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23/08/2023

Hohenwerfen Castle, Austria.

The fortification was built between 1075 and 1078 at the behest of Archbishop Gebhard of Salzburg during the Imperial Investiture Controversy, meant as a strategic bulwark atop a 155-metre (509 ft) high rock. In the following centuries Hohenwerfen served Salzburg's rulers, the prince-archbishops, not only as a military base but also as a residence and hunting retreat. The fortress was extended in the 12th century and to a lesser extent again in the 16th century during the German Peasants' War, when in 1525 and 1526 riotous farmers and miners from the south of Salzburg moved towards the city, laying fire and severely damaging the castle.
Alternatively it was used as a state prison and therefore had a somewhat sinister reputation.
In 1931 the fortress, owned by Archduke Eugen of Austria since 1898, was again damaged by a fire and, though largely restored, finally had to be sold to the Salzburg Reichsgau administration in 1938. In World War II, the castle served as a Gauführerschule, a n**i education camp under Gauleiter administration. After the war it was used as a training camp by the Austrian Gendarmerie (rural police) until 1987.
Currently, the bastion functions as a museum. Among the numerous attractions offered by the fortress are guided tours showing its extensive weapons collection, the historical Salzburg Falconry with the falconry museum as well as a fortress tavern.
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21/08/2023

Svojanov Castle, Czech Republic

The Svojanov Castle, which is a partial ruin, is one of the oldest royal castles in this country. It is located in the middle of a deep forest in the beautiful valley of the Křetínka River. Its architecture includes a unique mixture of the gothic and Empire styles. Svojanov Castle was established in 1224 by the Royal Burgrave Svéslav of Bořitov. King Přemysl Otakar II named the castle Fürstenberg. The castle’s main task was to protect the Trstěnice Trade Route. The castle included an internal courtyard protected by up to 8-metre thick fortifications and the similarly thick outer wall of the old palace. The sixty-metre high watchtower served as the last place of refuge for the defenders. After the death of King Přemysl, the castle passed into the ownership of the King’s widow, Kunhuta. The castle was later owned by the Lords of Boskovice, who constructed an ingenious system of late gothic fortifications with seven bastions and a squires’ house. The squires’ house has been preserved in its authentic state. The Lords of Trczka von Leipa built a new renaissance palace decorated with sgraffito on the site of the original fortifications. Nowadays, it is a ruin. The castle’s owners changed frequently. In 1879, the last private owner decorated the palace interiors with late Empire-style paintings. The castle is now owned by the town of Polička. It is used as a venue for cultural events. Visitors can visit the gothic columned hall, an exhibition on the history of the castle, the kitchen, the pantry, the gothic cellars or the torture chamber.
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16/08/2023

Boldogkő Castle, Hungary.

The earliest part of the castle (an old tower surrounded by a fortification) was probably built after the Tartar invasion and was erected either by Ispán Tyba, son of Jaak of the tribe of Tomaj, or by Judge Aba Amadé. When Carl Robert Anjou chased the Aba, the castle came to the Drugeth family, which was loyal to him, and later to Péter Czudar. In the 15th century, it became the property of Serbian princes István and György, and then of the Szapolyai family. In Turkish times, he often changed hands as one of the venues for the intense battles between the emperor and the king. It was acquired by the conquering György Rákóczi in 1666, later it became important several times in the Kuruc times, but even before the Rákóczi War of Independence, in 1701, it was made uninhabitable by the emperors. The ruin was taken possession of by the Jesuits in the 18th century, who used it as a grain warehouse. Later it became the property of the Péchy and then the Zichy family, who, however, no longer lived in the uncomfortable fortress. Despite the bombing of imperial soldiers and the devastating centuries that followed, it is one of our best-preserved medieval castles.
Since 1945 the building complex has been in state ownership. After 2009 several parts of the building were restored with the support of the European Union.
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31/07/2023

Château du Moulin, France.

