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Castles of Europe

Chepstow Castle, England work started in 1067 & was commissioned by William the Conquerer

Leeds Castle, England 1119

Almoural Castle, Portugal, date unknown but there in 1129

Gravensteen Castle, Belgium 1180

Caernarfon Castle, Wales 1283

Conway Castle, Wales 1289

Harlech Castle, Wales 1290

Beaumaris Castle, Wales 1295

Butron Castle, Spain 1350s

Bodiam Castle, England 1385built by one of King Edward’s III’s former knights

Bodiam Castle with moat & drawbridge

Bodiam Castle with a moat

Bodiam Castle with a moat & drawbridge

Cawdor Castle, Scotland 1454

Cawdor Castle with drawbridge

Norman Medieval stone castle

Caerphilly Castle with moat & drawbridge,Wales 1271

Medieval castle with drawbridge

Moritzburg, Germany 1546

El Escorial Castle, Spain 1584

Chambord Castle, France designed to be a hunting lodge in the 1600s

Vaux le Vicomte Castle, France 1661

Belevedere Palace, Austria 1722

Scone Palace, Scotland 1808

Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany 1865

Neuschwanstein Castle

Neuschwanstein Castle

Neuschwanstein Castle

Neuschwanstein Castle

Neuschwanstein Castle

Neuschwanstein Castle

Neuschwanstein Castle

Peles Castle, Romania 1883

Medieval Castle with moat & drawbridge, England

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