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Castle Kyalami, Gauteng (1990s) Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town (1666) Castle on the Cliff, Western Cape (1960s) [2] Fort Chavonnes, Western Cape (1714–1725) Craighross Castle, Noetzie, Western Cape; Coornhoop, Western Cape (1657) Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape (1822–1837) Fort Daspoortrand, Gauteng(1896–1898) Fort Durnford, Estcourt, KwaZulu ...
This is a list of castles from around the world. By country. Africa. Castles in Ghana; Castles in South Africa; Americas Castles in Brazil; Castles in Canada; Castles ...
Rothesay Castle is a ruined castle in Rothesay, the principal town on the Isle of Bute, in western Scotland. Located at NS086646 , the castle has been described as "one of the most remarkable in Scotland", [ 1 ] for its long history dating back to the beginning of the 13th century, and its unusual circular plan.
The list of castles is a link page for any castle in the sense of a fortified building. Afghanistan. Albania Argentina. Castillo Naveira; Armenia. Austria ...
The Château des ducs de Bretagne (French pronunciation: [ʃato de dyk də bʁətaɲ], "Castle of the Dukes of Brittany") is a large castle located in the city of Nantes in the Loire-Atlantique département of France; it served as the centre of the historical province of Brittany until its separation in 1956.
The rural motte-and-bailey castles followed the traditional design, but the urban castles often lacked the traditional baileys, using parts of the town to fulfil this role instead. [73] Motte-and-bailey castles in Flanders were particularly numerous in the south along the Lower Rhine, a fiercely contested border. [74]
This category also includes buildings which never had a military purpose, but are styled as castles on romantic or stylistic grounds. Most such buildings date from the late 18th to early 20th centuries, and were a manifestation of the Gothic revival in architecture, which was in turn part of the Romantic movement in Western culture. They are ...
Although castle has not become a generic term for a manor house (like château in French and Schloss in German), many manor houses contain castle in their name while having few if any of the architectural characteristics, usually as their owners liked to maintain a link to the past and felt the term castle was a masculine expression of their ...