Water castle, the Glossary
A water castle, sometimes water-castle, is a castle where natural or artificial water is part of its defences.[1]
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153 relations: Aachen, Ammersoyen Castle, Älvsborg Fortress, Örebro Castle, Örup Castle, Červená Lhota Castle, Šintava, Švihov Castle, Beaumaris Castle, Bedburg-Hau, Belém Tower, Bochum, Bodiam Castle, Bollerup, Bonn, Bottmingen Castle, Bourtzi Castle, Brederode Castle, Brennhausen, Burgau Castle, Caerlaverock Castle, Caerphilly Castle, Caister Castle, Calvörde Castle, Cannenburgh Castle, Castello Estense, Castle, Castle Stalker, Central Europe, Château d'Ainay-le-Vieil, Château de la Mothe-Chandeniers, Château de Pirou, Château de Sully, Château de Sully-sur-Loire, Château de Suscinio, Château de Trécesson, Château du Plessis-Bourré, Chillon Castle, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Drawbridge, Dybäck Castle, Egeskov Castle, Eilean Donan, Ellinge Castle, Eutin Castle, Fallersleben Castle, Făgăraș, Flechtingen water castle, Franzensburg, ... Expand index (103 more) »
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Aachen
Aachen (French: Aix-la-Chapelle; Oche; Aquae Granni or Aquisgranum) is the 13th-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia and the 27th-largest city of Germany, with around 261,000 inhabitants.
Ammersoyen Castle
Ammersoyen Castle (Kasteel Ammersoyen) is located in Ammerzoden in the Bommelerwaard region in the province of Gelderland, the Netherlands. Water castle and Ammersoyen Castle are water castles.
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Älvsborg Fortress
Älvsborg Fortress (Älvsborgs fästning), with its main facility Oscar II's Fort (Oscar II:s fort) built 1899–1907, is a now-defunct Swedish fortification located at the mouth of the Göta River in the Älvsborg district of Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Örebro Castle
Örebro Castle (Örebro slott) is a medieval castle fortification at Svartån in Örebro County, Sweden.
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Örup Castle
Örup Castle (Örups slott) is a castle in Tomelilla Municipality, Scania, in southern Sweden.
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Červená Lhota Castle
Červená Lhota (Roth-Lhotta) is a Renaissance castle in the South Bohemian Region, Czech Republic. Water castle and Červená Lhota Castle are water castles.
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Šintava
Šintava (Sempte) is a village and municipality in Galanta District of the Trnava Region of south-west Slovakia.
Švihov Castle
Švihov Castle (hrad Švihov; Schwihau) is a Gothic water castle in Švihov in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. Water castle and Švihov Castle are water castles.
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Beaumaris Castle
Beaumaris Castle (Castell Biwmares), in Beaumaris, Anglesey, Wales, was built as part of Edward I's campaign to conquer north Wales after 1282.
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Bedburg-Hau
Bedburg-Hau is a municipality in the district of Kleve in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
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Belém Tower
Belém Tower (Torre de Belém,; literally: Bethlehem Tower), officially the Tower of Saint Vincent (Torre de São Vicente) is a 16th-century fortification located in Lisbon that served as a point of embarkation and disembarkation for Portuguese explorers and as a ceremonial gateway to Lisbon.
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Bochum
Bochum (also,; Baukem) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Bodiam Castle
Bodiam Castle is a 14th-century moated castle near Robertsbridge in East Sussex, England.
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Bollerup
Bollerup (Bollerup borg) is a castle in Tomelilla Municipality, Scania, in southern Sweden.
Bonn
Bonn is a federal city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, located on the banks of the Rhine.
Bottmingen Castle
Bottmingen Castle (Schloss Bottmingen) is a castle in the municipality of Bottmingen in the canton of Basel-Land in Switzerland.
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Bourtzi Castle
The water castle of Bourtzi (Μπούρτζι, from Ottoman Turkish برج - ''burc'' meaning "tower"; formerly Καστέλι, Kasteli) is a Venetian castle located in the middle of the harbour of Nafplio. Water castle and Bourtzi Castle are water castles.
