Post castles in your country and let's rate.
>>54043106
> US
Disneyland Castle, ok...
> Turkey
Orthodox church used by mudshits as a mosque = a castle, hmm.
>TIL Canada has "castles"
>>54043106
>disneyland
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
>>54043106
>mfw america tries to sneak itself in there by adding in a replica of a real castle licated in disneyland
Either this is a really subtle joke or truly >american
>>54043106
>america.jpg
>>54043106
Completed in 1308. The castle was in good shape up until the late 1700's when they somehow decided it should be demolished, foruntately they didnt manage to demolish all of it before giving up. Fucking retards destroying a 450 year old castle.
>>54043439
>Korean microcastle is smaller than American fort.
>>54043742
Completed in the late 1100's.
>>54043742
Weapon collection at Skokloster castle, which was built in the 1600's for the count Carl Gustaf Wrangel. He held a high position in the Swedish army and the collection is his personal one acquired mostly during his army years, collected in various countries.
>>54043106
Too many to post
>>54043106
>Hagia Sophia
>castle
used to be a fucking mosque and a fucking church. better post bodrum castle(pic related) or smth. else.
>>54044276
And this is the castles exterior.
>>54043106
>>54044333
The castle in Alanya is nice. Only thing worth seeing in the entire town.
We used to have a castle, but it has been buried under the sea a long time ago. There is only this map left.
>>54043742
>A Fort
>>54044068
Nice, but doesnt look very defensive.
>>54044333
Solid and practical, Looks like it could withstand a siege for ages.
>>54044383
More like a palace.
100 men and a ram would be enough.
can we into europe now?
>>54044718
10 men and a ram would be enough because its a private residence, not intended for warfare/protecting some way into the country.
More like a palace but they are often called "castles" here so, the name "Skokloster slott" translates to "Skokloster castle"
>>54044563
Oh please, you have several castles.
>>54044878
imo late 19th/early 20th century private residence buildings doesnt count
>>54044951
Well that's dumb.
Wait you guys, America can into castles! I've been to this one. It's called Fort Warren on George's Island off the coast of Boston MA. Military officials used to have private quarters and grounds there, and it also served as a defence outpost/ prison during the Civil War.
If it's not in Europe and isn't home to some kind of monarch or noble then it isn't a castle 2bh.
>>54044951
well most countries in the new world became actual countries in the 19 century.
besides when european started colonizing other continents, castles were already old fashioned.
>>54045028
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>>54043375
>Americans trying to pose residential palaces and military forts has medieval castles.
we fucking called castile to the region
The Castle of the First Portuguese King
Built in the X century.
>>54045241
>those ugly as fuck spiky ramparts
>pointugal
>>54045325
>Castles
>Pretty
I dont think non-Eropeans understand the concept of Castle...
>>54045241
FINLAN MENTIONED
>>54045131
>>54045451
>>54045241
Buit by Ancient Finns
>>54045502
>>54043106
>US
>castles
There are alot of fancy old strongholds in northen Russia, but this ugly thing do much more than most of them(in relatively modern history).
>>54043106
>all this american continentals posting palaces
the only true castle in the whole american continent was built in mexico
americans BTFO
>>54045241
Moor blood in the walls. D. Afonso Henriques was based as fuck
>>54043106
This defensive wall with small towers and gates should count, oldest parts are from the 1100's. Most from the 1200's. It stretches 3,6 km around the entire old hanseatic city of Visby.
>>54045538
just random shit now, not even castles anymore t.bh
>>54045641
dude thats like a normal building, for a bank or whatever, built around 1880-1910 or something.
>>54043106
The "turkish" castle is a church built in 6. century in the bizantine empire, in 15.century made into a mosque and from 20th century a museum....
Your american education picture is wrong
Closest one from my home
From late 13th century
>>54045641
>Implying any of those are castles.
>>54045714
this is kind of cute.
>>54045714
Small but solid.
>>54045718
you're right, most are just '''''''palaces'''''''
>>54045823
Thats like... Your average museum or city hall.
>>54045714
im guessing it must have been renovated andd possibly rebuilt a bit during the last 100-150 years. The black roof parts looks quite new.
>>54045863
I know... ;_;
>>54045863
>>54045823
its grande though, nicely decorated.
