I bet you're thinking "hey! we already have a thread like this!", but castles are different from palaces. Palaces are residences, but castles are mostly fortifications. So, which do you like better? Not only in style of the building itself, but surroundings, gardens, etc.

If Europes western.....Western Castles!

As long as there are no "American Castles" in question :lol:

But do you mean Europe vs Asia? Unfortunalty I only know European ones myself and the ones I visited in Asia were European fortresses, that doesn't count :(

POLAND

Wawel (Krakow)

http://plfoto.com/zdjecia/640665.jpg

Malbork

http://plfoto.com/zdjecia/637011.jpg

Ogrodzieniec

http://plfoto.com/zdjecia/641722.jpg
http://plfoto.com/zdjecia/635016.jpg

Olsztyn

http://plfoto.com/zdjecia/640373.jpg

Osaka in Japan have a nice castle but is diferent from wath we call castles in the west, dont looks a defensive structure but looks more a palace with beautiful gardens!!

I didnt know they have castles in the East?? except the high walled palace, residence kind of structures in Japan?

Neuschwanstein/Germany:

http://www.allgaeu-bilder.de/gallery/verkehrsamt_fuessen/Bilder/16neuschwanstein_1.jpg

LET's SAY BOTH :)

The Imperial Palace, Tokyo.

http://www.tcvb.or.jp/ck/image/wallpaper/koukyo.jpg

Japan


Osaka Castle:
http://www.kealiireichel.com/j03-osaka%20castle.jpg
http://www.kindai-aero.co.jp/photo/0020.jpg

Nagoya Castle:
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~qs7e-kmy/tawagoto/020825/AUT_2290.JPG

Hakodate Goryokaku (Pentagon) Fortress
http://www.kindai-aero.co.jp/photo/0003.jpg
http://www.nishnet.ne.jp/~kei/travel/0209hakodate/111.jpg

Tokyo, Akasaka Palace (The Imperial Palace Detached House partly modelled after Neuburg, Vienna, Austria, 1909 )
http://members.jcom.home.ne.jp/tsukaa/higas/tokyo3.jpg
http://homer.pro.tok2.com/geihinnkann11.jpg http://www8.cao.go.jp/geihinkan/images/gei1.jpg
http://www8.cao.go.jp/geihinkan/images/gei4.jpg http://www8.cao.go.jp/geihinkan/images/gei8.jpg

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French castles:

Angers, the angevin castle.

http://photofrancedpt.free.fr/angers(1).jpg

http://ck.kolivas.org/pictures/trip2004/063%20Chateau%20Angers.jpg

http://www.castles.org/castles/Europe/Western_Europe/France/Angers/chateu%20d'angers%201.jpg

Chinon

http://www.awesomestories.com/famous_trials/stories/joanof_arc/images/chinon.jpg

http://www.tourevasion.com/chinon.jpg

If (Marseille)

http://www.up.univ-mrs.fr/~wabim/divers/icons/chateau-if.gif

Puilaurens

http://alterego.tut.by/galery/albums/castles/img/castle-of-Puilaurens.jpg

http://www.puilaurens.co.uk/Images/Optimised%20Photos/Chateau%20de%20Puilaurens.jpg

http://pyradv.com/chateau1.jpg

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i go for western castles. grandioso.

Double Post

This is a castle on top of the rock

Afyon Castle - Western Turkey

http://www.afyon.gov.tr/Proje/img/Kale.jpg

Diyarbakir Castle - Southeastern Turkey

[IMG]http://dunyaturk.com/tr22/Nuri_Gokcek_Diyarbakir1.jpg



I dont know why you guys sending pictures of residences.. Castle is a fortress to protect the city and its people when infiltrators attack the city no? and generally population lives in the castle-city...I thought every city in Europe and Middle East have castles???

Trakai castle, Lithuania
http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/~radek/europe_summer_2004/europe_2004_www/IMG_3107.jpg

http://vikst.front.ru/utena/04trakai.jpg

http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Travel/Pix/gallery/2001/02/03/Trakai_castle.jpg

some Portuguese castles:
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y198/obelix1/pmos.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y198/obelix1/almourol-1.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y198/obelix1/guimaraes.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y198/obelix1/montalegre.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y198/obelix1/castle2.jpg

Western!

Lol no point in comparison. Western castles win by a million.

