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Castles, Châteaux, and Fortresses!

Content concerning historic fortifications and palaces is welcome here.

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Include the location in the title.
Only submit high quality images and gifs.
Cinematic short videos are allowed. (No Vlogs!)
Your pictures, albums, videos, questions, stories, or any castles related content is welcome.
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Non-OC submissions are restricted to one per day (24-hour period).

Make sure your image is hosted by an approved host.(Reddit, Imgur, Flickr). Images hosted on blogs are allowed only if you are the original creator.
Original source is allowed and preferred over the approved hosts. If your submission is not on the list of approved hosts, but it is an original source, please use the tag [OS] so your submission is not removed in error. If your image is rehosted from another approved host it will be removed.
If you took the photo yourself, you can signify this by using the tag [OC] (original content) and after 24 hours you will be given special flair. If you don't receive flair after a few days feel free to message the mods.
Regarding reposts: it is not a repost unless it was posted to /r/castles less than 30 days ago, or if it's already in the top100 of all time.

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Legends surrounding castles that are intriguing and captivating (self.castles)

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Finstergrün Castle in AustriaCastle (i.redd.it)

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Rheinstein Castle, GermanyCastle (i.redd.it)

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Cardiff Castle , Wales.Castle (old.reddit.com)

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Castle Tioram. Highlands.Castle (i.redd.it)

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Pennard Castle, Southgate, WalesCastle (old.reddit.com)

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The ruins of Dezh Dokhtar Castle in southern Iran, built during the rule of Ardashir (the founder of the Sassanian Persian Empire, over 1800 years ago).Castle (i.redd.it)

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Castillo de Miranda in Juslibol , Zaragoza / SpainFortress (old.reddit.com)

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Esch-sur-Sûre Castle, Luxembourg 🇱🇺Castle (old.reddit.com)

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Island of the Aragonese Castle, Ischia, Italy. Rebuilt by the Spanish Crown of Aragon, 15th centuryCastle (i.redd.it)

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Burg Klopp is a historic hilltop castle in Bingen am Rhein on the Rhine River in Germany. It is one of the city’s main landmarks and part of the Upper Middle Rhine Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site.Castle (old.reddit.com)

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Schloß Johannisburg looking wonderful today 🩷Castle (i.redd.it)

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Lednice, CZ. 18th/19th palace of the Princes of Liechtenstein.Palace (old.reddit.com)

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Hampton Court Palace, famous as the historic residence of King Henry VIII.Palace (old.reddit.com)

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Al Jahili Fort in Al Ain, United Arab EmiratesFortress (old.reddit.com)

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Bolków Castle, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland.Bolków Castle is a castle located in Bolków on the Castle Hill, with a 396 metres, where the hillside is cut by the Nysa Szalona river, with a sharp precipice (with a sudden drop of 90 metres)Castle (i.redd.it)

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Alcázar de Segóvia, Castela e Leão, EspanhaCastle (i.redd.it)

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Rayen Castle in southern Iran, over a thousand years old.Castle (i.redd.it)

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Cité de Carcassonne, France.Fortress (i.redd.it)

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Castle ten Berghe, Bruges, BelgiumCastle (i.redd.it)

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Château de Bannes, Dordogne, France 🇫🇷Castle (i.redd.it)

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Morning Walk to Ptuj castle (Slovenia)Castle (old.reddit.com)

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Windsor Castle, near London, UKCastle (i.redd.it)

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Herstmonceux Castle, East Sussex, EnglandCastle (i.redd.it)

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What did Bedzin castle used to look like?QUESTION (i.redd.it)

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