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Old December 16th, 2012, 08:38 PM   #861
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Short movie about the Wilanów Palace - the treasure of European history and culture.

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Old December 17th, 2012, 11:23 AM   #862
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Castle Prandau-Normann in Valpovo,Croatia

Built on location of older medieval fortress.There is only a tower and a part of the wall left from it.





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Old December 17th, 2012, 09:59 PM   #863
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Finland

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Old December 17th, 2012, 10:01 PM   #864
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Finland, Turku Castle

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Old December 20th, 2012, 05:08 PM   #865
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Wow, what a thread. Proper castle porn and palace porn. Too bad there ain't no wank smiley.
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Old January 17th, 2013, 04:55 PM   #866
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Trakai Island Castle, Lithuania
Vilnius County | Vilniaus apskritis |Condado de Vilna


Trakai Island Castle 2, by Dmitry A. Mottl, on Wikimedia Commons.


Trakai Island Castle 3, by Dmitry A. Mottl, on Wikimedia Commons.

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Old January 19th, 2013, 12:31 AM   #867
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Fort of Petrela , Albania


Tower of the castle of Durrės , Albania


Castle of Gjirokastėr , Albania
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Old January 19th, 2013, 12:45 AM   #868
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Nice palaces.
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Old January 19th, 2013, 02:27 AM   #869
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Fort of "Ali Pashė Tepelena" in Porto Palermo , Vlorė District - Albania

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Old January 22nd, 2013, 12:15 AM   #870
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Old February 7th, 2013, 06:52 PM   #871
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From the Kremlin of Moscow,
Palace of Facets

built from 1487 to 1492 by Marco Ruffo and Pietro Antonio Solari.

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Moscou / Москва - Palais ą Facettes / Грановитая палата di cercamon, su Flickr

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Old February 11th, 2013, 03:22 PM   #872
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Buonconsiglio Castle, Trento (Italy)

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Tirol Castle. Italy

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Kamianets-Podilskyi Castle, Ukraine


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Pavia. Castle
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Old February 25th, 2013, 12:21 AM   #877
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Ambras Castle. Innsbruck. Austria.

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Old February 26th, 2013, 07:31 PM   #878
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Prague Castle

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Three reasons why I like Burg Eltz best:
1. It is a real medevial castle, built around 1150.
2. It is completely surrounded by nature.
3. The fairytale-like atmosphere inside the yard is hard to beat.
Additional trivia: The castle is still owned by the builder's family - for over 800 years now.

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