Built between 1480 and 1501 for Philippe du Moulin, a childhood friend of King Charles VIII and ennobled by him latter. Moulin had saved the king’s life during the Battle of Fornoue in 1495.
This stately home is the work of the architect of the Jacques de Persigny court. Built with orange and black bricks, on a rectangular plan surrounded by moats, its appearance as a medieval fortified castle was more intended to mark the new rank of its owner than to provide a defensive function. The courtyard was once completely enclosed and surrounded by high walls.
Nowadays, there remains the châtelet framing the entrance, the dungeon, the curtain wall and one of the towers which was raised under Louis XIII. Well maintained, it is still inhabited. Its visit allows to discover some well furnished rooms. The vegetable garden was redesigned in the 20th century with plots of decreasing size, to give the illusion of greater depth; the Strawberry Conservatory has settled there.
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30/07/2023

26/07/2023

Beersel Castle, Belgium

A fortified residence at the site was attested as early as 1292. In 1300, however, Godefroid of Hellebeke, the first known Seigneur of Beersel, received permission from Jean II, Duke of Brabant, to build a fortification on the present site near his residence.
Beersel Castle was rebuilt from 1357 with a circular enceinte. It had three large and one small tower. During the 14th century, ownership of the castle passed to the Seigneurs of Wittem (Witthem).
The military obsolescence of the castle meant that Beersel became a private residence in the 16th century, losing its military function.
In 1796, the castle became unoccupied and began to deteriorate. In 1818, a cotton factory was created at the site. The property passed through a series of Belgian noble families over the following years and fell into ruin. The French poet and writer Victor Hugo visited in 1877 and wrote a verse about the castle.
In 1928, the derelict castle was donated by the House of Merode to an association known as the League of Friends of Beersel Castle. A significant period of restoration began in 1928 and concluded in 1939, which restored the three towers and some of the ramparts to their post-1617 appearance. The castle was added to the list of scheduled historical monuments in 1934. Since 1948, it has been the property of the Royal Association of Historic Residences and Gardens in Belgium, which has leased it to the municipal authorities of Beersel.
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24/07/2023

Château de Najac, France

Also known as Royal fortress of Najac. The castle was built in 1253 by the villagers on the orders of Alphonse de Poitiers, brother of Saint Louis, on the site of an older castle (a square tower) built in 1100 by Bertrand of St Gilles, son of Raymond IV, count of Toulouse. Najac has been near major events of history: the first English occupation, the Albigensian Crusade, the Hundred Years' War, the imprisonment of the Knights Templar, the peasants' revolts, and the French Revolution.
After having been used as a stone quarry in the 19th century, Najac was saved by the Cibiel family, who own it and open it to visitors. The Château de Najac is one of a group of 23 castles in Aveyron who have joined to provide a tourist itinerary as the Route des Seigneurs du Rouergue. The castle has been listed as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture since 1925.
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23/07/2023

Castello di Venere, Italy.

The Norman Castle of Erice, or Castle of Venus, stands on the ruins of what was originally a sanctuary to which in Roman times a temple dedicated to Venus Erycina was superimposed. Here resided the priestesses who practiced the art of sacred prostitution with pilgrims who went to the rocky peak to pay homage to the goddess.
The remains of the structure visible today correspond to the fortress that the Normans erected in 1100 by recovering the pre-existing stone materials. The castle also functioned as a prison and was connected to the Balio towers by a drawbridge, later replaced by the steps that can still be admired today.
Until the 16th century, the structure was a Spanish military garrison. The passage in the hands of the Municipality took place with the Bourbon reform (1818-1819), but at the end of the century, Count Agostino Pepoli signed an agreement with the city administration: in exchange for the concession he carried out a reclamation of the area, created a garden, restored two of the three now ruined towers, and rebuilt the pentagonal tower which was destroyed in the 15th century.
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21/07/2023

Callenberg Castle, Germany.