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Brederode Castle
Brederode Castle (Kasteel Brederode), also called the Ruins of Brederode (Ruïne van Brederode), is located near Santpoort-Zuid.
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Brennhausen
Brennhausen (Burg Brennhausen) is a castle in the municipality of Sulzdorf a.d.Lederhecke in the district of Rhön-Grabfeld in Bavaria in Germany.
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Burgau Castle
Burgau Castle (German: Schloss Burgau) is a water castle in Düren, located in the town forest at the edge of the district Niederau.
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Caerlaverock Castle
Caerlaverock Castle is a moated triangular castle first built in the 13th century.
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Caerphilly Castle
Caerphilly Castle (Castell Caerffili) is a medieval fortification in Caerphilly in South Wales.
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Caister Castle
Caister Castle is a 15th-century moated castle situated in the parish of West Caister, some north of the town of Great Yarmouth in the English county of Norfolk.
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Calvörde Castle
Calvörde Castle (Burg Calvörde) is located in Calvörde in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt.
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Cannenburgh Castle
Cannenburg Castle (Dutch: Kasteel De Cannenburgh) or Cannenburch Castle (Cannenburch) is a castle with a moat in the Netherlands. Water castle and Cannenburgh Castle are water castles.
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Castello Estense
The Castello Estense ('Este castle') or castello di San Michele ('St. Michael's castle') is a moated medieval castle in the center of Ferrara, northern Italy. Water castle and castello Estense are water castles.
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Castle
A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders.
Castle Stalker
Castle Stalker (Caisteal an Stalcaire) is a four-storey tower house or keep in the Scottish county of Argyll.
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Central Europe
Central Europe is a geographical region of Europe between Eastern, Southern, Western and Northern Europe.
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Château d'Ainay-le-Vieil
Château d'Ainay-le-Vieil is a 14th-century castle built on the grounds of an earlier 12th century castle in Ainay-le-Vieil, Cher, France.
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Château de la Mothe-Chandeniers
The Château de la Mothe-Chandeniers is a ruined castle in the commune of Les Trois-Moutiers in the Vienne department of France.
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Château de Pirou
The Château de Pirou is a castle in the commune of Pirou, in the département of Manche (Normandy), France.
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Château de Sully
The Château de Sully, situated between Autun and Beaune (Saône-et-Loire), is the largest of the Renaissance châteaux of southern Burgundy.
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Château de Sully-sur-Loire
The Château de Sully-sur-Loire (Castle of Sully-sur-Loire) is a castle, converted to a palatial seigneurial residence, situated in the commune of Sully-sur-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France.
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Château de Suscinio
The Château de Suscinio or de Susinio is a Breton castle, built in the late Middle Ages, to be the residence of the Dukes of Brittany.
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Château de Trécesson
The Château de Trécesson is a medieval castle in the Brittany region of France.
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Château du Plessis-Bourré
Château du Plessis-Bourré is a château in the Loire Valley in France, situated in the commune of Écuillé in the Maine-et-Loire department.
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Chillon Castle
Chillon Castle (Château de Chillon) is an island medieval castle located on Lake Geneva, south of Veytaux in the canton of Vaud.
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Cologne
Cologne (Köln; Kölle) is the largest city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and over 3.1 million people in the Cologne Bonn urban region.
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany.
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Drawbridge
A drawbridge or draw-bridge is a type of moveable bridge typically at the entrance to a castle or tower surrounded by a moat.
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Dybäck Castle
Dybäck Castle (Dybäcks slott) is a manor at Skurup Municipality in Scania, Sweden.
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Egeskov Castle
Egeskov Castle (Egeskov Slot) is located near Kværndrup, in the south of the island of Funen, Denmark. Water castle and Egeskov Castle are water castles.
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Eilean Donan
Eilean Donan (Eilean Donnain) is a small tidal island situated at the confluence of three sea lochs (Loch Duich, Loch Long and Loch Alsh) in the western Highlands of Scotland, about from the village of Dornie.
