These real medieval castles will transport you to a world filled with knights, ... this medieval fortress of towers and walls was built in the 12th century by Saladin, ...

Erected in 1385 as the bastion of a former royal knight, it’s the epitome of a medieval castle – thick crenelated walls supported by nine stubby towers, arrayed around a square central ...

Medieval castles today seem largely ornamental and charming, but they were actually very complex weapons in and of themselves, designed to defend against and debilitate all enemies. Builders in ...

Although it started life as a Roman fort, the structure evolved over hundreds of years into a prototypical medieval castle with a deep moat, drawbridge, round guard towers and a robust keep, as well ...

The wooden forts that topped these mottes were soon replaced by large, usually square, stone towers. This central tower of a medieval castle was called a keep in English, a donjon in French, a ...

This medieval English castle tower is opening to the public for the first time in 500 years. The tower built for King Henry I hasn’t been open to the public since the English Civil War in 1646.

Bunratty Castle in County Clare stands as one of Ireland's most meticulously preserved medieval fortifications. This imposing structure, a testament to 15th-century architecture, gives visitors an ...

Said to be the most photographed of Ireland’s castles, it has a 75-foot traditional Irish tower. The castle was bought and repaired in the early 1920s by Oliver St. John Gogarty, a famous ...

A medieval castle tower built for a king has been opened to the public for the first time since 1646. The Keep, known as the King's Tower at Corfe Castle in Dorset, was built in the 11th Century ...

Puzzling medieval castle in the middle of a frozen lake ... It is located on the outskirts of Notecka Forest, which is roughly an hour away from Poznan, and it features tall towers, ...