Photographs ofCastles and Manor Houses around the World

Alcazar Castle, Segovia, Spain

Pena Palace, Sintra, Portugal

The Peacock Room, Castello di Sammezzano, Reggello, Tuscany, Italy

Castello Barletta, Barletta-Andria-Trani, Italy

Matsumoto Castle, ("Crow Castle"), Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture near Tokyo

Kolossi Castle, Cyprus

Schwerin Castle, Schwerin, Germany

Hampton Court Palace, Richmond upon Thames, Greater London

Dover Castle, Kent, England

Schloss Drachenburg (Drachenburg Castle), Königswinter, Germany

The Gravensteen ("castle of the count"), Sint-Veerleplein, Gent, Belgium

Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork, Marienburg (Mary's Castle), Poland

Burg Eltz, located above the Moselle River between Koblenz and Trier, Germany

Ceiling, Cardiff Castle, Cardiff, Wales

Trakai Island Castle, in Trakai, Lithuania on an island in Lake Galve, Lithuania

Olavinlinna (St. Olaf's Castle) in Savonlinna, Finland. It is the northernmost medieval stone fortress in Europe still standing

Schwerin Castle, Schwerin, Germany

Hohenwerfen Castle, above the Salzach Valley, Austria

Donjon de Vez (or château de Vez), Commune Vez, Département Oise, Picardie, France

Aljaferia, Zaragoza, Spain

Bouzov Castle, located between the village of Hvozdek and the town of Bouzov, west of Litovel, Moravia, Czech Republic

Alila Fort Bishangarh, near Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

Bahla Fort, situated at the foot of the Djebel Akhdar highlands, Oman

Caerlaverock Castle, on the southern coast of Scotland, 11 kilometres south of Dumfries, on the edge of the Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve

Bratislavsky hrad (Bratislava Castle), Bratislava, Slovakia

Leeds Castle, Kent, England

Castel Sant Angelo (The Mausoleum of Hadrian), Parco Adriano, Rome, Italy

The Château de Brissac, Brissac-Quincé, Maine-et-Loire, France

Castel del Monte, Andria, Apulia region, Southeast Italy

Schloss Moritzburg (Moritzburg Castle), Moritzburg, Saxony, Germany

Gammel Estrup (Gammel Estrup Manor), east of Randers City, Denmark

Schloss Glücksburg (Lyksborg Slot or Glücksburg Castle), Glücksburg, Germany

Kasteel van Laarne (Laarne Castle), Laarne, East Flanders, Belgium

Akashi Castle, Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan

The Alcázar of Segovia (Segovia Castle), Segovia, Spain

The Aljafería Palace, Zaragoza, Spain

Altena Castle, Altena, Germany

Amer Fort, Amer, Rajasthan, India

Kasteel Ammersoyen, Kasteellaan, Ammerzoden, Netherlands

Arg-e-Bam (Bam Citadel), Bam, Kerman Province, Iran

Azuchi Castle, on the shores of Lake Biwa, Omi Province, Japan

The Castle of Bardi (or Landi), Upper Ceno Valley, Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Fort de Bellegarde, Le Perthus, Pyrénées-Orientales, France

Bellver Castle. northwest of Palma, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain

Château de Belœil, Belœil, Hainaut, Belgium

hâteau de Blandy-les-Tours, Blandy-les-Tours, Seine-et-Marne, France

Bodiam Castle, East Sussex, England

Schloss Braunfels, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Gießen, Hesse, Germany

Carondelet Castle near the village of Crupet, north of the city of Dinant, in the province of Namur, in the Wallonia region in Belgium

Kasteel de Haar (Castle De Haar), near Haarzuilens, Province of Utrecht, Netherlands

Castle de Chillon, Veytaux, Switzerland

Château de Vufflens (Vufflens Castle), Vufflens-le-Château Vaud, Switzerland

Bojnický Zámok (Bojnice Castle), Bojnice, Slovak Republic

Buerg Veianen (Vianden Castle), Vianden, Luxembourg

Schloß Naudersberg (Naudersberg Castle), Nauders, Tirol, Austria

Château de Suscinio {or de Susinio), Sarzeau, Morbihan, Brittany, France

Trakošcan Castle, Varaždin County, Northern Croatia

Hawa Mahal Palace, Jaipur, Rajasthan State, India

Hohenzollern Castle, c 50 kilometers south of Stuttgart, Germany

Burg Kriebstein (Kriebstein Castle), Kriebstein, near Waldheim, Saxony, Germany

Parterre, The Château de Villandry, Villandry, Indre-et-Loire, France

The Château d'Ussé, Rigny-Ussé, Indre-et-Loire, France

Falak-ol-Aflak Castle, within the city of Khorramabad, Lorestan Province, Iran

Khiva City Walls, Xorazm Province, Uzbekistan

Burg Vischering (Vischering Castle), Lüdinghausen, North Rhine-Westfalia, Germany

