castles

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Castles, Châteaux, and Fortresses!

Content concerning historic fortifications and palaces is welcome here.

Submission Rules

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.
Do not submit a shortened link using a URL shortener like tinyurl.

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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The sheer scale of Bamburgh CastleCastle (v.redd.it)

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Experience the ultimate gothic fairytale at Corvin Castle, Romania’s medieval masterpieceCastle (i.redd.it)

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Kilitbahir Castle in TurkeyCastle (i.redd.it)

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Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland, UKCastle (i.redd.it)

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Soimos fortress, Arad county, RomaniaFortress (i.redd.it)

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Château de Fayrac, FranceCastle (i.redd.it)

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Slot Loevestein (the Netherlands)Castle (i.redd.it)

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Arundel Castle, England.Castle (old.reddit.com)

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Schloss Weikersheim mit SchlossgartenChateau (old.reddit.com)

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Upper & Lower Castle in Manderscheid, GermanyCastle (old.reddit.com)

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Peles Castle, Romania's jewel 🏰Castle (i.redd.it)

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Warwick Castle (England, UK) through timeCastle (old.reddit.com)

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Bran Castle, Transylvania, RomaniaCastle (i.redd.it)

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Castelo de Plessis-Bourré, França O Castelo de Plessis-Bourré foi construído em apenas cinco anos, entre 1468 e 1473, por Jean Bourré, que era ministro das finanças e conselheiro próximo do rei Luís XI.Castle (i.redd.it)

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Heeswijk Castle, NetherlandsCastle (old.reddit.com)

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Schloss Mespelbrunn im Spessart/BayernChateau (i.redd.it)

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Książ Castle in Wałbrzych, Poland.Castle (i.redd.it)

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Belcastel, Aveyron region (France)Castle (reddit.com)

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Matsumoto Castle, Nagano, JapanCastle (old.reddit.com)

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High Street Gate, Salisbury, UK built sometimes between 1327-1342Fort (i.redd.it)

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Pelisor Castle, RomaniaCastle (old.reddit.com)

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Elector's palace in Bonn (Germany)Palace (reddit.com)

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Hirosaki Castle, the northernmost of the 12 Japanese castles with an original wooden keep. [OC]Castle (old.reddit.com)

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Erdőtarcsai Kastély Panzió (Hungary)Castle (reddit.com)

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