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Ellinge Castle
Ellinge Castle (Ellinge slott) is a castle in Eslöv Municipality, Scania, southern Sweden.
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Eutin Castle
Eutin Castle (Eutiner Schloss) in Eutin in the north German district of Ostholstein is the cultural centre and nucleus of the town.
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Fallersleben Castle
Fallersleben Castle (Schloss Fallersleben) is located in Wolfsburg in the German state of Lower Saxony and, together with Neuhaus and Wolfsburg Castles, is one of the most important historic buildings in the town.
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Făgăraș
Făgăraș (Fogarasch, Fugreschmarkt, Fogaras) is a city in central Romania, located in Brașov County.
Flechtingen water castle
The Flechtingen water castle or Flechtingen moated castle (German: Wasserschloss Flechtingen or Wasserburg Flechtingen) is a largely well-preserved castle complex in the centre of the municipality of Flechtingen in the district of Börde in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
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Franzensburg
Franzensburg is a medieval style castle in Laxenburg, Lower Austria, Austria.
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Friedewald, Hesse
Friedewald is a municipality in Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in eastern Hesse, Germany, directly east of Bad Hersfeld.
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Gåsevadholm Castle
Gåsevadholm Castle is a castle on an island in the Rolfsån river in Halland, Sweden.
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Gimborn Castle
Gimborn Castle (Schloss Gimborn) is a former moated castle situated in a remote valley of the upper Leppe in the municipality of Marienheide in the Oberbergischer Kreis of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
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Gladbeck
Gladbeck is a town in the district of Recklinghausen in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Glücksburg Castle
Glücksburg Castle (German: Schloss Glücksburg, Danish: Lyksborg Slot) is one of the most significant Renaissance castles in Northern Europe.
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Gripsholm Castle
Gripsholm Castle (Gripsholms slott) is a castle in Mariefred, Södermanland, Sweden. Water castle and Gripsholm Castle are water castles.
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Hagenwil Castle
Hagenwil Castle is a castle in the municipality of Amriswil of the Canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.
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Hainewalde
Hainewalde is a village in Germany on the river Mandau, in the Bundesland (federal state) of Saxony and the district Görlitz, historically belonging to Upper Lusatia.
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Hallwyl Castle
Hallwyl Castle (Schloss Hallwyl) is one of the most important moated castles in Switzerland.
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Häckeberga Castle
Häckeberga Castle (Häckeberga slott) is a mansion at Lund Municipality in Scania, Sweden.
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Hülsede Water Castle
Hülsede Water Castle (Wasserschloss Hülsede) is a water castle in the Weser Renaissance style located in Hülsede in the German state of Lower Saxony between the Süntel and Deister ridges.
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Herstmonceux Castle
Herstmonceux Castle is a brick-built castle, dating from the 15th century, near Herstmonceux, East Sussex, England.
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Hoensbroek Castle
Hoensbroek Castle (Kasteel Hoensbroek) or Gebrook Castle (Gebrookhoes) is one of the largest castles in the Netherlands. Water castle and Hoensbroek Castle are water castles.
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Homburg, Saarland
Homburg (Hombourg,; Humborch) is a town in Saarland, Germany and the administrative seat of the Saarpfalz district.
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Illingen, Saarland
Illingen is a municipality in the district of Neunkirchen, in Saarland, Germany.
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Imabari Castle
is a Japanese castle in Imabari, Ehime, Japan. Water castle and Imabari Castle are water castles.
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Inzlingen Castle
Inzlingen Castle (Wasserchloss Inzlingen), also Reichenstein Castle (Schloss Reichenstein) is a medieval castle surrounded by a moat situated in the village of Inzlingen.
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Irmelshausen
Irmelshausen is a village in the municipality of Höchheim in the district of Rhön-Grabfeld in Bavaria in Germany.
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Island castle
The island castle, or insular castle, is a variation of the water castle. Water castle and island castle are castles by type.
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Kajaani Castle
Kajaani Castle (Finnish: Kajaanin linna, Swedish: Kajaneborg, Kajaneborgs slott, older spelling Cajanaborg) was built on the Ämmäkoski island of the Kajaani River in the centre of Kajaani, Finland, in the 17th century.