This is like comparing Hadrian's wall to the Great Wall.

European are better

Trakoscan castle - Croatia

http://press.croatia.hr/datoteke/1499.jpg

http://www.photocroatia.com/GALLERY/photo/trakoscan/normal/D_GLAVAC_TRAKOSCAN_8.jpg

Some Scottish Castles;

Ballindalloch Castle
http://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/0304/papers_files/grant-castle.jpg

Balmoral Castle
http://www.castleuk.net/castle_lists_scotland/44/images/balmoralcastle1.jpg
http://www.royal.gov.uk/files/images/rf_jubileejournal_balmoral_castle.jpg

Castle Fraser
http://www.icastelli.it/scotland/fraser.jpg

Culzean Castle
http://users.ev1.net/~rhuseth/Culzean.jpg
http://www.travelpublishing.co.uk/CountryLivingScotland/images/4650.tif.JPG
http://www.gardens-guide.com/gardenpix/0205_culzean.jpg

Drummond Castle
http://calendar.scotsman.com/img/2005/card_6.jpg
http://www.1perthshire.co.uk/images/700/Drummond-Castle-Gardens1.jpg

Dunrobin Castle
http://www.fyslab.hut.fi/~hri/scotland23.jpg
http://www.viaggiaresempre.it/CastelliH2.jpg
http://www.longpassages.org/images/Scotland_Dunrobin_Castle.jpg

Edinburgh Castle
http://cap.ee.imperial.ac.uk/~tcg/My%20Pictures/Edinburgh%20Castle.jpg
http://www.electricscotland.com/pictures/images/edinburgh_castle_at_night.jpg
http://graphics.stanford.edu/~bjohanso/england/edinburgh/castle-view.jpg

Eileen Donan Castle
http://michaelfairchild.com/Gallery/castle.jpg
http://www.seewald.com/images/United_kingdom/scotland-1987-1.jpg
http://anaproy.homeip.net/~unilang/albums/album05/EileanDonanCastle.jpg

Fyvie Castle
http://www.btinternet.com/~ian.brinklow/fyv.gif

Glamis Castle
http://www.ochilstours.com/Images/Revised%20Images/Glamis%20Castle_original.jpg
http://www.luxury-trains.co.uk/images/glamis-castle.jpg

Inverary Castle
http://www.hp.europe.de/kd-europtravel/argyll/inverary.jpg

Stirling Castle
http://www.dswa.org.uk/images/News/AGM/stirling%20castle.jpg
http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/stirling/stirlingcastle/images/am-450.jpg

Slovenian castles:

Predjama

http://www.burger.si/Predjama/SlikaPredjamskiGrad.JPG

Skofja Loka

http://www.burger.si/SkofjaLoka/SlikaGrad.jpg

Bled

http://www.mgdfx.com/p-p/img/pp02.jpg
http://davidkurtz.net/Slovenia2004/Slovenia-Images/33.jpg

with church in foreground

http://www.comebiking.com/images/lake%20bled.jpg

and another good one from the UK

Leeds Castle, Kent

http://www.regent.org.uk/english/margate/fz-gallery/leeds-castle-lg.jpg

http://www.purplefinder.com/~potts/LeedsCastle/LeedsCastle%20010.jpg

I like the Japanese castles too, very different to European ones. :)

Not my pics (taken from other boards):

Hawa Mahal, Jaipur
http://img235.echo.cx/img235/3891/130kt.jpg
http://img219.echo.cx/img219/8783/115ko.jpg
http://img280.echo.cx/img280/9692/18mu.jpg

Amber Palace, Jaipur
http://img178.echo.cx/img178/6074/amberfortjaipur22yq.jpg
http://img141.echo.cx/img141/4904/11fl.jpg
http://img91.echo.cx/img91/2233/118nu.jpg
http://img31.echo.cx/img31/1108/129gs.jpg

Mysore Palace
http://img182.exs.cx/img182/7453/mysore25ph.jpg
http://img142.exs.cx/img142/3240/mysore38oe.jpg
http://img142.exs.cx/img142/1212/mysore41yr.jpg

Golconda Fort
http://img142.exs.cx/img142/3321/g16ny.jpg
http://img142.exs.cx/img142/1718/g36xl.jpg

