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Cité de Carcassonne is a castle that had function to not only provide protection to the large military garrison which had access to impressive suite of defensive buildings, but also to provide protection to the entire city of Carcassonn. With its 52 towers and 3km of walls, Cité de Carcassonne represents one of the most celebrated castles in the France.
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You can’t find more iconic “medieval” castle than Neuschwanstein, created in the late 19th century with the specific goal to emulate romanticized architecture of Renaissance castles. Learn more about this highly influential castle here.
Highclere Castle is one of the most famous English country houses that started it life as a medieval castle which was later on retrofitted to serve as a palace. Its road through history was long and eventful, and here you can read all about it.
Warwick Castle is one of the castles created during Norman invasions of England that managed to distinguish itself by quickly becoming the center of the attention of the English nobility and royalty, who rebuilt it several times and crafted it into one of the most popular castles of medieval and modern England.