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Post # 195 - Castle Barbie ?
Castles....
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Chris H
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We have quite a few castles here in Wales, I'll be adding to this thread in the future...
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Good stuff Chris!
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Torrechiara castle is a fifteenth-century manor house with simultaneously medieval and Renaissance features; located on the top of a panoramic rocky hill at the gates of Val Parma, it is flanked by the small medieval village of Torrechiara, a hamlet of Langhirano, in the province of Parma. Wanted by Count Pier Maria II de' Rossi as a powerful defensive structure and elegant love nest for himself and his lover Bianca Pellegrini, it is considered one of the most notable, scenic and best preserved castles in Italy. Since 1911, it has been an Italian national monument. Like many castles, that of Torrechiara also seems to host a dark presence. According to legend, on full moon nights, near the Rio delle Favole, the original access route to the castle, the ghost of Pier Maria II de' Rossi would wander around in search of his beloved Bianca Pellegrini, repeating the motto "Nunc et semper" According to another version, it would instead be the ghost of a duchess, walled up alive in the manor at an unspecified time, wandering near the building.
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Raesfeld Castle , Germany....
Raesfeld Castle is a Renaissance-style water castle in the German region of Münsterland, in the Land of North Rhine-Westphalia (northwestern Germany), built between the 12th and the 17th century and located in the town of Raesfeld. It was the residence of the lords of Raesfeld and later of the lords of Velen.
Source: castle_and_architecture , The Gothic Charm of the Revenge ·
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Kamjanec-Podilskyj Castle, is a late medieval defensive structure located in the old town of Kam "janec'-Podil's'kyj, Ukraine. Initially built to protect the bridge that connected the city with the mainland, the The castle sits atop a peninsula carved out by the winding Smotrič River, which forms a natural defense for the historic Old Town district.Its location on a strategic transport crossroads in Podolia made the garrison a prime target for foreign invaders , who variously rebuilt the castle according to their own needs, eventually giving it its present appearance. It is one of the few medieval constructions in today's Ukraine that is relatively well preserved. It is a candidate for the award of recognition of world heritage. awarded to UNESCO, to include the fortification among the wonders of Ukraine.
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Château du Haut-Koenigsbourg, France....
The Château du Haut-Koenigsbourg, sometimes also Haut-Kœnigsbourg, is a medieval castle located in the commune of Orschwiller in the Bas-Rhin département of Alsace, France.
Located in the Vosges mountains just west of Sélestat, situated in a strategic area on a rocky spur overlooking the Upper Rhine Plain, it was used by successive powers from the Middle Ages until the Thirty Years' War when it was abandoned. From 1900 to 1908 it was rebuilt at the behest of the German kaiser Wilhelm II. Today it is a major tourist site, attracting more than 500,000 visitors a year.
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Herstmonceux Castle is one of the oldest significant brick buildings still standing in England.
The castle was renowned for being one of the first buildings to use that material in the country, it dates from 1441.
