Castles

Annie Mac Presents: Lost and Found recently got partygoers from Malta and beyond raving yet again, albeit not without some controversy. Johnathan Cilia reviews this year’s eclectic offering. Castle raves, boat parties, pool parties and four days of the hottest names in UK music right now – Annie Mac Presents: Lost and Found 2017 has … Continue reading »

Romanian authorities have closed a 13th-century fortress connected to Vlad the Impaler after a mother bear and her cubs were found roaming in the area. Romanian authorities have declared Poenari castle off limits after visitors climbing the 1,480 steps up to the ruins had close encounters with the animal and her three cubs. The citadel … Continue reading »

‘riverrun, past Eve and Adam’s, from swerve of shore to bend of bay, brings us by a commodious vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle and Environs.” These are the famous opening lines of James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake. As Wake passages go, they are pretty clear; it is after them that the trouble begins. They … Continue reading »

What the new footbridge could look like. ENGLISH Heritage’s proposals for a new footbridge at Tintagel Castle have been submitted to Cornwall Council. The dramatic footbridge, which would span the gap between the castle’s mainland and island wards, has been designed to follow the path of the original crossing between the mainland and headland. The … Continue reading »

10 examples of castles in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East, founded or occupied during the Crusades. 1 – Krak des Chevaliers – Syria Krak des Chevaliers  is a Crusader castle in Syria and one of the most important preserved medieval castles in the world. The site was first inhabited in the 11th century by a … Continue reading »

Comments (0) PLANS have been submitted for a Grade I listed Staffordshire Moorlands castle to have a commercial use to bring in funds to help maintain it. A planning application has been put forward to Staffordshire Moorlands District Council to permit additional uses for unrestricted guest accommodation; meeting/lecture venue; and film set location at Caverswall Castle. … Continue reading »

A BEAUTIFUL thing happened on the way to Prague: a stopover for lunch in Telc. A little town in the Czech Republic, Telc of the romantic chateau, ponds and charming square lined with colorful 16th-century houses, shops and cafés—is a stroll lovers would dream of. There, in a restaurant whose name we never knew, my … Continue reading »

Montezuma Castle was built in a limestone cliff alcove near Beaver Creek in the Verde Valley in what is now central Arizona. Cliff houses are not uncommon and usually consist of one room. They are made of masonry walls and timber that enclose natural recesses in the cliff wall, turning these niches into rooms. Access is possible … Continue reading »

Medina Nogalte, the castle of Puerto Lumbreras The most important visitor attraction in Puerto Lumbreras The castle of Nogalte in Puerto Lumbreras in its current form is a reconstruction based on the remains of an Islamic fortress which was built by the Moors at some point in the late 12th or early 13th century, and … Continue reading »

Priory Hospitality Group president and CEO John Graf already boasts an impressive stable of high-end historic properties across the area, from the opulent Priory Hotel to the stately Mansions on Fifth, and the yet-to-open Priory Vault event space located in the former Workingman’s Savings Bank on the North Side. His newest project will be the … Continue reading »