The Lalitha Mahal Palace
http://www.geetesh.com/coorgmysore/images/IMGP0891.jpg
http://www.geetesh.com/coorgmysore/images/1381.jpg

Lake Palace, Udaipur
http://www.popular-india.com/gifs/lake-palace-hotel-udaipur.jpg
http://www.udaipur-hotels-india.com/hotel-lake-palace-udaipur.jpg
http://www.indiahotelszone.com/udaipur/images/lake-palace-hotel-five-star-hotel-in-udaipur.jpg

Bikaner House, Mount Abu
http://www.thepeacockscall.co.uk/images/28big.jpg
http://www.thepeacockscall.co.uk/images/27big.jpg

Bir Singh Palace
http://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99jun20/sunday/12tt4.jpg

Umaid Bhavan Palace
http://www.keralarajasthanindia.com/images/rajasthanhotels/ummedbhawan-jodhpur.jpg
http://www.northindiatourism.com/wildlife-resorts-india/gifs/umaid-bhavan-palace2.jpg
http://img225.exs.cx/img225/5033/1169.jpg
http://img225.exs.cx/img225/1199/1166.jpg
http://img225.exs.cx/img225/6527/1020.jpg

Jai-vilas Palace
http://www.boloji.com/architecture/00041b.jpg
http://www.indiaplaces.com/img/jai-vilas-palace-01.jpg

western

looks like more palaces then true castles here

no doubt one of the greatest castles ever made
http://www.trefl.com/500piece/trfy7032a-2.jpg
http://www.fell-walker.co.uk/segovia3.jpg
http://www.ignatiushistory.info/00143.jpg
http://www.salizah.com/segovia/thumbs/img1.jpg
http://www.travelthewondersofspain.com/Alcazar-Lg.jpg
http://www.origin360.com/travel/img/spain/segovia/alcazar_01.jpg

@Spyguy999 Yes, India has some real high quality Castles and Palaces, thanks for the pics :)

Some Eastern Castles:

Nagoya Castle, Japan
http://www.ncvb.or.jp/photo/image/big/siro_01.jpg

http://www.ncvb.or.jp/photo/image/big/siro_03.jpg

http://www.ncvb.or.jp/photo/image/big/siro_04.jpg

Himeji Castle, Japan
http://amnkamns.cocolog-nifty.com/amnkcocolog/images/himejijyou_04.jpg

http://www2.sanmedia.or.jp/xplus/photo/himeji/himeji02.JPG

Osaka Castle, Japan
http://yanagi.gifu-u.ac.jp/~i99901/kobe/DSCF0067.JPG

http://itaka84.fc2web.com/syasinkan/o2.jpg

http://orangestudio.homeip.net/gallery/public/user/user/image.php?userid=10787&daytime=2003/12/11%2018:24:34&imagetype=2&text=&text_textcolor=&text_font=5&text_x=0&text_y=0

http://orangestudio.homeip.net/gallery/public/user/user/image.php?userid=10787&daytime=2004/01/29%2017:04:58&imagetype=2&text=&text_textcolor=&text_font=5&text_x=0&text_y=0

Matsumoto Castle, Nagano, Japan
http://img148.echo.cx/img148/4048/matsumotocastle7gb.jpg

http://br1125.new21.org/image/s-matu%20castle.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/tabletopch/nihonoe/mats3.jpg

Unknown Castle

http://img148.echo.cx/img148/8924/unknowncastle6zv.jpg

Inuyama Castle, Aichi, Japan

http://www.oct.zaq.ne.jp/afaev407/Main/Joukaku2/Data/tyubu/Inuyama2.jpg

http://www.mie-c.ed.jp/jminam/sst0/98/118/inuyama21.jpg

Edo Castle, Tokyo, Japan (gone)
http://www.cablenet.ne.jp/~isoda-6g/edo.jpg

Edo Castle is now the Imperial Palace

http://weekend-walking.com/photo/t-s-meisho/t-s-meisho05-1.JPG

Odawara Castle, Kanagawa, Japan

http://hirotrip.fc2web.com/photo/sakura/01/photo/sa0119.jpg

http://enterprise.hp.infoseek.co.jp/gallary/ume/picture/DSCF1042.JPG

Okayama Castle, Okayama, Japan
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ja/9/97/岡山城天守.jpg

http://pigmon.typepad.com/photos/photolog/p1020152.jpg

http://www.guidejapan.net/JRegion/Okayama/okayamakourakuen.jpg

Hikone Castle, Shiga, Japan
http://www.oct.zaq.ne.jp/afaev407/Main/Joukaku2/Data/kinki/Hikone2.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ja/2/24/彦根城天守.jpg

