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European Castles had their origins dating back to around A.D. 900 to 1000 and played a great role in the then military system of feudalism. During the Middle Ages, Europe was a vastly divided continent to that which we have come to know today. She was made up of many tiny feudal states and local conflicts between neighboring states were common.Castles were first built for defense against attacking armies of war torn feudal Europe and were necessary to help protect the villages and their lords. As Europe grew and the states merged or were conquered, the castle was built as a place of government over the local populace. By 1500, castles became much less important in Europe. Cannons were invented, so it was easy to invade, capture and destroy a castle.
The date indicated on the slides is when the construction was started. Many changes and additions were done during the years.
There is some confusion between the difference between a castle and a palace. A castle formed the center of a county and was also its defense. In times of war people could seek refuge at the castle. It was also the dwelling of the lord of that particular county. A palace is a very luxurious home for wealthy people, built by anybody who had money enough to build and maintain it and had nothing to do with defense. Some palaces are wrongly named castles. For instance the Peles Castle from Romania is really a summer palace.
The selection of the pictures for this presentation is far from complete. There are many more hundreds of castles in Europe that are not shown.The castles are shown in alphabetical order. To avoid boredom, by seeing too many pictures at one time, the presentation is divided in three parts. Enjoy!
AIRTHREY CASTLE SCOTLAND BUILT 1791
ALCAZAR CASTLESEGOVIA SPAINSTARTED IN 12th CENTURY
AMBOISE CASTLE LOIRE VALLEY-FRANCE STARTED IN 15th CENTURY
ARAGONESE CASTLEISCHIA ITALY
STARTED IN 1438
ARUNDEL CASTLENORFOLK ENGLANDSTARTED IN 11th CENTURY
BAMBURGH CASTLENORTHUMBERLAND ENGLANDSTARTED 6th CENTURY
BERWICK CASTLEENGLAND 12th CENTURY
BLED CASTLESLOVENIASTARTED 1004
CHAMBORD CASTLE LOIRE FRANCE 13th CENTURY
BODIAM CASTLE SCOTLAND STARTED IN 12th CENTURY
BONAGUIL CASTLEGARONNE FRANCESTARTED IN 1250
BOJNICE CASTLECROATIA12tH CENTURY
BRAN (DRACULA) CASTLEROMANIA STARTED 1212
BRETESCHE CASTLE FRANCE 15tH CENTURY
BUNRATTY CASTLE IRELAND STARTED IN 1425
CAERNARFON CASTLE WALES
STARTED IN 1283
CARDIFF CASTLE WALES 12th CENTURY
CAWDORL CASTLE SCOTLAND 14tH CENTURY
CHAMBORD CASTLELOIRE FRANCE16th CENTURY
CHANTILLY CASTLEPARIS SUBURBS FRANCE 1719
CHAMONT CASTLELOIRE FRANCE15th CENTURY
CHENONCEAU CASTLELOIRE FRANCE STARTED IN 1430
CHILLON CASTLESWITZERLANDSTARTED 9th CENTURY
CLIFDEN CASTLE IRELANDBUILT IN 1812
COCHEM CASTLE GERMANY 1354
COMTAL CASTLECARCASSONNE FRANCESTARTED IN 1130
DE HAAR CASTLENETHERLANDS 14th CENTURY
DOBROVIN CASTLESCOTLANDSTARTED 15th CENTURY
DUNGUAIRE CASTLEIRELAND 1520
MY TYPE OF VACATION! YOUR TYPE OF VACATION?
GET UP AND GO VISIT SOME PLACE!
Presentation by Dan Calistrat [email protected] from InternetEnd of part 1of 3