Castles....

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Now that's a nice little summer cottage.

 

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16th century castle at Landskrona, Sweden, June 1956

 

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Heidelberg Schloss- Neckar River 1955. Heidelberg American High School held their Junior-Senior prom in the castle.

 

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Munzenberg Castle1956.

 

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Braunfels Sept 1956

 

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Adlerhorst & Ziegenberg 1956 FuhrerBunker built under castle.

 

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Castle ruin above the Rhine.

 

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Rhine River- the Lorelei. Schloss "Katz"; there is another nearby- Schloss "Maus".

 

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This isn't a "castle" but at one time it was the longest building in the world. This is "Prora" a huge building on the north German island of Rugen. It was built in the late '30s by the Nazi Party for its "KdF" program- "Strength Through Joy". The program was designed to house thousands of Germans on a State-sponsored beach vacation. The war interrupted things...

 

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Gripsholms Castle, Sweden....

 

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Gołuchów Castle, Poland....

 

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Niedzica Castle, also known as Dunajec Castle, is located in the southernmost part of Poland in Niedzica (Nowy Targ county in Lesser Poland). It was erected between 1320 and 1326 by Kokos of Brezovica on the site of an ancient stronghold surrounded by earthen walls in the Pieninymountains. Niedzica Castle is located at an elevation of 566 m, on a hill 300 meters (980 ft) upstream from the mouth of the Dunajec River, as measured from the center of the dam on Lake Czorsztyn. The outline of Niedzica Castle can best be seen from the ruins of Czorsztyn Castle across the lake. It is known as one of the most picturesque castles in the country and graces the covers of many books....

 

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Lauenstein Castle is located north of Kronach, not far from the Franconian-Thuringian border. The oldest sections of it date back to the 12th century; from the 13th until well into the 15th century the castle was the seat of the once powerful Thuringian counts of Orlamünde. Following their decline it passed through various hands before the castle and territory of Lauenstein were taken over by the lords of Thyna.
The main wing with its four corner towers that is named after them was built in 1551–1554 and is a remarkable example of Renaissance palace architecture in central Germany. In the year 1622 the Bayreuth margrave Christian took over the castle; in 1791 it fell to Prussia and in 1803, finally, to Bavaria.
Lauenstein Castle passed into private ownership in 1815 and subsequently fell into ruin, until it was bought in 1896 by Dr. Erhard Meßmer, who restored it in the late Historicist style and furnished it in imitation of the Wartburg near Eisenach. This combination of 16th-century architecture with elements of Historicism and Jugendstil is particularly evident in the Orlamünde Hall (entrance hall) and the large Knights' Hall in the Thyna building.
In 1962 the Free State of Bavaria acquired the castle and from 1966 to 1976 extensively restored the whole complex. A comprehensive museum was installed in over 20 rooms of the main castle wing in which armour and weapons together with the furnishings that have been preserved – tiled stoves, pictures and wall and ceiling paintings – authentically recreate castle life in the Middle Ages.
Displays of rural and hand-made objects and special artisanal collections of locks, lamps and musical instruments complete the vivid picture of the period presented by this museum.

 

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Svojanov Castle, Czech Republic

The Svojanov Castle, which is a partial ruin, is one of the oldest royal castles in this country. It is located in the middle of a deep forest in the beautiful valley of the Křetínka River. Its architecture includes a unique mixture of the gothic and Empire styles. Svojanov Castle was established in 1224 by the Royal Burgrave Svéslav of Bořitov. King Přemysl Otakar II named the castle Fürstenberg. The castle's main task was to protect the Trstěnice Trade Route. The castle included an internal courtyard protected by up to 8-metre thick fortifications and the similarly thick outer wall of the old palace. The sixty-metre high watchtower served as the last place of refuge for the defenders. After the death of King Přemysl, the castle passed into the ownership of the King's widow, Kunhuta. The castle was later owned by the Lords of Boskovice, who constructed an ingenious system of late gothic fortifications with seven bastions and a squires' house. The squires' house has been preserved in its authentic state. The Lords of Trczka von Leipa built a new renaissance palace decorated with sgraffito on the site of the original fortifications. Nowadays, it is a ruin. The castle's owners changed frequently. In 1879, the last private owner decorated the palace interiors with late Empire-style paintings. The castle is now owned by the town of Polička. It is used as a venue for cultural events. Visitors can visit the gothic columned hall, an exhibition on the history of the castle, the kitchen, the pantry, the gothic cellars or the torture chamber.

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Castello di Montecuccolo, Italy
The castle's primary tower was built in the 11th century as a watchtower for the protection of the surrounding town. A defensive wooden palisade was constructed at its base. In the 12th century, an adjoining fortified house was built along with stone walls to replace the palisade.
Over the course of the 13th and 14th centuries, new buildings were constructed and the walls were extended to encompass them, creating an enclosed piazza. During the 15th and 16th centuries a church - the Church of San Lorenzo - was built enclosing a second, smaller, piazza at a lower level than the older castle buildings.
It was the birthplace of the 17th century condottiero Raimondo Montecuccoli.

Photo by: jack0467

 

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