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Kalmar Castle
Kalmar Castle (Kalmar slott) is a castle in the city Kalmar in the province of Småland in Sweden.
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Köpenick Palace
Schloss Köpenick (Köpenick Palace) is a Baroque water palace of the Hohenzollern electors of Brandenburg which stands on an island in the Dahme River surrounded by an English-style park and gives its name to Köpenick, a district of Berlin.
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Kızkalesi (castle)
Kızkalesi (from Turkish: "Maiden's Castle", also known as Deniz kalesi) is an island castle situated on a small island in Mersin Province of Turkey.
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Kenilworth Castle
Kenilworth Castle is a castle in the town of Kenilworth in Warwickshire, England, managed by English Heritage; much of it is in ruins.
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Krageholm Castle
Krageholm Castle (Krageholms slott) is an estate at Ystad Municipality in Scania, Sweden.
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Krapperup Castle
Krapperup Castle (Krapperups slott) is an estate at Höganäs Municipality in Scania, Sweden.
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Kronoberg Castle
Kronoberg Castle (Swedish: Kronobergs slott) is a medieval ruined castle (slottsruin) located on an island in Helgasjön ("the Helga Lake"), north of Växjö in Kronoberg County, which is named after the castle.
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Kulla Gunnarstorp Castle
Kulla Gunnarstorp Castle (Kulla Gunnarstorps slott) is a castle in Helsingborg Municipality, Scania, in southern Sweden.
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Landscape architecture
Landscape architecture is the design of outdoor areas, landmarks, and structures to achieve environmental, social-behavioural, or aesthetic outcomes.
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Landskrona Citadel
Landskrona Citadel (Citadellet or Landskrona slott) is situated in Landskrona, Scania, southern Sweden.
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Lütetsburg
Lütetsburg (East Frisian Low Saxon: Lütsbörg) is a municipality in the district of Aurich, in Lower Saxony, Germany.
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Leeds Castle
Leeds Castle is a castle in Kent, England, southeast of Maidstone.
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Lembeck Castle
Lembeck Castle, located in the urban area of Dorsten on the border of the northern Ruhr region and the southern Münsterland, is a moated castle.
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Leverkusen
Leverkusen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on the eastern bank of the Rhine.
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Lidzbark Castle
The Lidzbark Castle (Zamek w Lidzbarku, Burg Heilsberg), officially known as Lidzbark Bishops' Castle, is a fortified castle and palace from the 14th century located in the town of Lidzbark Warmiński, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.
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Loevestein Castle
Loevestein Castle (Slot Loevestein) is a medieval castle in the municipality of Zaltbommel, Gelderland, the Netherlands.
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Lowland castle
The term lowland castle or plains castle (Niederungsburg, Flachlandburg, Tieflandburg) describes a type of castle that is situated on a lowland, plain or valley floor, as opposed to one built on higher ground such as a hill spur. Water castle and lowland castle are castles by type.
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Malmö Castle
Malmö Castle (Malmöhus or Malmöhus Slott) is a medieval castle located on Slottsholmen ("Castle islet") in Malmö, Sweden.
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Maltesholm Castle
Maltesholm Castle (Maltesholms slott) is a large manor house located at Sönnarslöv in Kristianstad Municipality in Scania, Sweden.
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Marsh castle
A marsh or marshland castle (Sumpfburg) is a type of lowland castle that is situated in marshy or boggy countryside. Water castle and marsh castle are castles by type.
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Münster
Münster (Mönster) is an independent city (Kreisfreie Stadt) in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Mespelbrunn Castle
Mespelbrunn Castle is a late-medieval/early-Renaissance moated castle on the territory of the town of Mespelbrunn, between Frankfurt and Würzburg, built in a tributary valley of the Elsava valley, within the Spessart forest.
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Methoni Castle
The Castle of Methoni is a medieval fortification in the port town of Methoni, Messenia, in southwestern Greece.
