The Roman Castles (Italian: Castelli Romani) are a group of comuni in the Metropolitan City of Rome. They are located a short distance south-east of the...
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and 19th- and 20th-century homes built to resemble castles. Over the Middle Ages, when genuine castles were built, they took on a great many forms with...
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This list of castles in England is not a list of every building and site that has "castle" as part of its name, nor does it list only buildings that conform...
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Eltz Castle along with Bürresheim Castle and Lissingen Castle are the only castles in the Eifel region which have never been destroyed. The castle stands...
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a small number of castles had been built in England in the 1050s, the Normans began to build motte and bailey and ringwork castles in large numbers to...
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castles were popularized in the area that became the Netherlands. The Normans introduced the design into England and Wales. Motte-and-bailey castles were...
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ap Gruffudd's last castle, was captured. Shortly afterwards, Edward began building castles at Harlech and Caernarfon. The castles of Caernarfon, Conwy...
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The desert castles or qasrs are often called Umayyad desert castles, since the vast majority of these fortified palaces or castles were built by the Umayyad...
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DOC wines. The Frascati DOC/DOCG area is located in the heart of the Roman Castles, Tusculum and Albani Hills south of Rome, and north of Lake Albano....
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Rocca di Papa (Roman Castles Romanesco: 'A Rocca) is a small town and comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Rome, Lazio, Italy. It is one...
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with the limes and other Roman castles and sites Livius.org: Limes Archived 2015-03-20 at the Wayback Machine Antikefan: Roman Limes (German) Derlimes...
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the site of a pre-existing Roman fortress. The castle is unusual in that it has two mottes. It is one of only two such castles in the country, the other...
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like the gate of a castle or town, but were rarely as fully developed as in the concentric castles in Wales or the Crusader castles. Château Gaillard in...
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(2015). Castles in Great Britain and Ireland Dover Castle Clock Eastbourne Redoubt Governor of Dover Castle List of castles in England Pevensey Castle Kerr...
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This is a list of castles and fortresses declared historic monuments by Romania's Ministry of Culture. Caraș-Severin (6) Bey's Fortress, Socolari Caransebeș...
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due to its being built on the foundations of the Roman Temple of Claudius, Colchester. The castle endured a three-month siege in 1216, but had fallen...
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Château de Lavaux-Sainte-Anne (redirect from Castle of Lavaux-Saint-Anne)
century, the castle is no longer inhabited by its owners; only Berlo's widow, since 1482, ended her days in the half-ruined fortress. List of castles in Belgium...
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Wall. Canterbury Castle was one of the three original Royal castles of Kent (the other two being Rochester Castle and Dover Castle). They were all built...
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The Roman Empire was the era of Roman civilisation lasting from 27 BC to 476 AD. Rome ruled the Mediterranean and much of Europe, Western Asia and North...
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The Marino dialect is a dialect belonging to the dialects of the Roman Castles in the linguistic family of Central Italian and, specifically, the Central-Northern...
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called the "castle capital of the world" because of the large number of castles in a relatively small area. Wales had about 600 castles, of which over...
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Burgh Castle is the site of one of nine Roman Saxon Shore forts constructed in England around the 3rd century AD, to hold troops as a defence against...
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Corbaro, the highest of the three castles, is located on an isolated rocky promontory south-east of the other two. The Castles of Bellinzona with their defensive...
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assumed control, the monastery retained most of their rights to the land and castles. In 1528 Bern adopted the new faith of the Protestant Reformation and quickly...
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list of castles in Croatia includes castles, remains (ruins) of castles and other fortifications like fortresses which used to be a castles at some point...
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functionality prevailed in building styles. Castles, such as Alnwick Castle, Caernarfon Castle and Stirling Castle served military purpose and their battlements...
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took several years to complete. For many castles, the expenditure is unknown. However, work on royal castles was often documented in Pipe Rolls, which...
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Curtain wall (fortification) (redirect from Castle walls)
Europe during the Roman Empire; the early 5th century Theodosian Walls of Constantinople influenced the builders of medieval castles many centuries later...
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Encyclopedia of Japanese Castles. Groningen: Toyo Press. pp. 600 pages. ISBN 978-9492722300. Schmorleitz, Morton S. (1974). Castles in Japan. Tokyo: Charles...
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