Favourite castle?
I haven't built it yet.
>>1048190
>>1048190
I've always like Elsinore
>>1048231
I hate that basic outline. It just triggers me for some reason
Nearly a century later, still seeing battles...
>>1048644
Crusader Knights were God Tier castle builders. Malta today stands Christian as a result of their fortifications.
![Bodiam-castle-10My8-1197[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/iKzQzDP.jpg "Bodiam-castle-10My8-1197[1].jpg")
Posting this because it's nearby and aesthetic as fuck.
>>1048674
This shit right here is next level though.
>tfw I've been building a simple wooden shop for 4 years
With Soviet and Polish troops entering Berlin in 1945, civilians moved into the Zoo tower to escape harm.
>Soviet troops (150th and 171st Rifle Divisions) attacked across the Moltke Bridge covering the River Spree. This was defended by German infantry and rockets, who were under pressure from Soviet tanks crossing the bridge, until the heavier anti aircraft guns from the Zoo tower could gain line of sight through the smoke. They destroyed the tanks and left the bridge covered in destroyed vehicles, which blocked further vehicles from crossing the bridge.[14] The heavier 12.8 cm FlaK 40 anti aircraft guns obliterated Soviet armour, particularly when hitting it from the side.
With thousands of civilians crammed into the facility, conditions in the Zoo tower towards the end were close to unbearable; it was crowded and had little water, and the air was hard to breathe. As the Soviet armies advanced inexorably towards the centre of Berlin, around 10,000 German troops retreated to the Government district. The tower was never successfully assaulted, therefore it was still able to provide anti-tank support to the defenders in the Government district. For example, during daylight hours on April 30, the Soviets were unable to advance across the open areas in front of the Reichstag to attack the building because of heavy anti-tank fire from the 12.8 cm guns two kilometres away on the Zoo tower.
>Soviet troops, not wishing to attack the facility, arranged the surrender of the troops inside. Colonel Haller, negotiating on behalf of the tower, promised to capitulate at midnight. This was a ruse to allow for the forces in the Tiergarten area to make a break out through the Soviet lines and away from Berlin. This they did, shortly before midnight. The civilians then left the facility.
It took the British until 1948, three attempts and over 60 tons of TNT to demolish it.
>>1048198
how the fuck are you supposed to attack those
>>1049650
Ask the Romans :^)
>>1049684
let me guess, something like treachery?
>>1049782
No, building a mountain to launch a frontal attack.
>>1049786
>building a mountain
u wot
>>1049782
They built a ramp. When the Jews saw the Romans are breaking in, they collectively killed themselves.
>>1048674
>that town section
hngggggggggggggggggggggggggggh
Liddesdale was described as the bloodiest valley in Britain. It was at the nexus of the murderous clan feuds which fed the Border Reiver conflicts and rent this lonely part of Britain for 400 years. The Hermitage stands as a lonely reminder of that bloody past: massive, sinister, brooding, a dark H-shaped monument to power, politics and cruelty.
When it comes to aesthetics, this is probably the best good looking castle in Slovenia.
Teutons were quite good at building castles.
>>1049838
And then there's cool stuff like this. The Predjama castle (jama is Slovene for cave and pred means before or in front of - the castle lies at the entrance to a cave so I'm sure you'll figure out the name).
As the legend goes, a man called Erazem Predjamski owned the castle back when Matthias Corvinus was fighting his war with the Austrians. Erazem decided to join his cause and he became a sort of a brigand. The emperor learned of this and sent a small army to catch Erazem. The army set up camp outside, knowing that Erazem and his people had nowhere to go. After several months, they were just about to leave - thinking that the inhabitants of the castle were dead -, when Erazem stepped up onto the walls with grapes. This was in very early spring, mind you. I've forgotten a few details of the story but at one point, he supposedly had a whole roasted pig thrown to the enemy. The trick to his survival was the cave, as there was another exit on the other side of the hill.
Unfortunately for Erazem, one of his men was bribed and he gave a signal to the enemies who then pelted the room Erazem was in (some say it was the toilet) with rocks from their catapults.
And by the way, that little door under the castle is the entrance to Slovenia's longest cave system.