Is a castle on a wooded hill in Beiersdorf, an Ortsteil of Coburg, 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from the town centre. It was a hunting lodge and summer residence and has long been the principal residence of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. It is currently owned by Andreas, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha who created the Ducal Saxe-Coburg and Gotha House Order. A large and architecturally important family chapel is contained within.
According to the Schloss Callenberg web site "the castle became the property of Duke Johann Casimir of Saxe-Coburg in 1588, after the death of the last von Sternberg. Until 1825 the ducal treasury and the Castle of Callenberg were property of the Dukes of Saxe-Meiningen. It was only in 1826 that the Dukes of Coburg become owners of Callenberg Castle again. Until 1945 the castle was the summer residence of the Dukes of Coburg."
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19/07/2023

Castle Stalker, Scotland

The original castle was a small fort built around 1320 by Clan MacDougall, who were then Lords of Lorn. Around 1388 the Stewarts took over the Lordship of Lorn, and it is believed that they built the castle in its present form around the 1440s. The Stewarts' relative King James IV of Scotland visited the castle, and a drunken bet around 1620 resulted in the castle passing to Clan Campbell. After the castle changed hands between these clans a couple of times, the Campbells finally abandoned it about 1840 when it lost its roof. In 1908 the castle was bought by Charles Stewart of Achara, who carried out basic conservation work. In 1965 Lt. Col. D. R. Stewart Allward acquired the castle and over about ten years fully restored it. Castle Stalker remains in private ownership and is open to the public at selected times during the summer.
For the 2011 census the island on which the castle stands was classified by the National Records of Scotland as an inhabited island that "had no usual residents at the time of either the 2001 or 2011 censuses."
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18/07/2023

Berwartstein Castle, Germany.

The Berwartstein was first mentioned in a document in 1152, with which Emperor Friedrich Barbarossa handed it over to the Speyer Bishop Günther von Henneberg as an imperial fief. The castle was besieged, captured and destroyed in 1314 by troops from the Alsatian cities of Strasbourg and Haguenau. After the reconstruction, which took place very soon, the castle was owned by the Berwartsteiners until their family died out in 1345. Via the lords of Weingarten and the Eckbrechte von Dürkheim the Berwartstein came in 1347 to the Weissenburg monastery, which belongs to the Benedictine order.
More than a hundred years later, in 1453, the monastery came under the protection of the Elector Palatinate, which was associated with the granting of the so-called right of opening. This would have allowed the patron to use the monastery free of charge in the event of war.
Against the protest of the monastery, which still saw itself as the owner, in 1480 Elector Philip the Sincere gave the castle to his marshal Hans von Trotha as a hereditary fief. Under his rule it was further fortified and acquired the myth of impregnability.
In the following centuries the Berwartstein changed hands several times until it came to Theodor von Baginski (1845-1929) in 1893. He had it rebuilt within two years - mostly not true to the original - and lived there from 1899 until his death. The partially restored castle is privately owned and still serves as an apartment today.
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16/07/2023

CastelBrando, Italy

CastelBrando was originally built in the Roman age as a defensive fortress in order to protect the important lines of communication which connected Northern Italy to the countries on the other side of the Alps. The original castrum, dating from 46 AD is still visible today. Over the centuries the castle has been subject to numerous enlargements and renovations. During the 13th century the castle was substantially enlarged while under the ownership of the Da Camino family, who lived there from 1233 to 1335. The Castle's ownership then passed over to the Republic of Venice, which awarded the Castle's fiefdom first to Marin Faliero and then to the condottieri Giovanni Brandolino and Erasmo da Narni, better known as "Gattamelata". After the fall of Venetian Republic in 1797, it was passed down through the family of Giovanni Brandolino and became the property of the Brandolini Counts, an ancient family from Forlì.
During World War I, the castle was invaded by Imperial Austrian forces and used as a military hospital. The Brandolini family abandoned their home and escaped to their Solighetto villa near Pieve di Soligo. After 10 years of restoration work, financed by Count Girolamo IV Brandolini (1870–1935), the castle was re-opened as a place of residence in 1929. In 1959 the castle was sold by the Brandolini family to the Salesian fathers, who altered its structure to use it as a monastery and as a centre for spiritual studies. In 1997 CastelBrando was purchased by Quaternary Investments SpA, who started an expansive renovation program in order to convert it into a hotel and museum.
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15/07/2023

Edinburgh Castle, Scotland

Is a historic castle in Edinburgh, Scotland. It stands on Castle Rock, which has been occupied by humans since at least the Iron Age, although the nature of the early settlement is unclear. There has been a royal castle on the rock since at least the reign of David I in the 12th century, and the site continued to be a royal residence until 1633. From the 15th century, the castle’s residential role declined, and by the 17th century it was principally used as military barracks with a large garrison. Its importance as a part of Scotland’s national heritage was recognised increasingly from the early 19th century onwards, and various restoration programmes have been carried out over the past century and a half. As one of the most important strongholds in the Kingdom of Scotland, Edinburgh Castle was involved in many historical conflicts from the Wars of Scottish Independence in the 14th century to the Jacobite rising of 1745.
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14/07/2023

St Michael’s Mount Castle, England.