Matsue Castle, Shimane, Japan
http://www.oct.zaq.ne.jp/afaev407/Main/Joukaku2/Data/tyugokusikoku/Matue1.jpg

http://www.bekkoame.ne.jp/~haruo_49/tabi005.jpg

Kumamoto Castle, Kumamoto, Japan
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ja/e/e4/Kumamoto_Jo.jpg

http://www.oct.zaq.ne.jp/afaev407/Main/Joukaku2/Data/kyushu/Kumamoto1.jpg

A European Style Castle in Japan! Goryokaku Castle, Hokkaido, Japan (remains)

http://www.ks-pc.com/kankou/images/goryoukaku.jpg

http://www.mb.megafit.net/~kodaruma/goryo.jpg

http://www.geocities.co.jp/CollegeLife-Club/8016/memory6-10/goryou.jpg

Shuri Castle, Okinawa, Japan　(closer to Chinese Castles)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ja/e/ef/首里城01.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ja/6/68/ShureiNoMon.jpg

http://www.ram.ne.jp/~ais/okinawa/syurijyo/images/syujyo2.jpg

http://www.joyphoto.com/japanese/travel/011013/photo/syuriw.jpg

Cool thread, with some very interesting styles and designs... but what about skycastle? ;)

The thing is Japan is the only country that has something like 'castle' in E. Asia. East Asia doesn't have the concept of castle like what Europeans say. But if you put the countries like Myanmar, Thai, Malaysia, and Indonesia in the category of East Asia, although I am not sure, there might be something to compare.

Southeastern and South Asia is also part of the "East", I think. So feel free to compare.

Some of SE England's castles

Windsor Castle
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/da/e/e7/Windsor-castle-ca-2002.jpg
http://www.pics.kaybee.org:81/Vacations/Europe1997/England/WindsorCastle/.thumbs/med-road.jpg

Hever Castle
http://www.art-ppp.com/Hever%20Castle.JPG

Bodiam Castle
http://www.picturesofengland.com/pictures/500/Bodiam_Castle_1104916578.jpg
http://digilander.libero.it/bryonia26/download/BodiamCastle800x600.jpg

Herstmonceux Castle
http://www.herstmonceux-castle.com/images/castle.jpg

Dover Castle
http://www.uk-photos.co.uk/aerial/kent_dover_castle.jpg
http://www.dovercastle.homestead.com/files/ariel_dover_castle.jpg

Southeastern and South Asia is also part of the "East", I think. So feel free to compare.

But we still need to examine whether they have 'castles' or not.

Syrian castles. Some are crusader, but not all. what does that make syrian castles? East or West?

Crac de Chevaliers
http://www.syrialive.net/images/Tourism/MajorSites/carc_des_chevaliers/Krak4.JPG

Palmyra
http://www.2goglobal.com/2GoChronicals/2%20Go%20Photos/Middle%20East/Syria/castle.jpg

Qasr al Hayr
http://www.flat3.co.uk/levant/full_size/990269.jpg

Damascus
http://www.syriait.net/photos/syria/000_0217.jpg

Halebiyeh
http://www.silkroadandbeyond.co.uk/images/360_syria_0019.jpg

Aleppo citadel
http://www.syriait.net/photos/syria/000_0555.jpg

Margat
http://www.reuter.net/syria_private_tours/images/marqat01.jpg

Iran:

Susa
http://www.mojesafar.com/images/castle.jpg

Bam (before and after the earthquake of 2003)
http://www.greatestcities.com/8729pic/357/CP10357.jpg/Earthquake_in_Iran.jpg

Babak
http://members.cox.net/allempires/Babak3.jpg

falak ol aflak
http://www.sci.org.ir/images/irpic/falak33.jpg

Tibet:

Gyantse
http://img168.echo.cx/img168/7435/tibet9lq.jpg

Dzong Fortress (above Gyantse)
http://www.backofbeyond.org/photography/foreignland/tibet46.jpg

Potala Palace! (a fortress used until the 18th century)
http://www.darrellpeck.com/travel/2000-china/images/121-potala-side.jpg

Oman

Nakhal
http://www.ross.navy.mil/images/oman/Oman%20Fortress1.jpg

Mirani
http://www.jonathanproud.co.uk/oman/fort.jpg

anyhow, it seems as though there are at least some castles in asia.