>>1049885
Forgot the image...
Once the largest castle in Germany, blown up by the French in 1797
>>1049982
Sexy beast.
De Haar
>>1049869
I took part in a fake battle as an archer in that castle when 13.
>>1049791
>mountaindust
a hell of a drug
always good
Well at least we call it a castle
>>1049869
Marienburg castle is far more impressive in person than it seems in pictures.
Many castles have the opposite problem where they seem more impressive in photos than in real life, but Marienburg is HUGE.
>>1050325
>those fries
absolutely disgusting
>>1049587
nice
the Citadel of Aleppo is one of the oldest and lergest in the world. you can't really get a significant amount of it into a non-aerial photo; this is just the front door.
I hope it's doing okay.
tfw it started as a roman encampement
>>1049788
The madmen built a ramp up a mountain so they could bring their towers up.
>>1050905
Love this one
>>1051752
SPQR was not playing around.
>>1049889
couldn't someone climb up the mountain and roll boulders onto them
>>1048262
The idea is to have full coverage of the foot of the walls. There's nowhere for attackers to hide.
Neusvhwanstein is a pearl of opulence. I love the Byzantine frescos depicting Norse mythology. Its like the /pol/ castle.
IMPENETRABLE
desu
Reminder that tower house> castles
>None of my favorite castle from my childhood
Too bad the base I grew up on is a refugee camp now.
So aesthetic
>>1048190
>>1052187
The castle is located at the entrance to the cave so I'm pretty sure it lies deep enough that only parts of the castle could actually get hit (although I think it would be hard to aim the rock and push it just hard enough so it wouldn't fly too far and miss the castle completely). In addition, the castle back then was much smaller so no part would actually stick out.
And besides, if anyone wanted to roll rocks down onto the castle, one would have to somehow get those rocks through the woods and onto the top which would probably take a while.
Bumping with another Slovene castle.
>>1049587
I;ll never understand the destruction of the flak towers.
They'd be perfect museums.
>>1058435
The British had nothing better to do then blow up anything and everything left standing after their RAF Campaigns wrapped up. Hell, they even tried to blow up a German island of Heligoland just because.
My guess is it was Anglo impotence after being made irrelevant by the US and USSR: Pick on the one country unable to fight back.
>>1051531
It's not
t. /k/
>>1048190
>>1058948
So impractical
Glorious Massimiliano D'Absburgo
>>1058956
Seemed to work well enough to me...
>>1059004
>almost lost if not for the help of an army of literal ghosts
>>1051531
Man, it looks beautiful.
>>1058962
>filename
rude
>>1050280
Did you die?
>>1059010
That wasn't because the fortress itself was poorly designed, that's because it was laid siege to by an army at least 20x larger than the garrison force than had flying beasts at their disposal.
>>1048674
mah nigga
Castelnaud was pretty good as child, they even have some siege engine demonstration.
Being french is awesome when you love castles
>>1048644
but this is top tier patrician taste.
I just hope it doesn't get destroyed by ISIS
>>1048674
>ywn live in mont saint michel
JDIMSA 2bh familia
>>1059749
is this your case ? lucky bastard, hope you like tourist in summer tho
>>1059755
I-I'm not living there lad.
>>1059575
Shot someone in the knee...
>>1059815
>Living Dead meme: the anon
![Schloss_Neuschwanstein[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/4kdmBus.jpg "Schloss_Neuschwanstein[1].jpg")
>>1048190
So good they based a board game on it.
>>1059851
And it's Civ 5 wonder is OP as fuck
>>1048198
oy vey
>>1048644
You mean millennium.
![Castel_Sant'Angelo_di_notte[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/Jx8sKR7.jpg "Castel_Sant'Angelo_di_notte[1].jpg")
All of the castels posted itt look like they could be Barbie houses
![HelmsDeep[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/UIWQcq2.jpg "HelmsDeep[1].jpg")
>>1058948
What's the difference between a castle and a fortress?
>>1059864
After siege guns became a thing "castle" started meaning something growing ever closer to "palace."
>>1049650
They have to get food and stuff up there, so there has to be a way up.
And if there is way you can attack them, it's just a matter of how many people you lose until you're inside.
