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9 hours ago · This is a list of castles in Italy by location. Abruzzo [ edit ] Forte Spagnolo , L'Aquila Rocca Calascio , Calascio Castello di Roccascalegna , Roccascalegna
1 day ago · Marlow. John Wallop, 1st Viscount Lymington. United Kingdom. Monmouth House. (demolished in 1773) Soho Square. James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, 1st Duke of Buccleuch. United Kingdom.
May 15, 2024 · Immerse yourself in the medieval history of Larochette Castle. The castle overlooks the picturesque village of Larochette, giving it a very special character. The first buildings on the site date from the 11th century and are situated on a promontory of Luxembourg sandstone and dominate the valley of the Ernz Blanche, a tributary of the Sûre ...
- Montée du Château null, Larochette, L-7622
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3 days ago · A castle (fn. 1) was built at Gloucester soon after the Norman Conquest, 16 houses having been demolished to make way for it. (fn. 2) It was placed in the custody of the sheriff of the county, Roger of Gloucester. That castle, distinguished as the old castle in 1143, (fn. 3) probably had as its motte the mound called Barbican hill, in the south ...
2 days ago · 2,806 Views. Created by: Mi360. Warwick Castle is a medieval castle developed from a wooden fort, originally built by William the Conqueror during 1068. Warwick is the county town of Warwickshire, England, situated on a bend of the River Avon. The original wooden motte-and-bailey castle was rebuilt in stone during the 12th century.
From 1161–2 to 1171–2 considerable sums were spent, chiefly on 'the king's houses,' and on the kitchen, the chapel and the castle generally. References to the castle works occur in 1169–70 and following year, and again from 1172–3 to 1178–9, in which seven years more than £663 were laid out upon them.
4 days ago · House of Wittelsbach The "strikingly simple and beautiful" arms of Wittelsbach were taken from the arms of the counts of Bogen, who became extinct in 1242. When Louis I married Ludmilla, the widow of Albert III, Count of Bogen , he adopted the coat of arms of the counts of Bogen together with their land, along the Danube between Regensburg and ...
