swap_horiz Rocca Scaligera Alternatives

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Xi'an City Wall

One of the best-preserved ancient city walls in China, encircling Xi'an, substantially rebuilt in the 14th century durin...

China Walled City 14TH Century Plains

8.5 Great

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Hrad Karlštejn

Hrad Karlštejn is a prominent Gothic castle located in the Czech Republic, founded in 1348 by Charles IV specifically to...

Gothic Czech Republic 14TH Century Bohemia

8.5 Great

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Aragonese Castle of Ischia

Island fortress off Ischia, Italy, with ancient roots rebuilt by Alfonso V of Aragon in 1441 and connected to the island...

Italy Coastal Island Naples

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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Golubac Fortress

Golubac Fortress is a medieval fortified town on the south bank of the Danube in Serbia, featuring nine towers and datin...

Serbia Medieval River 14TH Century

7.8 Good

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Kuressaare Castle

A 14th-century episcopal castle on Saaremaa island, Estonia, built by the Teutonic Order and considered one of the best-...

Island Estonia 14TH Century Teutonic

7.8 Good

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Fortezza di Bard

A 19th-century fortress in the Aosta Valley, Italy, rebuilt from 1830 after Napoleon ordered demolition of the original...

Austrian Italy 19TH Century Alpine

7.8 Good

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Castillo de Gibralfaro

Castillo de Gibralfaro is a 14th-century hilltop castle in Málaga, Spain, built by the Nasrid dynasty to protect the cit...

Spain 14TH Century Hilltop Nasrid

7.8 Good

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Peniscola Castle

Peniscola Castle is a clifftop medieval fortress in Castellón, Spain, constructed between 1294 and 1307 by the Knights T...

Spain Coastal Peninsula 14TH Century

7.8 Good

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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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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

7.5 Good

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Rocca di Gradara

Well-preserved 13th-century hilltop fortress in Gradara, Marche, Italy, traditionally linked to the story of Paolo and F...

Italy Medieval 14TH Century Marche

7.5 Good

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Forte di Belvedere

Star-shaped fort overlooking Florence, Italy, commissioned by Grand Duke Ferdinando I de' Medici and completed in 1595 t...

Italy Florence 16TH Century Hilltop

7.5 Good

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Mukachevo Castle

Medieval castle complex in Mukachevo, Ukraine, built atop a volcanic hill and controlled successively by Hungarian, Tran...

Ukraine 14TH Century Multi Era Hilltop

7.5 Good

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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

7.5 Good

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Zamok Lutsk

14th-century stone castle in Lutsk, Ukraine, built by Prince Lubart of Lithuania and one of the best-preserved Gothic fo...

Medieval Ukraine 14TH Century Lubart

7.2 Good

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Fort de Joux

A French mountain fortress near Pontarlier with origins in the 11th century, most famous as the prison where Haitian rev...

France Mountain Medieval Jura

7.0 Good

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Suceava Fortress

14th-century fortress in Suceava, Romania, former capital of the Principality of Moldavia, significantly reinforced by S...

Romania Medieval 14TH Century Moldavian

7.0 Good

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Neamț Fortress

Medieval hilltop fortress in Neamț County, Romania, built in the 14th century and famously defended against Ottoman sieg...

Romania Mountain Medieval 14TH Century

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