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Gulustan Fortress or Castle (Azerbaijani: Gülüstan qalası) is a medieval castle dating back to the 9th-12th centuries located in Shamakhi District of Azerbaijan.Although the oldest archeological findings from the castle date back to the 9th century, the Gulustan castle was radically rebuilt and strengthened in the 12th century - the beginning of the 13th century.
The castle ruins are located on a rocky ridge close to 100 meters above the village. This ridge can be crossed through a cave, the so-called Festiloch. The ruins can be easily reached from the village with a wide walkway, which surrounded by life-size wooden sculptures representing the Barons de la Tour. [2]
Burgruine Landsee is a ruined castle located in the middle of the Austrian state of Burgenland, east of the village of Landsee in the Markt Sankt Martin municipality in the Oberpullendorf district. It is one of the largest castle ruins in Central Europe. Burgruine Landsee stands 537 metres (1,762 ft) above sea level. [1]
The ruins of the castle are perched on a high wooded knoll above the narrowest part of the Moravian Gate and above the left bank of the river Bečva. The complex is 187 metres (614 ft) long and up to 152 metres (499 ft) wide. It is one of the largest castles in terms of area in the Czech Republic.
The wooden fortress was torn down and the castle burnt and left in ruins. It is not known precisely when it was restored, but the Sverris saga indicates the castle had been restored by 1197 when it records a battle at the castle. During this conflict, a dead man was thrown into the only well which supplied Sverresborg castle with drinking water.
The ruins include the keep, the enceinte, ramparts, towers, casemates and the former Sainte-Catherine et Saint-Symphorien chapels. The castle ruins have been repaired since 1984 by the Association pour la Restauration du Château de Domfront. The ruins stand in a public park and are open to the public free of charge.
The castle ruins consist of eight enclosures built at the tail of the mountain ridge, measuring approximately 340 meters from east-to-west. While there are several single-bailey castles ruins from this period in Amakusa, Tanasoko Castle has a complex layout and was also protected by a fortified triple moat built from the north to the east of ...
Egmond Castle (Dutch: Kasteel Egmond), also called the Ruins of Egmond (Dutch: Ruïne van Egmond), is a ruined medieval castle in the Dutch province of North Holland.It is located in Egmond aan den Hoef in the municipality of Bergen and lies about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) west of Alkmaar.