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Castel del Monte (Italian for "Castle of the Mountain"; Barese: Castìdde du Monte) is a 13th-century citadel and castle situated on a hill in Andria in the Apulia region of southeast Italy. It was built during the 1240s by King Frederick II, who had inherited the lands from his mother Constance of Sicily. In the 18th century, the castle's ...
Ground floor and first floor plans of the castle. Doune occupies a strategic site, close to the geographical centre of Scotland, and only five miles (eight kilometres) from Stirling Castle, the "crossroads of Scotland". [5] The site is naturally defended on three sides by steeply-sloping ground, and by the two rivers to east and west.
Nearby Slains Castle appears to have inspired part of the floor plan for Castle Dracula, in particular the octagonal room: ‘The Count halted, putting down my bags, closed the door, and crossing the room, opened another door which led into a small octagonal room lit by a single lamp, and seemingly without a window of any sort.’
Embedded in the pavement is the floor plan of the planned palace chapel. The western end of the courtyard is delimited by the Palas (hall). It constitutes the real main and residential building of the castle and contains the King's stateroom and the servants' rooms.
The Alcázar of Seville, officially called Royal Alcázar of Seville (Spanish: Real Alcázar de Sevilla or Reales Alcázares de Sevilla), [1] is a historic royal palace in Seville, Spain. It was formerly the site of the Islamic-era citadel of the city, begun in the 10th century and then developed into a larger palace complex by the Abbadid ...
Gothic Castle on a Hill. Rindge, New Hampshire. Check prices and availability on Vrbo. Up to 22 people can rent this 11,000-square-foot castle on 500 acres of their own private kingdom — for a ...
After 1941, plans were developed to enlarge it to be the so-called "Centre of the World". [2] In 1950, the castle reopened as a museum and youth hostel. (The youth hostel is one of the largest in Germany.) [citation needed] The castle today hosts the Historical Museum of the Prince Bishopric of Paderborn and the Wewelsburg 1933–1945 Memorial ...
Poenari Castle was constructed around the beginning of the 13th century by Wallachians. [3] Around the 14th century, Poenari (then known as Castle Arges) was the main citadel of the Basarab rulers. [4] [5] In the next few decades, the name and the residents changed a few times but eventually the castle was abandoned and left in ruins.