History of Castles

Tweeting facts and articles about the greatest castles in the world

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Pembroke Castle, Wales. Situated on the banks of the River Cleddau

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De Haar Castle in the Netherlands was founded in the 14th century

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Hohenwerfen Castle, Austria has stood at the Salzachtal valley for more than 900 years

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Orford Castle was a royal castle built by King Henry II of England between 1165 and 1173

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Miramare Castle was built in the 19th century

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Blarney Castle in Cork, Ireland. Built in the 15th-century

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Raglan Castle, Wales - built in the 15th century

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Corvin Castle, Romania was laid out in 1446 when construction began at the orders of John Hunyadi

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Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia. It has 1001 rooms of malachite jasper agate and gilded mirrors

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Nymphenburg Palace in Munich, Germany

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Kruja Castle in Kruje, Albania. Remembered as the centre of Skanderbeg's battle against the Ottoman Turks

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Prague Castle, Czech Republic. This castle is the pride of the Czech Republic's capital

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Methoni Castle, Greece. Built in the 13th Century

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Ksiaz Castle, Poland. Built in the 13th century by Bolko I the Strict

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Methoni Castle, Greece. Built in the 13th Century

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Oberhofen Castle, Switzerland. Built in the early 13th Century

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Ksiaz Castle, Poland. Built in the 13th century by Bolko I the Strict

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Winsor Castle, England. Located in the English county of Berkshire

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Spis Castle, Slovakia. Dates back to the 12th century

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Burg Hohenwerfen, Switzerland. The first fortifications of Hohenwerfen were built in around 1077