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Moat
A moat is a deep, broad ditch dug around a castle, fortification, building, or town, historically to provide it with a preliminary line of defence.
Moritzburg Castle
Moritzburg Castle (Schloss Moritzburg) or Moritzburg Palace is a Baroque palace in Moritzburg, in the German state of Saxony, about northwest of the Saxon capital, Dresden.
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Morsbroich Museum
The Morsbroich Museum (Museum Morsbroich) or Morsbroich Castle Municipal Museum (Städtisches Museum Schloss Morsbroich) is a German museum of modern art situated in Leverkusen, 20 km north of Cologne.
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Moyland Castle
Moyland Castle (Schloss Moyland) is a moated castle in Bedburg-Hau in the district of Kleve, one of the most important neo-Gothic buildings in North Rhine-Westphalia.
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Muiden Castle
Muiden Castle (Dutch: Muiderslot) is a castle in the Netherlands, located at the mouth of the Vecht river, some 15 kilometers southeast of Amsterdam, in Muiden, where it flows into what used to be the Zuiderzee.
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Nakatsu Castle
is a Japanese castle in the city of Nakatsu in Ōita Prefecture. Water castle and Nakatsu Castle are water castles.
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Nordkirchen Castle
Schloss Nordkirchen is a palace situated in the town of Nordkirchen in the Coesfeld administrative district in the state of North Rhine Westphalia, Germany.
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Olavinlinna
Olavinlinna (also known as St. Olaf's Castle; Olofsborg; Olafsburg) is a 15th-century three-tower castle located in Savonlinna, Finland. Water castle and Olavinlinna are water castles.
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Old Castle (Koblenz)
The Old Castle (Alte Burg) was a former Elector-owned, substantial water castle in the German city of Koblenz, incepted in the 13th century.
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Oporów Castle
Oporów Castle - a brick castle built in the Gothic architectural style in between 1434 and 1449 in the village of Oporów (15 km north-east of Kutno, Łódź Voivodeship; in Poland. The castle was raised by the Deputy Chancellor of Poland (1429-1434), and highly regarded religious leader Władysław Oporowski.
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Oradea
Oradea (Großwardein; Nagyvárad) is a city in Romania, located in the Crișana region.
Osbyholm Castle
Osbyholm Castle (Osbyholms slott) is a castle at Hörby Municipality in Scania, Sweden.
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Osterburg (Groothusen)
The Osterburg is a castle from the High Middle Ages in the village of Groothusen in the municipality of Krummhörn, in the district of Aurich in Lower Saxony, Germany.
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Otočec Castle
Otočec Castle (a.k.a. Grad Otočec, in older sources Otočič, Burg Werth, Burg Wördl) is a castle hotel on a small island in the middle of the Krka River in Otočec, Slovenia. Water castle and Otočec Castle are water castles.
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Plattenburg (castle)
The Plattenburg is a water castle in the independent municipality of Plattenburg in the German district of Prignitz in northwestern Brandenburg.
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Pond
A pond is a small, still, land-based body of water formed by pooling inside a depression, either naturally or artificially.
Prignitz
Prignitz is a Kreis (district) in northwestern Brandenburg, Germany.
Radboud Castle
Radboud Castle (Dutch: Kasteel Radboud) is a castle on the east bank of the harbour in Medemblik.
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Sárvár
Sárvár (Kotenburg or Rotenturm an der Raab; Bassiana; Mala Sela) is a town in Vas County, Hungary.
Schelenburg
Schelenburg castle is a water castle in Schledehausen, municipality of Bissendorf, Lower Saxony, Germany.
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Schloss Benrath
Schloss Benrath (Benrath Palace) is a Baroque-style maison de plaisance (pleasure palace) in Benrath, which is now a borough of Düsseldorf.
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Schloss Köthen
Schloss Köthen is a palace (schloss) in Köthen (Anhalt), Germany.
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Schloss Rheydt
Schloss Rheydt is a Renaissance palace in Rheydt, Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
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Schwerin Castle
Schwerin Castle (Schweriner Schloss, also known as Schwerin Palace) is a schloss located in the city of Schwerin, the capital of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state, Germany.
