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Castle: Encyclopedia - Castle

A castle (from the Latin castellum, diminutive of castra, a military camp, in turn the plural of castrum or watchpost), is a fort, a camp and the logical development of a fortified enclosure. The term is most often applied to a small self-contained fortress, usually of the Middle Ages, though traditionally in Britain it has also referred to prehistoric earthworks (e.g. Hollingbury Castle, Maiden Castle). "Castle" sometimes denotes citadels (such as the castles of Badajoz and Burgos) or small detached forts d'ar ...

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Castle: Encyclopedia - Castling Castling is a special move in the game of chess involving the king and either rook. Castling consists of moving the king two squares towards a rook, then moving the rook onto the square over which the king crossed. Castling is a relatively recent European innovation in chess, dating from the 14th or 15th century. Thus, the Asian versions of chess do not have such a move. Castling is only permissible if all of the following conditions hold: The player must never have moved the king; The player must n ...

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Castle: Encyclopedia II - List of castles - Castles of Poland

List of castles - External links. Polish Castles of Polish Castles I Gallery of Polish Castles II Gothic Castles in Poland Castles of Poland Polish Castles in Poland Castles of Poland ...

Castle walls were an evolutionary defense structure over a period of thousands of years. They served to protect the inhabitants of strategic millitary outposts, which would often result in cottage industries popping up around the outpost to serve the needs of every day life behind the castle walls. Castle walls are seen in all cultures, from Mesopotamian, to Arabian, and to (most famously) western european cultures. Castle walls initially started out as a wall of vertical logs around a hill top or cliff side, with crude huts or ...

Castle: Encyclopedia - Caerphilly Castle

Caerphilly Castle is a Norman castle that dominates the centre of the town of Caerphilly in south Wales. It is the largest castle in Wales, the second largest in Britain (second to Windsor castle) and is one of the largest fortresses in Europe. Built mainly between 1268 and 1271, it is an early example of a concentric castle and is surrounded by large but fairly shallow artificial lakes to ...

Castle: Encyclopedia - Cahir Castle

One of the biggest castles in Ireland, Cahir Castle was built in 1142 by Conor O'Brien, Prince of Thomond, on an island in the river Suir. Now situated inside the town centre of Cahir, the castle is well preserved and has guided tour and audiovisual shows in multiple languages. In 1375, the castle was granted to Butler, newly-created Baron of Cahir, for his loyalty to Edward III. The Butlers of Cahir sided with the Irish in the Elizabethan wars, and in 1599 the castle was captured after ...

Castle: Encyclopedia - Concentric castle

A concentric castle (or multiple castle) is a castle within a castle, with two or more concentric rings of curtain walls and a keep in the centre. Generally, the outermost walls are lowest and the height of the walls increases towards the centre. The walls would include towers and bastions and would usually be crenellated. Gates would usually be protected by barbicans. Concentric castles were introduced into Europe in the late 12th century following the Crusades and were designed to increase the defensive capabilities of ...

Castle: Encyclopedia - Castle of Almourol

The Castle of Almourol is situated in a small rocky island, in the middle of the Tagus river, in Portugal. The castle was a Templar Knights stronghold used during the Reconquista. Castle of Almourol - The conquest of the Castle. The origins of the occupation of this site are ancient. It is believed it was a primitive lusitanian redoubt and was occupied from Roman times until the late Middle Ages. It is certain that in 1129, when Portuguese troops conquered the land, the castle already existed and was called ...

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Castle: Encyclopedia - Bothwell Castle

Bothwell Castle is a large medieval castle sited on a high steep bank above a bend in the River Clyde between Uddingston and the small town of Bothwell in Lanarkshire, Scotland, about 10 miles (16 km) south of Glasgow. The huge cylindrical Donjon was built in the 13th century, but before the rest of the castle was completed it was severely damaged in a series of sieges. Rebuilding in the early 15th century enlarged the castle, but it was abandoned by the 18th century and became the present massive rectangular ruin, with the Donjon to the west and the later Great Hall to the east side of the rectang ...