No castles here
>>54045918
well Hernan if u build alot of impressive buildings right now, your ancestors can be proud of it in a few hundred years, so get to work
>>54045966
Look, they built a highway over the remains of a castle (Kajaanin linna) in Finland.
That's such a shame.
It kills all the medieval feeling to it.
>>54045919
I never said it wasnt an impressive building.
It is quite beautiful indeed
>>54046050
finns gonna finn
This Castle is from Lisbon.
Its too big to fit in one picture.
>>54046172
>>54046207
Its hard to take a clear picture because it is on top of a hill, surrounded by vegetation and buildings, but this pic show reveals some of it
>>54045765
there's more
>>54045868
It was kind of in a shit state in the 18th century and they had to do a pretty big restoration on it. Around 1900 it got another "facelift" and they indeed made the roofs a bit higher. Other than that the castle looks about the same as it was in the middle ages
Thread is kill.
Most Europeans are asleep now.
>Inb4 More Americans posing """"""""Castles"""""""""
>""""""""""""""""""""""""moroccan castles""""""""""""""""""""""""
>>54043106
those aren't castles
>>54046824
Looks like shit just being honest
>>54043106
Santa Cecilia
>>54046922
>the fucking autism
>>54046745
I'll also post a """""castle""""""
This """""castle"""""" was built late 19th century on the remains of an old 14th century castle. The architect was the same guy who designed the Rijksmuseum and Central Station in Amsterdam. He disneyfied the old design with neo-gothic and neo-renaissance elements. Still looks kind of cool though
>>54043106
>Haut koenigsbourg
A castle in Alsace from the XII century. Got destroyed during the Thirty Years' War, but got restored at the end of the XIX century
>>54048096
we have almost an hundred castles in Alsace but most of them are in ruin now
>>54048406
Ruined castles covered in foliage are the best castles
>Not a single Aussie in this thread
Castillos Argentinos
>>54043106
>disney land
top kek
closest thing Newfoundland has to a castle would be cabot tower
it's historically notable for receiving the first trans-Atlantic telegraph, and since then, the St. John's newspaper has been called "The Telegram"
>>54050059
i thought something was better about this thread
there's a castle in central park
>>54050462
for what purpose
>>54050462
just looks liek a retardedly expensive gazebo to me, m8
Not a big one but I kinda like this one. The setting is pretty nice.
WE
>>54050507
because it's nice
>>54050535
Who are you, the king of castles?
>>54050565
Another view.
>>54050406
>tfw no castles
>>54050639
KINGZ
Reporting in
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>>54050946
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>>54043106
The best castle desu
>>54050717
Least you have these desu
>>54045131
We wuz kings.
No it's neither a Swiss flag nor a Norvegian one
>>54050507
That's where they keep the water pumping facility for the lake reservoir.....it needs to be defended.
>>54050987
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>>54051120
Good luck taking those as a medieval warrior tb.h
Carcassonne is a bit cheating since it's not a castle but a fortified town but hey, fuck
>>54051141
So amazing.
When was it built?
>>54051221
Forgot pic
>>54051214
The one you quoted is from the 9th century, it depends for the other but between the 9th and 11th centuries
>>54043106
US kek
howewer,this embodiment of america.
>>54050987
>>54051098
>>54051120
>>54051141
Those castles (and a last one) where nicknamed "the sons of Carcassonne" and where famous to be impossible to take
>>54051292
Thanks!
I'm going to google about this castle from now.
I don't know why, but it attracts me.
>>54051403
You are welcome, here's the wiki article corresponding about those castles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathar_castles then you can look yourself
>>54044951
This. If it has windows on the ground floor,it's not a castle. If it was built after the widespread use of gunpowder, it's probably not a castle.
>>54051431
Thank you ! Thank you !!!!!!
>>54051436
It depends, the French word "château" has a larger meaning than the English "castle", it also counts things like palaces or not built for defense
>>54051598
All that beauty and you're letting shitskins ruin it all. This shouldnt make sense.
>>54051669
Not it shouldn't but that's the way it is for now halas
That being said as much as I hate shitskins they don't do anything to castles yet
>>54051758
>yet
http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/housing_an-asylum-seeker-s-home-is-his-castle/41686340
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-eid-austria-idUSKCN0RO2CZ20150924
http://www.thelocal.se/20151111/royal-row-over-use-of-palaces-for-refugees
Napa Valley, California.
not technically a castle but...