Mont St Michele or Chenonceau
>>1059873
Couldn't the bad guys just have a bunch of wyverns fly up out of the reach of arrows, and just drop boulders or pots of scalding shit.
>>1059923
At the time of the Battle of Helm's Deep was also the Fall of Osgiliath, which was a FAR more important site.
>>1059927
In fact, I now suspect that Tolkien made the two battles simultaneous to explain why the fell beasts didn't do as you stated.
>>1049650
I think the romans built a 115 meter ramp to get to a place they could get to it IIRC
>>1049869
Marienburg is still the biggest building made of bricks in Europe.
>>1059947
The whole castle? Sounds like cheating. Is it all connected to each other?
>>1059951
M8, my Uncle works as an archeologist in Malbork. It is huge and interconnected and cool!
>>1059951
yes the whole complex of buildings.
>>1059842
It was a R E P R E S A N T A T I O N...
Hunyad castle
If it wasnt for the 1686 siege, the gothic-reinaissance castle of Buda would be the most baller in all of Europe t b h
XV. century Italian travellers came at its sight and said even their home country doesn't have anything to match it
Spissky Hrad in Slovakia is unqestuionable in its majesty even as ruins, it was real life Minas Tirith in the better daY.
>>1060053
Orava is epitome of cosy
>>1059879
>After siege guns became a thing "castle" started meaning something growing ever closer to "palace."
That was much a function of the Gothic style of architecture in the 1260 to 1280. Before it was very hard to make a castle a nice place to live in.When that changed many noble moved out of the palaces of the era and into remodeled castles. Soon after they started to make more changes , trading away a bit of defense for more comfort. In end effect the main castles of nobles became rather well defend palaces rather then pure forts.
>>1048674
Unconquered!
>>1060199
forgot pic. It is of Deal castle and shows what castles made after siege guns became a thing looked like.
I see your castles... and raise you a fortress.
>>1048190
Scotland Eillean Doran
>tfw live in America and don't have castles to visit
>>1060917
just build your own
>>1060917
But you can
>>1061074
How appropriate. America's only real castle is just the symbol of a multibillion dollar corporation.
>>1048212
Ma man, been there when I was a child, Saint Emilion is also very beautiful
>>1060917
Does this count?
>>1049650
All it takes is a couple of absolute madmen
>>1061470
No.
>>1059645
comme le château de barbe bleu en vendée, gilles de raie... putain mais oui, en étant gosse c'était vraiment chouette.
castelnaud me fait penser à un des chantier participatif que j'ai failli faire mais je dois confondre...
also the castle of Chambord or Chaumont
>>1060917
We got fake castles though
>>1061576
here is chaumont
come at me frenchies
![castellodifenis[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/QDCDUT5.jpg "castellodifenis[1].jpg")
The place where I'm from is called land of castles because there are so many of them, the oldest ones being roman built.
Here's an overly dramatic video about some of them, if anyone is interested:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnQmp5uNrOo
the last one is the coziest and cutest
>>1059851
> people liking Neuschwanstein
It isn't even finished. Go see Ludwig's other castles
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>>1061579
Where is this? Thousand islands?
>>1049650
You aren't. That's sort of the point.
>>1053175
They're not even real castles. They're basically just aristocratic houses who's owners liked to play fort.
>>1053175
It's not a real tower house unless the entrance is on the second floor
>>1060917
Go to Mexico then
Johannisburg Castle in Germany. Almost got blown up in the 30-years-war.
![040680029[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/YG7Nb5O.jpg "040680029[1].jpg")
>>1048262
>not protecting your cities with quadruple pentagrams
>>1048190
>>1048212
>tfw I live there
it's not a castle though, but just a medieval city, and the actual castle is not remarkable
>>1064429
>but just a medieval city
The largest fortified city in Europe though
>>1064431
Yeah but I mean, it's not a castle. It contains one though. I've seen some foreigners get confused with this.
Nevermind what I said about the castle, I didn't mean it's not beautiful.
>>1064431
Not even close. It's more like a walled village.
>>1064431
That's cute, frog.
