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Château d'Azay-le-Rideau is a French Renaissance château in the Loire Valley, built from 1518 by Gilles Berthelot on an Indre River island.
Caerphilly Castle is a 13th-century fortress in South Wales, notable as one of Britain's largest castles and for its extensive water defences.
Leeds Castle is a moated castle in Kent, England, associated with six medieval queens and rebuilt on islands in a lake from the 12th century onward.
Bodiam Castle is a moated 14th-century castle in East Sussex, England, built in 1385 by Sir Edward Dalyngrigge during the Hundred Years' War.
Caerlaverock Castle is a triangular moated castle in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, notable for its distinctive plan and 13th-century origins.
Moritzburg Castle is a Baroque hunting palace near Dresden, Germany, remodelled for Augustus the Strong between 1723 and 1733.
Château de Sully-sur-Loire is a moated Loire castle in France, rebuilt from the late 14th century and later home to the duc de Sully.
Mespelbrunn Castle is a moated Renaissance castle in Bavaria's Spessart forest, begun after a 1412 grant to Hamann Echter.
Estense Castle is a moated fortress in Ferrara, Italy, begun on 29 September 1385 for Niccolo II d'Este after a popular revolt.