St Michael’s Mount may have been the site of a monastery from the 8th to the early 11th centuries. Edward the Confessor gave the site to the Benedictine order of Mont-Saint-Michel and it was a priory of that abbey until the dissolution of the alien houses as a side-effect of the war in France by Henry V. Subsequently, it ceased to be a priory, but was reduced to being a secular chapel which was given to the Abbess and Convent of Syon at Isleworth, Middlesex, in 1424.
John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford, seized and held it during a siege of 23 weeks against 6,000 of Edward IV’s troops in 1473–74. Perkin Warbeck, a pretender to the English throne, occupied the Mount in 1497. Sir Humphrey Arundell, Governor of St Michael’s Mount, led the Prayer Book Rebellion of 1549. During the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, it was given to Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury, by whose son it was sold to Sir Francis Bassett. During the Civil War, Sir Arthur Bassett, brother of Sir Francis, held the Mount against the Parliament until July 1646. The Mount was sold in 1659 to Colonel John St Aubyn. As of 2021 his descendants, the Lords St Levan, remain seated at St Michael’s Mount. After improvements to the harbour in 1727, St Michael’s Mount became a flourishing seaport. During the 18th and 19th centuries, the structure of the castle was romanticised.
The Mount was fortified in World War II, during the invasion crisis of 1940–41. Three pillboxes can be seen to this day. In 1954, Francis Cecil St Aubyn, 3rd Baron St Levan, gave most of St Michael’s Mount to the National Trust, together with a large endowment fund.
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13/07/2023

Heldburg Fortress, Germany

At the beginning of the 14th Century the hilltop castle was owned by the Counts of Henneberg-Schleusingen and served as the administrative and judicial seat after the regional power center on Struphe castle was abandoned. In 1374 the Veste Heldburg came into the possession of the Wettin family. Johann Friedrich the Middle had it reconstructed in 1560 by his court architect Nikolaus Gromann in the style of the Renaissance and removed the ducal residence. Duke Johann Casimir (Saxe-Coburg) used the castle as a hunting lodge for decades. After several conquests and plundering during the Thirty Years' War the castle was held in 1776 and re-attached residence of the Ernestine dukes of Saxe-Hildburghausen and finally in 1871 became the property of the ducal house of Meiningen. Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen restored extensively the building during 1874-1898 lived in it from time to time since May 1877 with his third wife Helene, Freifrau von Heldburg.
The castle is currently being renovated with the aim of setting up the Deutsches Burgenmuseum, which is planned to open in 2015. On September 8, 2016, the German castle museum was opened on the Veste Heldburg.
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12/07/2023

Château de Pupetières, France

Is a 19th-century castle which stands in the commune of Chabons, in the Isère department and the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, in France.
The famille de Virieu has owned the estate since the 13th century, when the primitive castle, then a simple fortified house, was built. Between 1861 and 1866, Alphonse de Virieu, son of Aymon, decided to entrust the reconstruction of Pupetières to two architects: Denis Darcy, for the outbuildings, and Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, for the castle in a neo-gothic style.
The estate of Pupetières is also linked to the stay of the poet Alphonse de Lamartine, who wrote one of his most famous works of romantic inspiration entitled Le Vallon, which in turn inspired Countess Anna de Noailles.
The castle and its outbuildings were classified as a historical monument by a decree of 8 November 1972. The private property, park and building are open to visitors, but the opening hours and entrance fees are set by the owner.
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11/07/2023

