swap_horiz Kőszeg Castle Alternatives

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Eltz Castle

Eltz Castle stands within Germany’s Mosel valley, a remarkably intact medieval fortress dating back to the 12th century....

Germany Medieval 12TH Century Valley

9.0 Excellent

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Château de Chillon

The Château de Chillon is a historic fortress situated on an island in Lake Geneva, Switzerland. Originally constructed...

Switzerland Medieval 13TH Century Savoy

8.8 Great

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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

8.5 Great

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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

8.5 Great

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Castillo San Felipe

Spanish colonial fortress sharing a name with several Caribbean and South American strongholds, each built from the 16th...

Coastal Colonial Colombia 16TH Century

8.5 Great

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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

8.5 Great

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Burghausen Castle

Burghausen Castle in Bavaria, Germany, is a medieval fortress notable for being the longest castle complex in the world,...

Germany Medieval River Bavaria

8.5 Great

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Agra Fort

Agra Fort is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Agra, India, developed primarily by Mughal emperor Akbar from 1565 and late...

India Imperial 16TH Century Mughal

8.4 Great

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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

8.4 Great

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Fort Bourtange

Fort Bourtange is a star fort in Groningen, the Netherlands, built in 1593 on orders of William of Orange to control the...

Netherlands 16TH Century Groningen Star Fort

8.3 Great

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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

8.3 Great

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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

8.3 Great

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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

8.2 Great

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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

8.0 Great

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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

8.0 Great

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Citadel of Corfu

A Venetian-built fortification on the eastern promontory of Corfu town, Greece, developed from the 15th century onward t...

Coastal Island Greece 16TH Century

8.0 Great

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Visegrád Citadel

Medieval Hungarian hilltop fortress above the Danube bend, built in the 13th century and later expanded as a royal resid...

Medieval Royal Hungary 14TH Century

7.8 Good

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Sümeg Castle

Medieval Hungarian castle in Veszprém County dating to the 13th century, considered one of the best-preserved hilltop fo...

Medieval Hungary 13TH Century Hilltop

7.0 Good

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Diósgyőr Castle

14th-century royal castle in Miskolc, Hungary, built under King Louis I and notable as a favored residence of Hungarian...

Medieval Royal Hungary 14TH Century

7.0 Good

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Naldurg Fort

The Veneto Plain is a large alluvial plain in northeastern Italy south of the Dolomites, drained by the Po and Adige riv...

India Medieval River 16TH Century

6.0 Fair