Best Castles & Palaces of Europe

[Dr.Mabuse]

Castle Bürresheim

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http://www.wacholderheiden.de/eifels...uerresheim.jpg

[mihai_alex]

Romania

Corvinilor Castle
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Peles Castle
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Bran Castle,also known as Dracula's castle
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[Ramses]

^Very nice! Are these three castles close to eachother so i can combine them in a trip to Romania?

[mihai_alex]

http://www.goromaniatours.com/romani...s/castles.html
Bran and Peles are close.I marked the castles on a map for you here

[erbse]

Romania has some impressive medieval and historicist castles. Mainly in the former "Germanic/Teutonic" areas (also known as Siebenbürgen).

Sighisoara, Pelisor and Iasi or some fortified churches come to mind.

[Godzilla Ranger NYC]

HOGWARTS



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[erbse]

^ What the heck? Why posting some imaginary castle here?



You could give some information about this thing at least. People start to annoy me here.

[Ramses]

Originally Posted by mihai_alex

http://www.goromaniatours.com/romani...s/castles.html
Bran and Peles are close.I marked the castles on a map for you here

Thank you

[mihai_alex]

You're welcome

Originally Posted by erbse

Romania has some impressive medieval and historicist castles. Mainly in the former "Germanic/Teutonic" areas (also known as Siebenbürgen).

Sighisoara, Pelisor and Iasi or some fortified churches come to mind.

You're referring to the Culture Palace from Iasi
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2586/...98974302_b.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2019/...d1a07db0_b.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2733/...58185b72_b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3048/...ec0b6a22_b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3252/...b03f0dd9_b.jpg

Pelisor castle,which is more like a mansion really so I'll post only link.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3584/...648a652e_o.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2785/...9cc9bbdf_b.jpg

Sighisoara is a citadel with a tower
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1303/...7d6f9c50_o.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3388/...15a6f1f8_b.jpg

[erbse]

Thanks for the links. The German translation of "castle" is pretty blurry, as English speaking people mainly understand it as (medieval) fortifications. It could mean "Schloss" (palace) or citadel (Zitadelle) in German as well.

[NorthLimitation]

My favourite abroad is definitely Carcassone, brilliant

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My favourite at home is probably Eilean Donan

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[limerickguy]

some of the many hundreds littered around ireland













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[NorthLimitation]

Originally Posted by limerickguy

some of the many hundreds littered around ireland

Lol you are joking mate, aye? I literally just posted a photo of that castle which is actually in Scotland, not Ireland.

[erbse]

I never really liked the castles of Great Britain. They're lacking ornamentations, details, specific elements that make castles impressive. Also looking quite rustical, not that pleasant at all.


The castles of Central Europe are unbeaten in that regard.

[limerickguy]

Originally Posted by NorthLimitation

Lol you are joking mate, aye? I literally just posted a photo of that castle which is actually in Scotland, not Ireland.

sorry i took this out of a website posted castles in ireland, must have been an error there or something! haha looks like connemara in ireland but im guessing its the scottish highlands?

[NorthLimitation]

Originally Posted by erbse

I never really liked the castles of Great Britain. They're lacking ornamentations, details, specific elements that make castles impressive. Also looking quite rustical, not that pleasant at all.


The castles of Central Europe are unbeaten in that regard.

I'd definitely agree, I just find many of the older castles which have that weather beaten look a lot more impressive. You really get a lot more sense of place and although they look very nice, many central European castles are just a little bit too camp for my liking

[NorthLimitation]

Originally Posted by limerickguy

sorry i took this out of a website posted castles in ireland, must have been an error there or something! haha looks like connemara in ireland but im guessing its the scottish highlands?

Aye it's on Loch Duich in Cinn Tàile, many a famous view about that area.

[Godzilla Ranger NYC]

Originally Posted by erbse

^ What the heck? Why posting some imaginary castle here?



You could give some information about this thing at least. People start to annoy me here.

It's Hogwarts from the Harry Potter series.

It surely is the ultimate castle.

[erbse]

Originally Posted by Godzilla Ranger NYC

It's Hogwarts from the Harry Potter series.

It surely is the ultimate castle.

Ah, well. I actually prefer Hohenzollern Castle (Swabian Alb, Germany) then.



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Black Forest around

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bu...hwarzwald2.JPG

[NorthLimitation]

Originally Posted by Godzilla Ranger NYC

It's Hogwarts from the Harry Potter series.

It surely is the ultimate castle.

Yes I'd definitely agree, what a pity it doesn't exist



In the book and film it's setting is at least real - Loch Shiel, Glenfinnan in the Scottish Highlands,

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