>>1048193
Actual kek
>>1059851
>>1061074
That Disney castle was built some 80 years after Neuschwanstein.
In fact, pic related was built before Neuschwanstein. I don't mind revivals in architecture, but that castle is incredibly overrated.
>>1065090
You can't compare a landmark in an amusement park and an office building to an actual castle.
>>1065300
>an actual castle.
Neuschwanstein is no more an actual castle than the Disney one is.
In Neuschwanstein's defense, one should add that it was erected upon the ruins of an actual castle.
Speaking of which, pic related is what a Bavarian castles actually looks like (Hohenschau castle)
>>1064974
Had heard of it, I learned something today! Belarus must be a magical place with all its preserved nature and cultural heritage. Too bad much of the original population was expelled though.
And while we're at it, I'd like to present you another Bavarian castle, the Willibaldsburg. Majestic!
>>1060053
Is it somewhere in the northern part of the country? I think I was there as a kid, but I'm not sure if that's the one.
>>1064467
I think it's the largest one with its fortifications still intact to this day, or something like that.
>Embra Castle
Tower of London is pretty sexy as well
>>1066691
And here's a photo from above.
>>1066694
>all those commieblocks
Dropped
>>1066698
See pic 1 for comfy old town. I'd post more, but this isn't the right thread for that.
>>1048674
Riverrun
>>1066728
Where is that?
Nobody has ever gotten the reference;
>>1068127
Does this count ?
I live there
>>1048231
For me, literary allusions factor in too. Elsinore isn't my favorite in looks, but I have a sentimental feeling when I look at it.
>>1052751
Fuck off weab
>>1060917
theres some cool revolutionary and civil war era forts.
in rhode island there is a rather large one right at the entrance of the bay, you can even explore a bunch of secret tunnels if you bring a flashlight.
there are also good forts in halifax and quebec city, north of the border
if your stuck on the west coast there are plenty of "castles" and palaces built by deranged millionaires
>>1067806
Mont Saint Michel, France.
There is a British version of Mont St Michel, called... St. Michael's Mount
>>1048190
Hard to pick the most flattering picture for Chillon, but it's one of my top castles for sure. Part form, part function, all location, being on lake geneva with the alps surrounding - but aestheic and enjoyable to reside in because of the lovely weather of the lemain valley. This swiss lake has freaking sand, SAND.
Savoyard construction is pretty nice, shame most were pulled down by the french, but this one survived.
Its got a great interior too, and a good museum and collection of arms and armor, mostly 16th-18th cent.
>>1048728
Live 10 mins from here too. Good castle.
It's a ruin now but I love Tintagel. it has real atmosphere to it
Not that the castle itself is impressive, but I like the location and the castle withstood sieges of Teutonic Knights.
>>1065209
a e s t h e t i c
bump
Christ, what a great selection of desktop images ITT
>>1061071
this is a castle someone built in my home town
Minimalism
Literally unassailable
>>1076162
And completely unsustainable. All you would need to do to siege is blockade the river and have a few troops along the shore, and then just wait.
How much would it cost to buy a large plot of land and build a castle of my own?
Spanish castles are best castles.
They sure know how to restore them.
Some years ago a French dude started a project to build a small castle using only medieval tools. Looks fun.
>>1076211
Apparently the Irish used it as a prison
Then the Normans used it as an armory
Then the Irish used it as a prison again
Then the English used it as a fancy mansion
Then the Irish captured it and used it as a base of operations
It was the last stronghold to fall during the Confederate Wars, which is neat
>>1076325
>Then the English used it as a fancy mansion
I take it this was back in the days when "fancy" meant having to take only a few steps from your front door to shit in a river?
>>1076352
>back in the days when "fancy" meant having to take only a few steps from your front door to shit in a river?
You mean like yesterday?
The 'Villa farnese', a medium sized fortified palace, was basically the tightest shit when finished in 1550.
I recommend having a look at the interior as well.
>>1076465
thanks for the heads up
>>1048674
When you settle a city on a single tile
>>1076312
>a French dude
I thought it was a practical archeology experiment?
