Kells Priory by xPaoLab on Flickr.
Kells Priory by xPaoLab on Flickr.
Grey Abbey by saintinexile on Flickr.
Jedburgh Abbey 4 by Elsie McElsie on Flickr.
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of the entrance tower, Považský hrad (Bistrizza castle).
The exact year of establishment of the Bistrizza castle is not known, but it is assumed that it might have been around 1128 AD. There are doubts that the castle in those times might have been made of wood because of the presence of two other wooden castles in present day Slovakia. For the shift from wooden castle is probably responsible Béla IV, strikened by the invasions of Batu Khan.
Abbazia di San Galgano by Rickseventy79 on Flickr.
Dunottar keep by lmainjohnson7 on Flickr.
Inside Hammershus by Kirsten M Lentoft on Flickr.
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Straight from camera.
Hammershus is a former Danish fortress located on Hammeren, the northern tip of Bornholm and erected in the 12th century. It is located 74 meters above sea level. It was Valdemar the Victorious and not the Archbishop of Lund who commissioned the construction of northern Europe’s largest medieval fortification, Hammershus castle.
New evidence found at the ruins of the castle suggests it was constructed very early in the 13th century as a royal residence for Valdemar II and a base for the Danish crusades - not as a private residence for the archbishop as previously believed, according to Kjeld Borch Westh, superintendent of the National Museum.
Cēsu viduslaiku pils by kpmst7 on Flickr.
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Cēsis Medieval Castle
Pils iela 9
9 Castle Street
Spiš castle by jandudas on Flickr.
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Originally a Romanesque stone castle with fortifications was built in the 12th century on the site of an earlier Slavic castle.
This attractive ruin was frequently used as a location for films including Dragonheart (1996), Phoenix, Kull the Conqueror (1997), The Lion in Winter (2003), The Last Legion (2006)