>>54052050
>>54051863
Nice
Actually recent but it's pretty good
>>54052050
>>54052065
>america doesn't have any castles
we have the only active castles. you can eat dinner and watch people joust.
>>54052160
>we have the only active castles.
No, you have active castles yeah but dozens of them are also still used for various events in Europe, like pic related which is now a medieval warfare museum
>>54052362
Or for tournaments like here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAcrZ6bmEnE
>>54051912
Alamo
BUMP
U
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>>54052477
that aint no castle, it's gift shop with an old stone facade
One of the castles in nordic countries that actually saw heavy fighting.
It originally had six towers.
in madrid
Osaka-jo
>>54058866
Also, it's the most northernmost medieval castle.
>>54045938
nigger
>>54050717
lol nigger
Biccyu-mastuyama-jo
>>54059022
I'll probably see yours pretty soon on the road to Santiago de Compostella
>>54059379
Noice
Castle of my city
>>54051098
>>54051141
>>54051120
>>54050969
>>54046824
>>54044068
>>54048406
>>54059849
nice
>>54050639
>>54046813
I actually think these mud palaces are pretty cool
>>54043375
>>54043792
>>54045451
>>54045502
>>54045538
>>54045641
>>54045823
>>54050373
>>54050462
>>54050991
>>54051912
>>54052050
>>54052065
>>54052477
not castles
>>54061397
We light it on fire thrice a year to remember the French burning it down late 17th century, and we celebrate it.
Talk about being cucked
barbican in Kraków
You're wrong. St. Basil's Cathedral - a church, not a castle. All russian castles called the kremlin.
>>54061537
based Louvois
They basically turned a whole mountain top into a castle. It is pretty rad
>>54061537
Kek
But since we're talking about illuminations, there
>>54062014
>>54062058
>>54062014
beautiful
>>54062168
Each year there are huge ass fireworks at Carcassonne for the national day
why all yours castle so...small?
>>54061995
I like the mixture between the old and new
>>54048406
How does it feel when other fenchies bully Alsacce-Lothringians for not being real french men?
The ones I worked with during an internship in Mercure Hotels allways made jokes about them.
>>54062335
I guess they make the same jokes we make about the "people" from Saarland
>>54062335
I'm not Alsacian but I can say it's only banter, everybody is target for jokes anyway, the Parisians, northerners, Alsacians, Bretons, southerners...
>>54062300
>>54062414
Well, the Alsaccians I know do speka german, but that might be due to me sitting on the border.
my citys castle, originally built in the 12th century. has been remade a few times though
>>54062479
And where I live most people speak Spanish, same near the Italian border people are influenced and the regions in general are historically influenced too
>>54062673
Yeah.
>>54061887
beautiful
>>54062453
Really? 200x150 m? No, it looks impressive, but seriously? On the territory of the Kremlin in my town it can fit several of these castles here.
the Korean one's a gate, not a castle.
>>54062673
it doesn't look much like a real castle but the environment is stunning
>>54043106
3km to this wonderful place here
jakis Walbrzych anon jest tu ?
> I will never spend days and days in a rbat castle guarding the coast from spaniards and singing and dancing with my sufi lads
feels so bad desu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Db9M4g79MKY
>>54063020
It's actually legit, it wasn't built recently
It was a strong house during the Middle-Ages then was rebuilt and "upgraded" during the Renaissance and finally changed again to become more pleasant as castles became useless
It has changed a lot but it's not a recent thing
>>54043106
Only one of those looks like a castle, the rest just look like some rich cunts house
There is not enough Russian fortresses.
>>54062959
Show us the Korean castles.
>>54063223
But Anon castles have always been rich cunts houses, it's literaly their purpose.
>>54062959
This >>54063273
>>54063327
Comfy
>>54063204
Huge, it's impressive
>Brits bombed this 13th century qt in WW2
Fuckers
>>54063415
>>54063426
Doesn't look very "bombed" desu
>>54063498
it's far from being in top shape, but it's easily one of my favourite Hungarian castles
>>54063323
I know but it should at least look like it can withstand a few catapults, not have pretty windows on the side
>>54043106
Roachstan and Russia have churches on that picture Ameridumb.