I remember watching on youtube the BBC doco about it, which was not only quite informative but also pretty fucking comfy to watch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWZWTwJ_5Ag
>>1069486
Whilst the fortress isn't exceptionally difficult to assault (aside from steep winding paths) it would be impossible as the path disappears and reappears every tide, logistics would be impossible
>>1065090
Look what you did to the floor level of the Wainwright and what we did to Neuschwanstein.
>>1068127
>tfw I had that book
>>1068127
>>1068131
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doune_Castle
>>1075584
yeah m8. well the ruins there now were built on the ruins of the dark age castle
>>1048190
>only Euro Castles ITT
>tfw i have a castle fetish
>most of castles and fortresses in my country(Azerbaijan) are destroyed/half destroyed and only few are remianing untouched
feels sad to be me
>>1085443
>>1085448
>>1085449
>>1083887
Also, >>1075545 is Indian, and >>1076973 is in Ethiopia.
>>1086958
>>1083887
Not mentioning Masada, some of the crusaders strongholds and >>1069929 in Georgia
This may have been only an American thing, but did any of you read David Macaulay's Castle as a kid?
>"...the location is one of the most beautiful to be found, holy and unapproachable, a worthy temple for the divine friend who has brought salvation and true blessing to the world."
>>1059851
>Favourite Opera is Tannhauser
>Mfw I learnt Ludwig built the castle with Tannhauser in mind
It's beautiful.
>All these screams of REEE DISNEY CASTLE REEE
That's the point. It's beautiful. Many castles of the age in Germany were redesigned to be this way.
The palais des papes in Avignon is pretty cool
Another castle of the Teutonic Order: Heilsberg
In the Congo there's a castle in the middle of the jungle. The Belgians used it as an administrative centre, and I think the locals now use it as a storehouse for grain and firewood.
It's amazing what you can accomplish just by stacking a bunch of rocks on each other
>>1064682
It doesn't look bigger tho
>>1059645
Been there pic related, the museum of medieval warfare inside is cool as fuck
The whole department (Dordogne) is home to more than 1000 castles, this + the preserved villages it's the kind of place where you can't drive 2mn without stumbling upon an historical monument
One of the best place in France truly, it's also comfy as fuck and food is god tier
>>1092832
Here's the view from the castle, from which we can see... Another castle
>>1048273
live 5 minutes away.
they have nice jam
>>1049650
20 good men
Durham Castle
>tfw go to University here
>>1093248
Opposite the castle is this beauty
Here's a picture I took at Chateau Haut-Koenigsbourg. I wish the weather had been nicer that day.
>>1093383
Vosges are based mang
>>1089905
>I think the locals now use it as a storehouse for grain and firewood.
Of course they do...
>>1093639
Has anyone posted Segovia Alcázar?
>>1048262
>It just triggers me for some reason
>triggers
>for some reason
>a fucking shape
just kill yourself
>>1094617
>>1049650
Bronn needs a few good men and some grappling hooks, he'll impregnated the bitch.
>>1085443
>Be Spain
>More than 2500 castles
>Many of them still in use
Feels good
>>1096383
Fucking cool
![Potala_Palace_HR[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/YlHWhOw.jpg "Potala_Palace_HR[1].jpg")
>>1089937
eh it's not a real castle anyway. more like a hunting lodge. it looks so pretty though
What is the difference between a Castle and Fotress?
South Korea's Hwasong fortress.
Its been meddled with because its embedded in Korea's 2nd largest city but still maintains much of its original buildings.
The technology that was used to create this castle, from design to building methods was the pinnacle for Korean history and should be more appreciated.
Its mostly concrete and doesn't have the 'soul' of many European countries due to this, but the replica is faithful and despite so much conflict in the land it remains.
>>1100120
One is comfey , other is not.
>>1058962
hey I've been there. nice place.
>>1059755
ywn = you will never, JDIMSA = Just die in my sleep already.
>>1062438
It is.
>>1076542
SimCity?
>>1066728
Sooo.....Do they have houses/flats/apartments for sale on that island?
>>1076072
>the false cobblestone n cement tower
Top pleb m8
>>1049650
look up how the Romans attacked Masada. It's a cool story. I would have killed myself too. If I could've mustered the nerve to do it with sword.
Castle in Toronto