Sigmaringen Castle, Germany

It was the princely castle and seat of government for the Princes of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. Situated in the Swabian Alb region of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, this castle dominates the skyline of the town of Sigmaringen. The first castle at Sigmaringen appeared during the end of the Early Middle Ages, during the early 11th century. The castle was first mentioned in 1077 following the unsuccessful siege of Burg Sigmaringen by Rudolf of Rheinfelden in his fight against the King of Germany, Henry IV. The castle was rebuilt following a fire in 1893, and only the towers of the earlier medieval fortress remain. Schloss Sigmaringen was a family estate of the Swabian Hohenzollern family, a cadet branch of the Hohenzollern family, from which the German Emperors and kings of Prussia came. During the closing months of World War II, Schloss Sigmaringen was briefly the seat of the Vichy French Government after France was liberated by the Allies. The castle and museums may be visited throughout the year, but only on guided tours. It is still owned by the Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen family, although they no longer reside there.
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10/07/2023

Biertan Fortified Church, Romania

Biertan was founded by Transylvanian Saxons in the medieval Kingdom of Hungary. It was allowed to organize a market, placing it in competition with Mediaș and Moșna; it was also the see of the Saxon Lutheran Church from 1572 to 1867. This accounts for the elaborate church and its defenses.
The King granted the town the right to bear arms when the Ottoman army was frightening the surroundings. The Transylvanian Saxons chose to build instead of fortresses around the towns, to fortify the churches. The church has three rows of exterior fortifications linked by gate towers, nine in total. The first, with four towers, dates to the 14th century; the second was built together with the church, and has a series of reinforcing arches; the third, also with towers, is from the 16th and 17th centuries. The clock tower to the north of the church also serves as a gate within the inner fortifications. Four stories high, it has a wooden battlement and parapets.
Together with the surrounding village, the church forms part of the villages with fortified churches in Transylvania UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Château d’Aubiry, France French industrialist Pierre Bardou-Job became wealthy selling rolling paper and decided to have a château built for each of his three children, all designed by the Danish architect Viggo Dorph-Petersen. The Château d’Aubiry was for his son Justin and was built from 1893 to 1904. Pierre Bardou-Job himself never saw it, as he died suddenly in 1892 just before the start of the construction. The Château d’Aubiry was used as a filming location in 1960 for the movie L’eau a la bouche by French director Jacques Doniol-Valcroze. It has been protected as an official French historical monument since 2006, and was offered for sale in 2011 with an asking price of 21 million Euros. - 📸Awesome video by: @la_drone_de_vie - ____________________________________________________________ #frenchcastle #frenchcastles #castlesoffrance #frenchchateau #châteaux #chateaux #chateauxfrancais #château #chateau #medievalfrance #medievalcastle #ancientcastle #oldcastle #hauntedcastle #castle #castles #chateaudaubiry #medievalfortress #medievalbuilding #visitfrance #frenchbuilding #frencharchitecture #castlesofinstagram #castlesoftheworld #europeancastles #castillos #castillosmedievales #castelli #schloss #castlephotography

Edinburgh Castle, Scotland Is a historic castle in Edinburgh, Scotland. It stands on Castle Rock, which has been occupied by humans since at least the Iron Age, although the nature of the early settlement is unclear. There has been a royal castle on the rock since at least the reign of David I in the 12th century, and the site continued to be a royal residence until 1633. From the 15th century, the castle’s residential role declined, and by the 17th century it was principally used as military barracks with a large garrison. Its importance as a part of Scotland’s national heritage was recognised increasingly from the early 19th century onwards, and various restoration programmes have been carried out over the past century and a half. As one of the most important strongholds in the Kingdom of Scotland, Edinburgh Castle was involved in many historical conflicts from the Wars of Scottish Independence in the 14th century to the Jacobite rising of 1745. - 📸Awesome video by: @Robert Sfh - ____________________________________________________________ #castle #castles #medievalcastle #medievalfortress #bestcastles #castles_oftheworld #castlephotography #castle🏰 #castleruins #palace #palaces #château #chateau #burg #schloss #castillo #castillos #castello #castelli #zámek #zamek #medievaltimes #medievalworld #castelo #scottishcastle #scottishcastles #castlesofscotland #visitscotland #edinburghcastle #scotland

