Hill castles

ancestral seat of the imperial House of Hohenzollern in the Swabian Alps of central Baden-Württemberg, Germany

castle in Germany

Margat, also known as Marqab (), is a castle near Baniyas, Syria, which was a Crusader fortress and one of the major strongholds of the Knights Hospitaller. It is located around from the Mediterranean coast and approximately south of Baniyas. The castle remained in a poor state of preservation until 2007 when some reconstruction and renovation began.

castle in Harlech, Gwynedd, Wales

castle in Alsace, France

former Royal castle and museum in Beeston, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom

thumb|Marksburg and the river Rhine The Marksburg () is a castle above the town of Braubach in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is one of the principal sites of the Rhine Gorge UNESCO World Heritage Site. The fortress was used for protection rather than as a residence for royal families. It has a striking example of a bergfried designed as a butter-churn tower. Of the 40 hill castles between Bingen am Rhein and Koblenz the Marksburg was one of only two which had never been destroyed (the other being Maus Castle) and at least the only one that had never fallen into disrepair.

castle in Hesse, Germany

Grade I listed building in Kidwelly. Castle in Wales

castle built on a natural feature that stands above the surrounding terrain

Byzantine castle near Palaiokastritsa, Corfu, Greece

Kadifekale (literally "the velvet castle" in Turkish) is a hilltop castle in İzmir, Turkey. The castle is located on the Mount Pagos (, Pagus under the Roman Empire) which has an elevation of 186 metres. It was built in the 3rd century BC. The castle is located at a distance of about 2 km from the shoreline and commands a general view of a large part of the city of İzmir, as well as of the Gulf of İzmir.

castle in Germany

fortress in Corfu, Greece

castle in Gwynedd, Wales

castle in Najac, France

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castle in Burg-Reuland, East Belgium

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building in Pfronten, Swabia, Germany

building in Corfu Municipality, Ionian Islands Region, Greece

medieval castle in Powys, Wales, UK

thumb|Sababurg, copperplate by Matthäus Merian from the Topographia Hassiae 1645 thumb|Sababurg, view from the west thumb|Entrance to the Sababurg thumb|Location of the Sababurg on the map of the Sababurg Wildlife Park thumb|upright|A corner tower of the Sababurg thumb|Sababurg The Sababurg, first called the Zappenburg, then Zapfenburg and today, after the Brothers Grimm fairy tale Sleeping Beauty Castle (), is the ruin of a hill castle in the legendary Reinhardswald, a forested upland that runs through the North Hessian county of Kassel. Sababurg is also the name of a district of the town of

Type of medieval fortification

castle on a spur

castle in Rhineland-Palatiante, Germany

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ruined castle in Ouren, Belgium

castle in Corfu, Greece

castle in Hesse, Germany

building in Wernberg, Austria

hill castle that was built on the summit of a hill or mountain

mountain in Germany

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cultural heritage monument in Landkreis Nürnberger Land, Bavaria, Germany

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castle ruin in Landstuhl, Germany

castle in Kirchzell

cultural heritage monument D-6-72-114-393 (0) in Bad Kissingen, Bavaria

The Waldsteinburg, also called the Red Castle () is a ruined castle on the summit of the Großer Waldstein in the Fichtel Mountains of Germany. It is also known as the Westburg ('west castle') to distinguish it from the older ruins of the Ostburg ('east castle').

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thumb|Büraburg, remains of a gate thumb|St. Brigida Chapel The Büraburg was a prominent hill castle with historic significance, on the Büraberg hill overlooking the Eder river near the town of Fritzlar in northern Hesse (Germany). Only foundation walls remain, and a church dedicated to St. Brigida.

caste in Hemer, Germany

castle built on the side of a hill

castle in Neckarzimmern, Germany

human settlement

cultural heritage monument D-4-72-111-22 (0) in Ahorntal, Bavaria

castle in Hesse, Germany

Castle ruins in Germany

castle in Greifenstein, Hesse, Germany

rock castle

castle ruine in the canton of Valais in Switzerland