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DonaCatalina · August 21, 2013, 05:29:48 AM

Castle Campbell, also known as Castle Gloom or Glume, lowland seat of the Duke of Argyll, is situated above the town of Dollar, Clackmannanshire, in central Scotland.
map coordinates 56.1748, -3.6748
The tower house was built in the early 15th century and was known then as Castle Glume. The castle was originally a property of the Clan Stuart but passed by marriage to Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll and Lord Chancellor of Scotland.

DonaCatalina · August 22, 2013, 05:18:54 AM

Cierny Hrad Castle is a ruin located in Slovakia.
Map coordinates 48.480460, 18.286100
The was probably built mid to late 14th century on ruins of settlements dating back to the 9th century.Also called the Black Castle, it was a bulwark against Hungarian invasions.

DonaCatalina · August 23, 2013, 06:43:22 AM

El castillo de Zurraquín is located a little north of the village of Cabezas del Villar in Spain
map coordinates 40.738147, -5.200205
The castle was built in the early fifteenth century. Belonging to the Dukes of Ahumada, it was a bulwark of the Reconquista in central Spain. The castle is in a state of ruin with little more than a rectangular tower above foundation level.

DonaCatalina · August 26, 2013, 05:10:45 AM

The Castle of Palenzuela is located in the town of the same name in Castile and León , Spain.
map coordinates 42.093354, -4.127526
Palenzuela Castle is in progressive ruin. It formed a triangle with towers at its corners. Built in the eleventh century of masonry stone exterior it has not been preserved. The towers are still standing; but little else.

DonaCatalina · August 28, 2013, 05:11:58 AM

Trachselwald Castle is a castle in the municipality of Trachselwald, Switzerland.
map coordinates 47.017514, 7.741878
The name of the rulers of the castle was first mentioned in 1131; at first it belonged to the barons of Trachselwald, then to the barons of Rüti bei Lyssach, and then those of Sumiswald.

DonaCatalina · August 29, 2013, 05:12:31 AM

Nidau Castle is a castle in the municipality of Nidau of the Canton of Bern in Switzerland.
map coordinates 47.12778, 7.240195
The first wooden castle on the site was built in 1140, followed by a second one in 1180. The presence of the Nidau castle is first evidenced by a deed dated 30 August 1196, issued by Count Ulrich III of Neuchâtel.

DonaCatalina · August 30, 2013, 05:16:07 AM

The Olesko Castle is located within the borders of the present-day Busk Raion in Ukraine.
map coordinates 49.968336, 24.900556
The first historical records of the castle are in a document dated 1390, when Pope Boniface IX gave Halych, a Catholic bishop, this castle as a gift.

DonaCatalina · September 03, 2013, 05:16:00 AM

Pendennis Castle is a castle in the English county of Cornwall.
map coordinates 50.14722, -5.04777
Pendennis Castle was built in 1539 as one of a chain of forts running along the coast of the southern half of Britain from Hull to Milford Haven.

DonaCatalina · September 04, 2013, 07:05:34 AM

The Castle of Ishem, also known as Kalaja e Ishmit, is located at the village of Ishem in Albania.
map coordinates 41.539340, 19.595456
The castle was built from 1572 to 1574 by the Ottomans, to protect trade routes from the Venetians. Today the castle is left to ruin and depredation by the locals who steal the stones.

DonaCatalina · September 05, 2013, 05:04:09 AM

Seddulbahir Old Castle, also known as Seddlbahir Kalesi is located on the straits of the Dardanelles in Turkey.
map coordinates 40.042038, 26.188250
The remains of the present castle were built between 1656 and 1659 by architect Mustafa Aga for the Ottoman Empire. It was built on the remains of an earlier Venetian fortress. The castle was bombed several times during the Gallipoli campaign of 1915.

DonaCatalina · September 06, 2013, 05:37:06 AM

Castle Gösting, Anglicized to Goesting, is a ruin near Graz in Austria.
map coordinates 47.103889, 15.381111
In 1042 Emperor Heinrich III granted to Gottfried aus dem Geschlecht the land and rights to the castle; which had existed prior. in 1050 the castle was ceded to Gottfried Gösting and his brother Adalbero von Wurzburg.

DonaCatalina · September 09, 2013, 05:17:48 AM

Prägrad Castle (German: Burgruine Prägrad) is a castle in Carinthia, Austria.
map coordinates 46.691111, 14.0775
The name "Prägrad" is of Slavic origin and means "area in front of the castle" or "bailey". The earliest record of the castle was in 1166, concerning the supremacy of the diocese of Bamberg.

DonaCatalina · September 10, 2013, 07:04:04 AM

Sart Eustache is a castle in Sart-Eustache, which is a section of the Belgian town of Fosses-la-Ville.
map coordinates 50.375366, 4.598172
In 1289, the castle and village were called Sart ale Stache; belonging to the Counts of Namur.

DonaCatalina · September 11, 2013, 08:07:34 AM

Bélmez Castle is located in the province of Cordoba, Spain.
map coordinates 38.274125, -5.212219
There are reports of this castle since 1245, although the main tower and the walls appear to be from the fifteenth century. Bélmez Castle became an important area of control in the Reconquista, because in the war of Granada.

DonaCatalina · September 13, 2013, 06:26:38 AM

Kasteel Tielenhof is next to Den Molenberg and is located in Provincie Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgium.
map coordinates 51.247532, 4.896936
The castle was mentioned as Thyellene in the foundation deed of Kapelanie St. Margarita in 1380. In a book of loans of John III , Duke of Brabant from 1312 to 1355 , is Tielen repeatedly stated and written almost every other, namely Tile, Tyle, Thiele and even Tyelemont.