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[Zeus1]

"Castle Bouchout", to be found in the Meise Arboretum, Meise, Belgium.

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[Mike G]

Fortifications overlooking the Rhine and Koblenz:
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I went up there, at night, to get a photo of the city. Turns out the good viewpoints are all inside the fort itself and it was locked up for the night. I could've broken in, if I'd had 30,000 troops and a lot of high explosives.

On the Rhine by Koblenz:
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Same castle, in daylight:
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On the Lahn as it joins the Rhine by Koblenz:
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On the Mosel:
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Further down the Mosel:
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The castle wot they split in half on the Mosel:
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..and from above:
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I can't even remember this one. But it's on the Mosel:
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Cochem, on the Mosel:
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Cochem gate (guess which river):
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The Reichsberg Castle at Cochem
This one looks like the castle at Cochem again:
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This one, on the Mosel, does not:
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[Joris]

Coucy le Château, it had the biggest donjon (keep ?) of any castle in christendom and was during the 19th the most popular tourist attraction in France after the Mont Saint Michel... until the Germans dynamited it during the first world war.

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[Joris]

Another more modest castle of the Soissonnais region. Those are scarecrows to keep the pigeons away. From the look of it, one would think that the current owners keep up the tradition, making good use of the eagle's nest latrines :

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[PeeBee]

Carew Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales.

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[Joris]

LUMIX GX80 + PL 35-100mm f/4.0-5.6
35mm - f/5.6 - 1/160s - ISO 100

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[Joris]

LUMIX GX80 + PL 12-32mm f/3.5-5.6
22mm - f/8- 1/250 sec - ISO 400

Coucy le Château, it had the biggest keep of any castle in christendom and was the most popular tourist attraction in France during the 19th, after the Mont Saint Michel... until the Germans dynamited it, retreating, during the first world war.

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[Barking]

Carrickfergus castle

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[GRIDDD]

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[jmax]

some Japanese castles, taken with GX80+P20mm

Matsumoto's castle, located in central mountain region of Nagano.

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Imabari's castle, located in the south island of Shikoku

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Daimyō Tōdō Takatora, the Lord of Imabari (Shikoku) about year 1600

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Cheers

 

[Rifleair]

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Edinburgh

 

[Panolyman]

Our village castle, which you can come and stay in if you like.
Though it's not mine, so you have to pay, I'm afraid.

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[PeeBee]

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Dunster Castle.

 

[PeeBee]

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[Mountain_Man_79]

Bishop Castle in Rye Colorado (look it up; far too weird for me to explain in detail) -








Walking on this guys hand built cat walks lord knows how high in the air, where the railings come up to about your knees, was incredibly sketchy. But it gave a good view...

 

[Paulb123]

A very moody Cliffords tower, York

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[Gerard]

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[Seahawk]

Burg Hochosterwitz, Carinthia, Austria.

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[Panolyman]

Manorbier Castle; part of which is still lived in.

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[Seahawk]

Tarasp Castle, Switzerland.

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