Castle Stalker, on a tidal islet on Loch Laich, an inlet off Loch Linnhe, Scotland

Spøttrup Borg, Spøttrup, Denmark

Rocca Sanvitale (Sanvitale Castle), Fontanellato, near Parma, Italy

Mont Saint-Michel, located one kilometre off France's northwestern coast, at the mouth of the Couesnon River near Avranches, Normandy, France

Traku salos pilis (Trakai Island Castle) in Trakai, Lithuania on an island in Lake Galve

Château de Sully-sur-Loire, Sully-sur-Loire, Loiret, France

Torre de Belém (Belém Tower or the Tower of St Vincent), Santa Maria de Belém, Lisbon, Portugal

Coca Castle, Coca, Segovia, Castile-Leon, Spain

The Château de Castelnau-Bretenoux, Prudhomat, Lot, Quercy, France

Spiral staircase, The royal Château de Chambord, Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, France

Château de Chenonceau, Chenonceaux, Indre-et-Loire, France

Castel dell'Ovo ["Egg castle"], Via Eldorado, 3, 80132 Napoli, Italy

Château du Fayel, Fayel , Oise, France

Château de Vincennes, Avenue de Paris, 94300 Vincennes, Val-de-Marne, France

The Citadel of Rostov, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia

Mamure kalesi (Mamure Castle), Anamur District of Mersin Province, Turkey

Château de Tanlay, Tanlay, Yonne, Burgundy, France

The Château de Trécesson, near the Paimpont forest, Campénéac, Morbihan, Brittany, France

Borgholms slott (Borgholm Castle), Borgholm, Sweden

Château de Chenonceau, Chenonceaux, Indre-et-Loire, France

Kasteel Ammersoyen (Ammerzoden Castle), Maasdriel, Gelderland, Netherlands

Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte, Maincy, near Melun, Seine-et-Marne, France

Hrad Ceský Šternberk (Ceský Šternberk Castle), Ceský Šternberk, Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic

Château de La Motte-Tilly, 10400 La Motte-Tilly, Aube, France

Schloss Braunfels (Braunfels caste), Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Gießen, Hesse, Germany

Ribat Castle, Sousse, Sousse, Tunisia

Kasteel de Borrekens (Borrkens Castle, known also as Vorselaar Castle), Vorselaar, Antwerp, Belgium

Castello di Padernello (Padernello Castle) Padernello, (near San Giacomo), Brescia, Italy

Corvin Castle, also known as Corvins' Castle, Hunyad Castle or Hunedoara Castle; Castelul Huniazilor or Castelul Corvinilor (Romanian), Vajdahunyad vára (Hungarian), Hunedoara, Transylvania, Romania

Bozcaada Castle, formerly known as Tenedos, Bozcaada, Bozcaada district, Çanakkale province, Turkey

Schloss Lichtenstein (Lichtenstein Castle), near Honau, Swabian Alb, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Schloss Schönbühel (Schoenbuhel Castle), Schönbühel-Aggsbach, below Melk on the right bank of the Danube, Austria

Castelo de São Jorge (Castle of São Jorge [Saint George]) Lisbon, Portugal

Boyabat castle,Boyabat, Boyabat district, Sinop Province, Black Sea region, Turkey

Bobolice Castle, Bobolice, Koszalin County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

Trencín Castle, [Trenciansky hrad (Slovak) trencséni vá, (Hungarian)], Trencín, western Slovakia

Hrad Karlštejn (Karlštejn Castle), Karlštejn 172, 267 18 Karlštejn, Central Bohemia, Czech Republic

Peacock Room, Castello di Sammezzano in Reggello, Tuscany, Italy

Château Frontenac, 1 Rue des Carrières, Québec, QC G1R 4P5, Canada

Burg Satzvey (Satzvey castle) An der Burg 3, 53894 Mechernich, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

Medieval walled cité of Provins, Provins, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France

Castello Mafredonico (Chiaramonte Castle), Mussomeli, province of Caltanissetta, Sicily, Italy