Sümeg
>>54063327
>>54063415
http://openstreetmap.org/#map=17/50.75/16.41
>>54063602
...what.
>>54063613
True but since we've been able to blast a wall thanks to canon powder you might as well put windows since it's going down anyway
>>54063680
>>54063570
Looks like it would've been fairly difficult to take a castle from the Magyars, damn nice for sure
>>54063570
Top shape doesn't really matter tb.h it's still something to see.
>>54063685
http://opentopomap.org/#map=15/50.75/16.41
Hämeen linna
>>54045633
Visby is sort of iconic for the middle ages to me. Like when I think of the medieval era I think of Visby.
>>54063844
>>54043106
Neither a cathedral nor a kremlin are castles.
Olavinlinna
>>54063688
what what?
>>54063931
>>54063732
motherfucking Habsburgs still managed to damage or blow up most of our still intact castles after the Turks have been ousted, so as to prevent the Hungarian nobility from rising up against their oppression
goddamn savages
Polish King bought this castle for 660 kg of gold
so it's 100% Polish
>>54063985
Would live in / 10
>>54063844
looks like a prison lol
>>54064039
it's actually located by a town of Savonlinna
>>54063507
Took them 20 years after the war to restore it to original condition. They were able to reuse most bricks luckily
This one is from the 14th century
>>54045938
Your country is too beautiful to be covered up by stone houses Iceland don't feel bad :DDDDD
Castle Ammersoyen, built before 1026.
Not in it's original state anymore, of course.
Castle of Kajaani :D
>>54064200
WEW
another ruin from Poland
>>54063273
Castles in Korea are more like a wall than a castle anymore. You can think of them as very flat and wide castles I guess.
Castel del monte. It has an octagonal shape with octagonal towers as well.
Shame it's ruined, given the settings it would have been pretty
>>54043106
>mixing up actually tactical defensive buildings and nobility dollhouses
truly murricun
There's a lack of red brick castles here.
>>54064570
Also forgot the fucking literal churches
>>54059800
wow
>Saint Bernard
where these dogs come from?
>>54064570
>Country not rich enough to build fancy nobility whims
baka
>>54064693
>where these dogs come from?
I don't know where exactly they came from but nowadays they are from the Alps
>>54064644
>>54064724
>want your castle to have puked our disrespective colour, making it look more like a fashion show
>instead of majestic rugged grey that clearly shows its strenght and purpose
>>54064777
>Not having both
Nice trips tho
Last from me lads
>>54064699
We have shitload of them, defensive castles are just prettier and more magnificent
>>54064664
>church
looks like a fortress
>>54064821
>their castles have been reduced into cheap tourists traps in the center
kuks
>>54064946
I agree tb.h
Our most famous one, built by Charles II. in 1380 or something
>>54064968
I was refering to OP
>>54065002
It's because people come see them that they are still standing friend
>In the center
Well we're not going to move them are we ?
What was the purpose of castle anyway? Army can just walk around it.
open a new thread pls... i want to post my castles
>>54065256
Walk around it and you got the whole garrison in your back that can cut your supplies. Its an establishment of a presence in the area, even if you ignore it, it still means there will be 500 enemy men in that area that you have to consider.
>>54064777
personally m8, I think it's because of materials that there are or aren't in this region, y'know?
In poland and lithuania almost all castles and churches are red brick
>>54065256
Are you a woman?
Hi All, Now images are reaching 150 !!!
Does anyone start new /int Castles 2/ ?? thx
New /int/ Castle thread available.
Thx
we don't have much castles younger than 2000 year ruins because we actually knew of siege warfare
but we do have forts
in fact every city used to be walled before the 19th century
>>54065256
when you walk around it you leave a garrison behind you ready to mobilize and penetrate your anus
only the mongols were crazy enough to pull such a thing
New "/int/ Castle" thread available (you can post picts).
>>54065934
>>54045241
they forgot about the roof lolololol
>>54058943
White peoples castles except Russian sucks
>>54059849
Poor as fuck
>>54051758
>>54051758
Hugo Drax says hi.