India:

Jodphur
http://www.ashepherdsbushmaneatsfromacan.co.uk/jop22.jpg

Castle entered the life of People of Book (Jews, Christians, Muslims) due to the expasionist nature of these religious peoples ..and it is not a western thing, like almost everything it started in the middle east..and it is so absurd to call out as western or eastern castles...

The heading for the thread should be people who needed to build castles and who didnt need to...In Europe and Middle East every decade there is a major fight and minor fights all over the map in the history except a few pax-romana,pax-islamica, pax-ottomana etc... look at the eastern people some internal riots in Japan, fights between southeastern nations during 11, 12 th century etc..some Chinese -Mongol, Chinese-Muslim fights , a few Chinese-Korean etc..and rivalry between chinese , Japanese among themselves which cannot be compared to any all out major battle of Europe and Middle East..

Castle entered the life of People of Book (Jews, Christians, Muslims) due to the expasionist nature of these religious peoples ..and it is not a western thing, like almost everything it started in the middle east..and it is so absurd to call out as western or eastern castles...

The heading for the thread should be people who needed to build castles and who didnt need to...In Europe and Middle East every decade there is a major fight and minor fights all over the map in the history except a few pax-romana,pax-islamica, pax-ottomana etc... look at the eastern people some internal riots in Japan, fights between southeastern nations during 11, 12 th century etc..some Chinese -Mongol, Chinese-Muslim fights , a few Chinese-Korean etc..and rivalry between chinese , Japanese among themselves which cannot be compared to any all out major battle of Europe and Middle East..

It's true that East Asia doesn't have castle. But that doesn't mean that there were less wars than Europe. For example, in the 7th century Korea, there were about 150 wars for a hundred-year period: the wars among Korean states, wars between China and Korea. Anyway, castle is not the only one that can be used in wars. In East Asia, warfare structures are just different from those of the Western world (Europe and Middle East), and that is the only reason why there is no castle in E. Asia. Do you have something like great wall of China?

interesting thread!

Lol no point in comparison. Western castles win by a million.

This is like comparing Hadrian's wall to the Great Wall.

Think again...............Look again..........You may have to change your vote :)

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http://www4.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/~nipkow/jaisalmer.jpg

http://www.edwebproject.org/rajasthan/pics/andy/jaisalmer.royalchattri.jpg

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/mi.michel.herve/local/images/jaisalmer%2009.jpg

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/mi.michel.herve/local/images/jaisalmer%2007.jpg

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/mi.michel.herve/local/images/jaisalmer%2010.jpg

http://photos.linternaute.com/document/image/550/monument-architecture-facade-jaisalmer-rajasthan-239613.jpg

http://www.koller-meier.ch/travel/India/image/indien08.jpg

http://photos.linternaute.com/document/image/550/facade-architecture-que-jaisalmer-desert-172644.jpg

http://www.chez.com/danalissy/asia/Img0027.jpg

http://www.chez.com/danalissy/asia/Img0026.jpg

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/mi.michel.herve/local/images/jaisalmer%2005.jpg

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/mi.michel.herve/local/images/jaisalmer%2000.jpg

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/mi.michel.herve/local/images/jaisalmer%2004.jpg

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/mi.michel.herve/local/images/jaisalmer%2011.jpg

http://www.realrajasthan.com/jaisalmer-mandirpalace1.jpg

http://www.reisebilder.ch/bilder/in203-700.jpg

http://www.reisebilder.ch/bilder/in195-700.jpg

http://www.flat3.co.uk/india/full_size/990152.jpg

http://www.yanous.com/pratique/tourisme/img/Inde/Jaisalmer.jpg

http://www.koppelquests.net/IMAGES/February_21/images/IMGP1635.jpg

http://www.roberdevigo.com/india/jaisalmer2.jpg

http://www.madnomad.com/gregg/img/india3_02.jpg

http://www.travelphoto.net/photos/pictures/indien/in30.jpg

http://www.longsstrangetrip.com/haveli_and_fort.JPG

http://www.longsstrangetrip.com/jaisalmer_fort_from_rooftops.JPG

http://www.longsstrangetrip.com/haveli_from_street_level.JPG

http://www.chez.com/danalissy/asia/Img0028.jpg

http://www.chez.com/danalissy/asia/Img0032.jpg

http://marcfin.free.fr/Inde/CitadelleJaisalmer.jpg

http://www.norbert-riedl.de/Far_away/Indien/Jaisalmer.jpg

http://deyalexander.com/img/india/arch_jaisalmer1.jpg

http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/Culture/Archit/jaisalmer1.JPG

