Friday, June 1, 2012

The world's most beautiful castles











Yes, this one was bound to come sooner or later.  ;)  I really do love castle architecture, & love collecting books on the subject.  For this post, I thought I'd share some of the most stunning & beautiful castles & fortresses from various places around the world.  I'll include the names & locations on as many as I can.

It's a rather long post, but whatever.  :)  Enjoy!



eilean-donan
Eilean Donan castle, Scotland

Inside the Palace of Versailles, France.  Not my favorite from the outside, but some of the inside rooms are breathtaking.


Château de Chillon, Lake Geneva, Switzerland

Neuschwanstein seen from the valley
neuschwannstein

Neuschwanstein castle, Germany
...No castle collection would be complete without it, and a hundred-million pictures never seem to be quite enough.
lowenburg
lowenburg2
Lawenburg Castle, (Lion Castle) Kassel, Germany





Lichtenstein Castle, Germany
burg-eltz
burg-eltz2

Burg Eltz Castle, Germany
hohenzollern-castle
Hohenzollern Castle, Germany

Dunguaire Castle, Ireland
Biltmore Estate
Biltmore Estate, North Carolina, USA
     The largest privately-owned home in the US today.
Boldt Castle

Boldt Castle, Heart Island, New York, USA

Windsor Castle

Windsor Castle, England


Mespelbrunn Castle, between Frankfurt and Würzburg, Germany


Werfen Castle, (Hohenwerfen castle) near Salzburg, Austria


Unknown


Inveraray Castle, Scotland


Hluboka Chateau


Cochem Castle, Germany

dunrobin_castle
Dunrobin Castle, Sutherland, Scotland

peles

peles castle in sinaia in romania


Peles Castle, Romania


De Haar Castle, Netherlands


Huniad Castle, Romania


Ashford Castle, Ireland

glamis-castle
Glamis Castle, Scotland

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