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Sidon Sea Castle
Sidon's Sea Castle (Kalaat Saida al-Bahriya) was built by the crusaders in the thirteenth century as a fortress of the Holy Land.
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Siege
A siege (lit) is a military blockade of a city, or fortress, with the intent of conquering by attrition, or by well-prepared assault.
Sirmione
Sirmione (Brescian: Sirmiù; Sirmion) is a comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy (northern Italy).
Skabersjö Castle
Skabersjö Castle (Skabersjö slott) is a castle in Svedala Municipality, Scania, in southern Sweden.
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Spandau Citadel
The Spandau Citadel (Zitadelle Spandau) is a fortress in Berlin, Germany, one of the best-preserved Renaissance military structures of Europe.
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Spøttrup Castle
Spøttrup Castle (Spøttrup Borg) is a well-preserved medieval defensive castle in Jutland, Denmark.
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Stegeborg Castle
Stegeborg Castle is a ruined castle in St Anna parish, Söderköping, Östergötland, located on an island in a narrow sound at the bay of Slätbaken.
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Strömsholm Palace
Strömsholm Palace, sometimes called Strömsholm Castle (Strömsholms slott.), is a Swedish royal palace.
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Sulzfeld, Rhön-Grabfeld
Sulzfeld is a municipality in the district of Rhön-Grabfeld in Bavaria in Germany.
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Szydłowiec
Szydłowiec (Hebrew: שידלוביץ, Yiddish: שידלאָווצע; German: Schiedlowietz) is a town in Szydłowiec County, Mazovian Voivodeship, south-central Poland, with 5,243 inhabitants (December 31, 2005).
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Takamatsu Castle (Sanuki)
is a Japanese castle located in central Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, on the island of Shikoku, Japan. Water castle and Takamatsu Castle (Sanuki) are water castles.
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Taman Sari (Yogyakarta)
Taman Sari Water Castle, also known as Taman Sari (Javanese), is the site of a former royal garden of the Sultanate of Yogyakarta.
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The Bodley Head
The Bodley Head is an English book publishing imprint of Penguin Random House.
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Tokaj
Tokaj is a historical town in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Northern Hungary, 54 kilometers from county capital Miskolc.
Tosterup Castle
Tosterup Castle (Tosterups slott) is a castle in Tomelilla Municipality, Scania, in southern Sweden.
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Trakai Island Castle
Trakai Island Castle (Trakų salos pilis; Zamek w Trokach) is an island castle located in Trakai, Lithuania, on an island in Lake Galvė. Water castle and Trakai Island Castle are water castles.
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Trolle-Ljungby Castle
Trolle-Ljungby Castle (Trolle-Ljungby slott) is a castle in Kristianstad Municipality, Scania, in southern Sweden.
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Trolleholm Castle
Trolleholm Castle (Trolleholms slott) is a castle in Svalöv Municipality, Scania, in southern Sweden.
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Vadstena Castle
Vadstena Castle (Vadstena slott) is a former Royal Castle in Vadstena, the province of Östergötland,Sweden.
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Vaxholm Fortress
Vaxholm Fortress (Vaxholms fästning), also known as Vaxholm Castle, is a historic fortification on the island of Vaxholmen in the Stockholm archipelago just east of the Swedish town of Vaxholm.
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Vegeholm Castle
Vegeholm Castle (Vegeholms slott) is located in Ängelholm Municipality in Scania, Sweden.
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Venetian Arsenal
The Venetian Arsenal (Arsenale di Venezia) is a complex of former shipyards and armories clustered together in the city of Venice in northern Italy.
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Vibyholm Castle
Vibyholm Castle (Vibyholms slott) is a manor house at Årdala, Flen Municipality, Sweden.
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Viderup Castle
Viderup Castle (Viderups slott) is a manor house in Eslöv Municipality, Scania, Sweden.
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Vischering Castle
Vischering Castle (Burg Vischering) in Lüdinghausen, North Rhine-Westphalia is the most typical moated castle in the Münster (region) of Germany.
