Caernarfon Castle
Caernarfon Castle is a World Heritage Site

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A brute of a fortress. Caernarfon Castle’s pumped-up appearance is unashamedly muscle-bound and intimidating. Picking a fight with this massive structure would have been a daunting prospect. By throwing his weight around in stone, King Edward I created what is surely one of the most impressive of Wales’s castles. Worthy of World Heritage status no less… (View original article)

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Brodie Castle in springtime© The National Trust for Scotland

The richly decorated interior of Brodie Castle© The National Trust for Scotland

Brodie has a fine collections of French Furniture© The National Trust for Scotland

The beautiful interior of Brodie Castle© The National Trust for Scotland

The children’s nursery© The National Trust for Scotland

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The fortress was presumably built in the early 12th c by the Kuenrings and obtained the layout it still has today three centuries later. It allowed its various owners to control transit traffic on the Danube. Boldly placed on the top of a narrow ridge, this ancient structure is conveniently accessible by car or via the Way of St. James from Maria Langegg and affords breathtaking views of the Wachau.

With their hidden stairways, courty… (View original article)

Sigmaringen Castle is a magnificent palace, located in the lower mountain slopes of the Swabian Alps. Sigmaringen Castle is located in the southern German state of Baden Württemberg dominated by the same name German town with its beautiful facade.

Sigmaringen Castle stands just above the lowest part of the Danube and the territory that now falls within the Upper Danube Nature Park. For centuries, the Sigmaringen Castle is the official residence of the Hoentsolern… (View original article)

Canadian tourists taking pictures of Sam Lord’s Castle, a once stately structure which still has an impressive air. (Picture by Nigel Browne)

ANXIETY APPEARS to be rising over the planned US$200 million Wyndham Sam Lord’s Castle resort in St Philip as work there appears to have halted.

However, chief executive officer of the Barbados Tourism Investment Inc. (BTII), Stuart Layne, said nothing could be further from the truth.

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Vanbrugh Castle, SE London

The four-bedroom home is part of the Grade I-listed Vanbrugh Castle, in 2.5 acres of communal gardens. Scroll right…

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Vanbrugh Castle, SE London

Modelled on the French Bastille, it was built in 1718 by the architect Sir John Vanbrugh himself who used to the castle as his home. Scroll right…

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Vanbrugh Castle, SE London

The expansive private roof terrace offers views of London’s skyline, the open spaces of G… (View original article)

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Quick-thinking park staff resorted to using mouth-to-mouth resuscitation in a desperate attempt to save some prized Koi carp after a “mindless and sickening act” of vandalism.

The fish were in a temporary holding tank while the Imola garden pond they are usually kept in at Colchester Castle Park was undergoing maintenance work.

On Wednesday evening, November 2, vandals broke in and slashed the tank with a knife spilling most of the water and killing 45… (View original article)