Clavering Castle.

In Clavering, the castle earthworks predate the Norman Conquest. Built no later than 1052, they are rare Anglo-Saxon ringworks. This ancient stronghold sits just north of the village church.

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Beckington Castle, Somerset.

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September 1725: Louis XV marries Marie Leszczynska at Fontainebleau. April 20, 1814: Napoleon comes down the horseshoe staircase into the courtyard, kisses the eagle standard, leaves for Elba. It is the Cour des Adieux now. Name a house holding two days further apart. #Castles #History

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Skipsea Castle, East Riding of Yorkshire.

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Castle Keep, Reigate and Banstead.

These concrete spikes are World War II anti-tank defences. They sit on the grounds of Reigate Castle, where a motte-and-bailey fortress was built in the late 11th century.

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Etal Castle, Northumberland.

This tower was built around 1341 by Robert Manners to defend the River Till. In 1513, King James IV of Scotland briefly captured the castle during his invasion of England.

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Full Moon over Clifford Tower in York, North Yorkshire
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Tawstock Castle, North Devon.

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Hurst Castle.

King Charles I was briefly detained at Hurst Castle in the 1640s before his execution in 1649. The fortress, built by Henry VIII between 1541 and 1544, guarded the western entrance to the Solent.

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Neuschwanstein's throne hall sits on an iron frame under the plaster. Ludwig II demanded the room after the Palas already stood, so it had to be inserted, on the same two floors the telephones served. The apse at its north end was built to hold a throne. Say what belongs in it. #Castles #History

Star Castle.

Star Castle was built in 1593 by Robert Adams and Francis Godolphin to guard against a second Spanish invasion. The eight-pointed fortress now sits at the center of the Garrison on St Mary's.

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A dreamlike view of the Eastern Mediterranean seen from the 13th-century Alanya Castle (Seljuk Period). This is one of the one of the best preserved medieval castles.
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Dinton Folly.

Locals say Dinton Folly is haunted by John Bigg, a seventeenth-century hermit. He lived in a cave on the property until his death, long before Sir John Vanhatten built the castle in 1769.

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100 meters long, 10 to 15 meters wide, sides near-vertical. Fleckenstein's builders used their sandstone spur as foundation and quarry: stairs, chambers and a well cut through living rock, rain filtered into a cistern, a treadwheel hoist to the upper floors. Bring boots with grip. #Castles #History

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Leonardo da Vinci died at the Clos Lucé in Amboise on May 2, 1519, at 67. Vasari, 30 years later, put him in François I's arms; Ingres painted that in 1818. A royal order went out from Saint-Germain-en-Laye about May 1. A copy of the Ingres hangs in the bedroom anyway. Should it? #Castles #History

Durham Castle.

In 1006, Scottish King Malcolm II besieged this site. Uhtred of Bamburgh raised an army to repel the attackers. This victory made him Earl of Bamburgh and later Earl of York.

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Marlborough House, City of Westminster.

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