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Vittskövle Castle
Vittskövle Castle (Vittskövle slott also Widtskövle slott) is an estate in Kristianstad Municipality, Scania, Sweden. Water castle and Vittskövle Castle are water castles.
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Vodný Hrad
Vodný Hrad is a smaller water castle in Štítnik, Slovakia. Water castle and Vodný Hrad are water castles.
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Vranov nad Topľou
Vranov nad Topľou (Slovak before 1927 and from 1944–1969: Vranov; Frö(h)nel / Vronau an der Töpl (rare); Varannó; Воронів над Топлёв) is a city of approximately 22,500 inhabitants in eastern Slovakia, situated near Košice and Prešov, and between the Topľa River and the Ondava River.
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Wasserschloss Wilkinghege
The Wasserschloss Wilkinghege is a country estate in Kinderhaus, part of the Westphalian city of Münster, Germany.
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Water tower
A water tower is an elevated structure supporting a water tank constructed at a height sufficient to pressurize a distribution system for potable water, and to provide emergency storage for fire protection.
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Wörth Castle
The Wörth Castle is a fortification in the Swiss municipality of Neuhausen am Rheinfall in the Canton of Schaffhausen.
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Wendhausen Castle
The Wendhausen Castle is a 17th-century moated castle located in Wendhausen, a community within the municipality of Lehre, Lower Saxony.
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Wijnendale Castle
Wijnendale Castle (Kasteel van Wijnendale, Château de Wynendaele) is a historic residence in Wijnendale, West Flanders in Belgium which was once a medieval castle.
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Wittringen Castle
Wittringen Castle or Wittringen House (German: Schloss Wittringen or Haus Wittringen) is a moated castle in Gladbeck, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
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Wolfsburg Castle
The Wolfsburg is a medieval lowland and water castle in North Germany that was first mentioned in the records in 1302, but has since been turned into a Renaissance schloss or palace.
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Wyher Castle
Wyher Castle is a moated castle, which lies south of the village center of Ettiswil in the Canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.
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See also
Castles by type
- Bridge castle
- Burgstall
- Castra
- Cave castle
- Cave castles
- Coercion castle
- Concentric castle
- Counter-castle
- Crusader castles
- Fortified house
- Fortress church
- Ganerbenburg
- Hill castle
- Hill castles
- Hillside castle
- Hilltop castle
- Island castle
- Jagdschloss
- Japanese castle
- Jugendburg
- Kasbah
- Kotta mara
- L-plan castle
- Landesburg
- Letzi
- Linear castle
- Lowland castle
- Lowland castles
- Lustschloss
- Marsh castle
- Motte-and-bailey castle
- Ostrog (fortress)
- Qalat (fortress)
- Qila
- Quadrangular castle
- Refuge castle
- Ridge castle
- Ringwork
- Ringwork castles
- Rock castle
- Rock castles
- Spur castle
- Toll castle
- Tower castle
- Tulou
- Urban castle
- Water castle
- Water castles
- Z-plan castle
Water castles
- Švihov Castle
- Ammersoyen Castle
- Anif Palace
- Beersel Castle
- Bourtzi Castle
- Cannenburgh Castle
- Castello Estense
- Château de Lavaux-Sainte-Anne
- Dietzhof Castle
- Doornenburg Castle
- Egeskov Castle
- Gödersheim Castle
- Glimmingehus
- Gotteswerder
- Gradac, Metlika
- Gripsholm Castle
- Hjularöd Castle
- Hoensbroek Castle
- Huis te Ruurlo
- Imabari Castle
- Jemeppe Castle
- Kotta mara
- Nakatsu Castle
- Olavinlinna
- Otočec Castle
- Rechteren Castle
- Sakamoto Castle
- Scaligero Castle (Sirmione)
- Schloss Ort
- Takamatsu Castle (Sanuki)
- Trakai Island Castle
- Vittskövle Castle
- Vodný Hrad
- Vyborg Castle
- Water castle
- Červená Lhota Castle
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_castle
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