...

Coastal Northern Ireland Clifftop Ruin

8.6 Great

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Château Gaillard

Château Gaillard is a Norman fortress above the Seine in France, built by Richard the Lionheart in 1196-1198 and capture...

France Normandy Ruin Richard

8.6 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