http://www.pierluigisurace.it/imagerie/images/aatw/DOT_India_Jaisalmer_3.jpg

http://www.pierluigisurace.it/imagerie/images/aatw/DOT_India_Jaisalmer_4.jpg

http://www.pierluigisurace.it/imagerie/images/aatw/DOT_India_Jaisalmer_2.jpg

http://web.inter.nl.net/users/projection3/english/india/jaisalmer/4/jaisalmer_fort.jpg

http://www.dunciad.com/pictures/India,%20Kenya/slides/jaisalmer%20town%20square%20raj%20palace.jpg

http://www.deyalexander.com/img/india/scenes_jaisalmer2.jpg

http://www.royalrajasthan.com/jaisalmer-haveli.jpg

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http://www.jorgetutor.com/india/northindia/jaisalmer1/jaisalmer.jpg

http://www.maxwolf.com/neuchatel/PhotoAlbum/Palace2003/Panoramas/2000/POW3_Jaisalmer_WaterTemple_WaterVista_Panorama_Pict0005-0006.jpg

http://www.maxwolf.com/neuchatel/PhotoAlbum/Palace2003/Panoramas/4000/POW3_Jaisalmer_WaterTemple_WaterVista_Panorama_Pict0005-0006.jpg

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http://jorgetutor.com/india/northindia/jaisalmer2/jaisalmer23.jpg

http://jorgetutor.com/india/northindia/jaisalmer2/jaisalmer22.jpg

http://jorgetutor.com/india/northindia/jaisalmer2/jaisalmer2.jpg

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http://www.waxvisual.com/wvinf/inadrcv02.jpg

http://www.waxvisual.com/wvinf/inadrcv03.jpg

http://www.waxvisual.com/wvinf/inmlrch05.jpg

http://www.waxvisual.com/wvinf/inangch07.jpg


JAIPUR --------------------The Pink City of India

http://www.worldcityphotos.org/India/IND-Jaipur-indolinkscom1.jpg

http://wow.blogs.com/photos/raj/jaipur.jpg

http://www.waxvisual.com/wvinf/inadrch01.jpg

http://www.waxvisual.com/wvinf/inadrch03.jpg

http://www.waxvisual.com/wvinf/inadrcv01.jpg

http://www.edwebproject.org/rajasthan/pics/andy/jaipur.palacegate.jpg

http://www.edwebproject.org/rajasthan/pics/andy/jaipur.palacewinds.jpg

http://www.edwebproject.org/rajasthan/pics/andy/jaipur.chattris.jpg

http://www.edwebproject.org/rajasthan/pics/andy/jaipur.palacecourt.jpg

http://photos.linternaute.com/document/image/550/architecture-city-udaipur-rajasthan-inde-172907.jpg

http://ukoehler.bei.t-online.de/Indien-Jaipur/Jaipur-City-Palace-inside.jpg

http://www.pgsindia.net/photos/Jaipur%20City%20Palace%20Complex.jpg

World's largest Cannon
http://www.pgsindia.net/photos/Jaipur%20World's%20Largest%20Canon.jpg

http://www.edwebproject.org/rajasthan/pics/andy/jaipur.cenotaph.jpg

http://www.edwebproject.org/rajasthan/pics/andy/jaipur.planetgarden2.jpg

http://www.edwebproject.org/rajasthan/pics/susanne/jaipur.cenotaph2.jpg


__________________________UDAIPUR______________________________

http://www.edwebproject.org/rajasthan/pics/andy/udaipur.nightpalace.jpg

http://www.worldcityphotos.org/India/IND-Udaipur-webshotsbrotherscarface1.jpg

http://www.worldcityphotos.org/India/IND-Udaipur-YArthusBertrand1.jpg

http://www.bergoiata.org/fe/paysages1/460037%20-%20The%20Lake%20Palace,%20Rajasthan,%20India.jpg