Castle: Encyclopedia - Castle town

A castle town is a town or city built adjacent to or surrounding a castle. Many large towns and cities in Japan were originally created as castle towns. Among them are: Kumamoto Matsumoto Nagoya Tokushima Castle towns are also common in Medieval Europe, where towns would form around ancient Roman fortresses. A good example is London, which sprang up around ancient Londinium and Paris, which arose from Lutetia, but the model is better preserved in small towns like Alnwick and ...

Castle: Encyclopedia - Conwy Castle

Conwy Castle (sometimes spelled Conway Castle) was built between 1283 and 1289 in Conwy as part of King Edward I's second campaign in north Wales. Like many of the castles in the area, it was designed by James of St. George, although Richard of Chester was responsible for the initial stages. The castle is divided into two wards, with the outer ward and inner ward surrounded by four towers each, with turrets. An estimated £15,000 was ...

Castle: Encyclopedia - Castles in Scotland

Castles in Scotland is a link page for any castle in Scotland. Note that there are an estimated 3,000 castles in Scotland, ranging in size from royal households and large military outposts with hundreds of rooms to simple fortified farmhouses. Many of these castles are now ruins, and some are known only through historical records. The list below is therefore not exhaustive. See also: List of castles - Castles in England - Castles in Wales - Castles in Northern Ireland Castles in Scotland - Aberdeensh ...

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Castle: Encyclopedia - Corfe Castle

Corfe Castle is a small village and ruined castle dating back to the 11th century, situated in a gap in the Purbeck Hills, five miles south of Wareham, in Dorset, England. The word "corfe" is from the Saxon for gap, as in the gap in the hills which the castle commands. Corfe Castle - The castle. The oldest surviving structure on the castle site dates to the 11th century, although evidence exists of some form of stronghold predating the Norman Conquest. Edward the Martyr was purportedly assassinated a ...

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Castle: Encyclopedia - Castle Rock

Several towns in the United States are named "Castle Rock": Castle Rock, Colorado Castle Rock, Washington Castle Rock, Wisconsin Castle Rock Township, Minnesota There is also Castle Rock, Maine, a fictional town used by Stephen King as the setting for a number of his works. Castle Rock - Mountains. Castle Rock is also the name of several mountains and rock outcroppings: Castle Rock State Park, in the Santa Cruz Mountains, used by res ...

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Castle: Encyclopedia - Bamburgh Castle

Bamburgh Castle is an imposing castle located on the coast at Bamburgh in Northumberland, England. Built on a basalt outcrop, the first written reference to it is in 547 as the seat of an Anglo-Saxon ruler called Ida. Prior to this it was known to the native Britons as Din Guardi and had been the capital of the British Kingdom of Bryneich from the realm's foundation in c.420 until the citadel was captured by Ida of Bernicia in 547. It was briefly retaken by the Britons from his son Hussa during the ...

Castle: Encyclopedia - Coral Castle

The Coral Castle is a mysterious stone structure created by the Latvian American eccentric, Edward Leedskalnin, in Homestead, Florida. The structure is comprised of numerous megalithic stones each weighing several tons. The structure is considered mysterious mainly because one man was able to assemble the entire structure by himself, with no outside help. This has led to numerous theor ...

Castle: Encyclopedia - Windsor Castle

Windsor Castle is, along with Buckingham Palace in London and Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh, one of the principal official residences of the British monarch. Queen Elizabeth II stays there on many weekends of the year, as well as during the prestigious Royal Meeting at the nearby Ascot Racecourse. It claims the distinction of being the largest occupied castle in the world, and among the oldest. Windsor Castle - Location and architecture. The castle is located in the Berkshire town of Windsor, in the Thames V ...

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Castle: Encyclopedia - Barnard Castle

Barnard Castle is a castle and also the name of its surrounding town in Teesdale, County Durham, England. It sits on the north side of the River Tees, opposite Startforth. Other than the castle, Bowes Museum is among the town's attractions. Barnard Castle - History. The impressive castle was founded by the Normans shortly after the conquest, but enjoyed its heyday under Bernard de Bailleul during the latter half of the 12th century. The castle passed into the hands of the Balliol family (of which the Scotti ...