Biertan Fortified Church, Romania Biertan was founded by Transylvanian Saxons in the medieval Kingdom of Hungary. It was allowed to organize a market, placing it in competition with Mediaș and Moșna; it was also the see of the Saxon Lutheran Church from 1572 to 1867. This accounts for the elaborate church and its defenses. The King granted the town the right to bear arms when the Ottoman army was frightening the surroundings. The Transylvanian Saxons chose to build instead of fortresses around the towns, to fortify the churches. The church has three rows of exterior fortifications linked by gate towers, nine in total. The first, with four towers, dates to the 14th century; the second was built together with the church, and has a series of reinforcing arches; the third, also with towers, is from the 16th and 17th centuries. The clock tower to the north of the church also serves as a gate within the inner fortifications. Four stories high, it has a wooden battlement and parapets. Together with the surrounding village, the church forms part of the villages with fortified churches in Transylvania UNESCO World Heritage Site. - 📸Awesome photo by: @clemaubor - ____________________________________________________________ #castle #castles #medievalcastle #medievalfortress #bestcastles #castles_oftheworld #castlephotography #castle🏰 #castleruins #palace #palaces #château #chateau #burg #schloss #castillo #castillos #castello #castelli #zámek #zamek #medievaltimes #medievalworld #castelo #castelul #romania #visitromania #romania🇹🇩 #romaniatravel #romaniancastle

Stobnica Castle, Poland. Is a newly built residential building imitating a castle in the village of Stobnica in the Greater Poland Voivodeship. The building was designed by architect Waldemar Szeszuła, and the investor was D.J.T. from Poznan. Since 2015, an imitation of a medieval castle has been created on an artificial island in ponds near Stobnica. The building is approximately 150 meters long and 100 meters wide, with a tower reaching 50 meters according to various sources, and when completed it will be one of the largest structures of this type in the country. The planned fifteen floors will house 46 apartments, which can ultimately be occupied by up to 97 people, served by another 10 people. In 2018 the construction was made public and caused a lot of controversy due to its location on the edge of the Noteć Forest and the Natura 2000 area. - 📸Awesome photo by: @bokehm0n - ____________________________________________________________ #castle #castles #bestcastles #travel #travelphotography #traveltheworld #travelgram #traveladdict #medieval #medievaltimes #drone #dronephotography #dronestagram #droneshots #beautiful #beautifuldestinations #destinations #beautifulplaces #beautifulplace #beautifulphoto #bestphoto #castlesofinstagram #placestovisit #placestogo #poland #poland🇵🇱 #visitpoland #polska #polandisbeautiful #polishcastle

Loket Castle, Czech Republic Loket, originally called Stein-Elbogen due to its rocky location, is said to have been founded in 870 by the margraves of Vohenburg who were then related to the dukes of Bavaria to whom the entire Elbogen districts belonged until the 12th century. According to archeological investigations, the foundation of the stone castle dates back to the third quarter of the 12th century, during the reign of Přemysl Otakar I, either by the Czech Prince Vladislav I, later the Czech King Vladislaus II of Bohemia, or by ministerial officials to the Emperor Fridrich I Barbarosa. The castle continued to be enlarged up to the 1420s and in 1434 it was mortgaged to chancellor Kašpar Slik by Sigismund of Luxembourg as a reward for his financial aid. Further reconstruction took place in the second half of the 15th century when the castle was turned into a representative ancestral seat under the administration of the House of Slik, which lasted for more than 100 years. In 1725 the castle was burned down and only the ground floor and the underground of the castle remained. In the beginning of the 19th century the Margrave's House was then rebuilt and a museum of porcelain established. In 1788 a proposal for the reconstruction of the castle into a town prison was put forward, and the work was finished in 1822. During that time a palace called the Stone Chamber in the vicinity of the tower was pulled down and other buildings were lowered by one storey. The prison was abolished in 1948. Since 1968 the castle was administered by the Ancient Monuments Departments in Plzeň. The turning point for the improvement and opening up of the castle came in 1992 when it was returned to the town of Loket - 📸Awesome video by: ig: @ilya.somewhere - ____________________________________________________________ #castle #castles #medievalcastle #medievalfortress #bestcastles #castles_oftheworld #castlephotography #castle🏰 #castleruins #palace #palaces #château #chateau #bur

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