http://www.autigrevanille.ch/images/RAJ-CityPalaceUdaipur2.jpg

http://www.edwebproject.org/rajasthan/pics/susanne/udaipur.hotelroof.jpg

http://www.edwebproject.org/rajasthan/pics/andy/udaipur.blueview.jpg

http://www.edwebproject.org/rajasthan/pics/andy/udaipur.waterview.jpg

http://www.edwebproject.org/rajasthan/pics/andy/udaipur.nightmusicians.jpg

http://www.cmp.caltech.edu/~mcc/India/Udaipur/City_palace.jpg

http://www.grant.org/plewins/india2000/Rajasthan1/CityPalace.jpg

http://www.users.on.net/~geodesic/india/dscf0095.jpg

http://jonathancarr.crosswinds.net/India/Udaipur10.jpg

http://jonathancarr.crosswinds.net/India/Udaipur40.jpg

http://photos2.worldisround.com/from_photos3/photos/0/340/384.jpg


Maharaja's Palace, Mysore, South India.

http://img99.exs.cx/img99/2115/12ch.jpg

http://pro.corbis.com/images/CRB002608.jpg?size=67&uid={5af15bbe-fb40-4d43-b91f-df4e79a31e5a}

http://robi.ch/indien2003/72.jpg

http://robi.ch/indien2003/74.jpg

http://www.pgsindia.net/photos/Mysore%20Palace%20At%20Night.jpg

http://www.ianpereira.com/wilas/Mysore.jpg

EASTERN CASTLES/PALACES ARE MORE LIVELY AND ATTRACTIVE..

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DAMN!!!! I'm impressed to death with Europe! Great castles!!
EUROPE rocks the hell out!



by the way, it's very simple: no comparasion.. total humiliation from the western ones

EASTERN CASTLES/PALACES ARE MORE LIVELY AND ATTRACTIVE..

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wow ur childish. a lot of the indian "castles" look more like palaces to me..And they are indeed more lively. I can't really compare though. they are both different and the western castles are beautiful so are the japanese and other eastern ones.

Well that's your opinion I suppose. But if you look at the details of Western vs. Eastern, or basically blocks arranged into towers vs. stone that is hand carved into DETAILED works of art, there's a difference.

Im not childish. The fact is that there is no comparasion. Like many already said here, these eastern ones look more like palaces then real castles. And the european ones, wow! :uh:, no comments about their beauty. Speechless, gorgeous. I cant even list here the castles I got impressed. The gardens (mainly Dunrobin Castle and Drummond Castle) were a spectacle apart.

Forgot to add this classic castle for England.
The Tower of London, keeping our great city safe for centuries, now home of the priceless Crown Jewels.

http://www.londonbyclick.com/imgallery/london_tower/London-Tower.jpg
http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/k/j/kjm182/pics/london/Tower%20of%20London.JPG
http://www.atpm.com/7.05/london/images/tower-of-london.jpg
http://www.zitaglio.com/globustour/Inside%20London%20Tower%20-%20Crown%20Jewel%20Building%20800x600%202.jpg
http://tower-of-london-and-crown-jewels.visit-london-england.com/tower-of-london-and-crown-jewels-2.jpg
http://www.aboutromania.com/London25.jpg

India is very well connected with the western part of the world, and the violence it brought upon earth for the longest time Greek,Persian, Arabic, Turkic, Mongoloid , Portugese, French, English infiltration made Indi very well aware of violence..and what an irony Indian people are called the most peaceful (or coward in the eyes of infiltrators) ..

So it would make sense for them to acquire the precautions and preperations when the time comes to step up and defend yourself...When I said Asia, I meant the people who didnt too much connection with the REAL WESTERN world From Persia to England in terms of understanding the real politic..

Here are just a few of some of the 100s of castles and forts of Maharashtra state, India.

http://img209.exs.cx/img209/3990/colabaalibaug4sn.jpg


http://img209.exs.cx/img209/5165/arnala0ca.jpg


http://img52.exs.cx/img52/5219/suvarnadurg8sa.jpg


http://img209.exs.cx/img209/247/lohgad7ii.jpg


http://img209.exs.cx/img209/8384/pratapgad9sv.jpg


http://img209.exs.cx/img209/3379/vijaydurg4bu.jpg


http://img209.exs.cx/img209/3847/janjira5ce.jpg


http://img52.exs.cx/img52/5303/purandar3jo.jpg


http://img209.exs.cx/img209/3041/vasai1va.jpg


http://img209.exs.cx/img209/724/raigad2df.jpg


http://img209.exs.cx/img209/6531/shivsamadhiraigad4vk.jpg


http://img209.exs.cx/img209/4092/raje1mj.jpg



It's a misconception to say that castle or military architecture is alien to India. It's a country older than Europe with an equally violent past.

Quite frankly, the cities and countryside are almost littered with forts, palaces and castles from bygone states and empires.

Why, those photos Hindustani posted of the bewildering number castles were, except for the Mysore Palace, from only 4 cities of one state of India alone! And the photos he posted only account for about 1/3 the castles and forts in those cities.

Each state has a vividly different architecture, and it is reflected in the thousands of forts, palaces and castles in India.


Just because the West is oblivious to the fact and to the scale of these structures, doesn't mean they are an oddity.

Western castles are much better. East doesn't really have much castles to begin with. But I generally hate castles, cold, dark, stony, very unattractive.

Germany,KASSEL
Lionscastle
http://www.roland-harder.de/burgen-und-schloesser/loewenburg_in_gross.jpg
http://www.roland-harder.de/burgen-und-schloesser/loewenburg_im_nebel.jpg
castle
http://www.burgen-und-schloesser.net/fotos/119_10.jpg
http://www.motivschmiede.de/assets/images/Schloss_Wilhelmshohe__Alte_Meister__nachts.JPG
Herkules
http://web02.city-map.de/img/10230008001.jpg
http://web02.city-map.de/img/10230008001.jpg
http://pop85.hp.infoseek.co.jp/photos/2003/20030903-13_denmark_germany_austria/20030907_kassel_wilhelmshohe_4.jpg

more in the city.
Fridericianum
http://web02.city-map.de/img/10230003101.jpg
http://www.seniorentreff-kassel.de/kassel/frid_small.jpg
Orangerie!
http://alfred.schumm.bei.t-online.de/Url04084.jpg

A few from Denmark..

Frederiksborg Castle:
http://p.vtourist.com/1074776-Frederiksborg-Frederiksborg_Slot.jpg

http://www.photo-gallery.dk/oversigt/lokaliteter/hilleroed/image/frederiksborg_slot-44.jpg

Rosenborg Castle:
http://www2r.biglobe.ne.jp/~rokumaru/europe/landscape/dk/imgl03.jpg


Kronborg Castle (The castle of Hamlet):
http://p.vtourist.com/1065251-Kronborg_Slot-Kronborg.jpg

http://img65.exs.cx/img65/7400/elsinore1.jpg

Egeskov Castle:
http://www.lundeborgcamping.dk/egeskov.jpg

/\ same + more from Denmark (pictures not mine .. found somewhere on the internet)

Badstuen
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y198/DLL10101/dkcastles/Badstuen.jpg

Egeskov Castle
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y198/DLL10101/dkcastles/EgeskovSlot.jpg

Frederiksborg Castle
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y198/DLL10101/dkcastles/FrederiksborgSlot.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y198/DLL10101/dkcastles/FrederiksborgSlot2.jpg

Kronborg Castle (Hamlet's Castle)
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y198/DLL10101/dkcastles/KronborgSlot.jpg

Rosenborg Castle
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y198/DLL10101/dkcastles/RosenborgSlot.jpg

Rosenholm Castle
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y198/DLL10101/dkcastles/RosenholmSlot.jpg

Vallø Gods
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y198/DLL10101/dkcastles/VallGods.jpg

Vemmetofte Kloster
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y198/DLL10101/dkcastles/VemmetofteKloster.jpg

Voergård Castle
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y198/DLL10101/dkcastles/VoergrdSlot.jpg

well in far east not many castles were built. instead they built walls and fortresses in strategic places like side of a valley etc. they in fact were better than castles because it would be shitty for the attackers to use siege weapons and becasue of their locations garrison of 100 would stand against 2000 etc

i miss pictures of carcassonne, the louvre and versailles ;-)

All are great.