Schloss Oberhofen (Oberhofen Castle), Oberhofen, Canton of Bern, Switzerland

Culzean Castle, Maybole KA19 8LE, Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland

The Punakha Dzong or Pungtang Dechen Photrang Dzong [the palace of bliss], Punakha, Bhutan

Burg Stein (Stein Castle), Stein 1, 08118 Hartenstein, Hartenstein, Saxony, Germany

The Château de Farcheville, in the commune of Bouville, Essonne, France

Castello di Sammezzano in Reggello, Tuscany

Reinhardstein Castle (Château de Reinhardstein(French), Burg Reinhardstein (German), in the village of Ovifat, Waimes (Weismes), in the province of Liège, Belgium

Castle of Vêves (Le château de Vêves) outside the village of Celles, province of Namur, Belgium

Schloss Bürresheim, (Bürresheim Castle), 56727 Mayen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Gyeongbokgung, Gyeongbokgung Palace or Gyeongbok Palace, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea

Wasserschloß Glatt, Schloß 1, 72172 Sulz am Neckar, Rottweil, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Burg Kreuzenstein (Kreuzenstein castle), 2100 Leobendorf bei Korneuburg, near Leobendorf, Austria

Burg Pfalzgrafenstein (Pfalzgrafenstein Castle), Falkenau island, in the Rhine river, near Kaub, Germany

Schloss Braunfels (Braunfels castle) Belzgasse 1, 35619 Braunfels, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hesse, Germany

Mont Saint-Michel, 50170 Le Mont-Saint-Michel, is an island commune in Normandy, France

Coca Castle, Coca, Segovia, Castile-Leon, Spain

Aughnanure Castle, County Galway, Ireland

Dunguaire Castle, County Galway, Ireland

Dunster Castle, Dunster, Somerset, England

Chor Minor, Khodja Nurobobod St, Bukhara, Uzbekistan

Saladin Citadel, Cairo, Egypt

The Palacio Real (Royal Palace), Calle Bailén, s/n, 28071 Madrid, Spain

Fortress of Guaita, San Marino

Derawar Fort, Cholistan Desert, Pakistan

Rohtas Fort, Punjab, Pakistan

Fortress of Guaita, San Marino

Oravský Hrad, 027 41 Oravský Podzámok, Slovakia

Predjama Castle, Predjama, Inner Carniola, Slovenia

Trakoscan, Varaždin County, Croatia

Nehaj Fortress, Senj, Croatia

Swallow's Nest, Crimean peninsula, southern Ukraine

Vaduz Castle (German Schloß Vaduz), Vaduz, Liechtenstein

East Gate, Ancient City of Fenghuang, China

Swallow's Nest, Crimean peninsula, southern Ukraine

Spišský Castle, Spiš, Slovakia

Schloss Hohenzollern, 72379 Burg Hohenzollern, Germany

Castle Rising, Castle Rising, Norfolk, England

Château de Peyrelade in Rivière-sur-Tarn, Aveyron, France

Schloss Augustusburg, Parkplatz, Max-Ernst-Allee, 50321 Brühl, Germany

Citadel of Salah Ed-Din Syria. Saône or Saladin Castle, Al-Haffah, Latakia Governorate, Syri

Schloss Bottmingen, Schlossgasse, 4103 Bottmingen, Basel-Land Switzerland

Vianden Castle, Montée du Château, 9422 Vianden, Luxembourg

Château de Gaillo, Gaillon, Haute-Normandie, France

Château de Virieu, 38730 Virieu, Isère, France

Château de Sercy, Sercy, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France

Schloss Moritzburg (Castle Moritzburg), Schloßallee, 01468 Moritzburg, Saxony, Germany

Schloss Altdöbern, Altdöbern, Brandebourg, Germany

Schloss Bottmingen, Schlossgasse, 4103 Bottmingen, Basel-Land, Switzerland

Schloss Burgsteinfurt, Steinfurt, Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Chateau de Val, Les Fontilles, 15270 Lanobre, Cantal, France

Helfstyn Castle, Lipník nad Becvou, Prerov, Olomouc, Czech Republic

Moszna Castle, Moszna, Poland

Château de Chatillon, Châtillon-en-Bazois, Nièvre, Burgundy, France

Hever Castle, Hever, Edenbridge, Kent TN8 7NG, England

Kasteel van Ooidonk (Ooidonck Castle), Ooidonkdreef 9, 9800 Deinze, Belgium

Burg zu Burghausen, Burghausen Castle, Upper Bavaria, Germany

Schwerin Castle, Lennéstraße 1, 19053, Schwerin, Germany

Above average sandcastle

Chateau de Val, Les Fontilles, 15270 Lanobre, Cantal, France

Arg-é Bam (Bam Citadel), Bam, Kerman Province, southeastern Iran

Totnes Castle, Castle Street, Totnes, Devon TQ9 5NU, England

Himeji Castle, a hilltop Japanese castle complex in Himeji, in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan

Library at the Château de Fontainebleau, France

Château du Plessis-Bourré is situated in the commune of Écuillé in the Maine-et-Loire department, France

The Chindia Tower (Romanian: Turnul Chindiei) is a tower in the Curtea Domneasca monuments ensemble in Târgoviste, Romania

The Veste Coburg, or Coburg fortress, is situated on a hill above the city of Coburg, Bavaria, Germany

The Alcázar of Segovia (Segovia Castle) is located in the old city of Segovia, Spain

Torrechiara Castle, Langhirano, province of Parma, Italy

The University of Timbuktu, located in the city of Timbuktu, Mali, West Africa

Chastè da Tarasp (Tarasp Castle or in German, Schloss Tarasp) sits on a hill top near Tarasp, in Lower Engadin, Graubünden, Switzerland

Smolenický zámok (Smolenice Castle) lies on the eastern slope of the LittleCarpathians, near the town of Smolenice, Slovakia

Schloss Hohenschwangau (Hohenschwangau Castle), Hohenschwangau, near the town of Füssen, part of the county of Ostallgäu in southwestern Bavaria, Germany

Château-Gaillard, above the commune of Les Andelys overlooking the River Seine, in the Eure département of historical Normandy, now Upper Normandy, France

Pernstejn Castle, Nedvedice, South Moravian Region, Czech Republic

Oravský Hrad, located above the Orava river in the village of Oravský Podzámok, Slovakia

Montacute House, Montacute, Somerset, England

Le Château de Val, Les Fontilles, 15270 Lanobre, Cantal, France

San Vittore alle Chiuse, Genga, Marche, Italy

Althorp Gallery, Althorp, Northamptonshire, England

The Château de Vendeuvre, Vendeuvre, near to Lisieux in Normandy, France

Schloss Nymphenburg, Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Château Fort de Gisors, Haute-Normandie, France

Château de Champlâtreux, Epinay-Champlâtreux, Val-d’Oise, Île-de-Franc, France

Château de la Motte Husson, Martigne Sur Mayenne 53470, France

La cour d’honneur, l’hôtel des Invalides, 7th arrondissement, Paris, France

Kasteel van Wijnendale, Wijnendale, Torhout, West Flanders, Belgium

Qaitbay Citadel, Alexandria, Egypt

Château Fort de Guédelon, Treigny, Yonne, Burgundy, France

Castello di Gradara (Gradara Castle), Gradara, Marche, Italy

Château-Gaillard, above the commune of Les Andelys overlooking the River Seine, in the Eure département of historical Normandy, now Upper Normandy, France

Fagaras Castle, Fagaras, Brazov County, Romania

The Château de Chantilly, Chantilly, France

Entrance Hall in Osterley House, Hounslow, London

Interior, Donjon de Vez, Oise, Picardy, France

Donjon de Vez, Oise, Picardy, France

Château fort de la Hunaudaye - Plédéliac, Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany, France

Château du Lude, Le Lude, Sarthe department, Pays-de-la-Loire

The Château de Pierrefonds, Pierrefonds, Oise département, Picardy, France

Château de La Roche, aint-Priest-la-Roche, Loire département, France

Château de Chillon, Veytaux, Montreux, Switzerland

Château d'Anjony, Tournemire, Cantal département, Auvergne, France

Château d'Ainay-le-Vieil, Ainay-le-Vieil, Cher, France

Castello Piccolomini (Celano Castle), Celano, provincia dell'Aquila, Marsica, Italy

Castle of Bussy Rabutin, Bussy-le-Grand, Côte-d'Or department, Bourgogne, France

Warkworth Castle, Warkworth, Northumberland, England

Ortenberg Schloss, Ortenau, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

The castle of Bourtzi, Nafplio, Argolis, Peloponnese, Greece

Burg Altena (Altena Castle), Altena, Märkischer Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Wasserschloss Klaffenbach, Wasserschloßweg 6, 09123 Chemnitz, Germany

Castel Roncolo, territory of Ritten, near the city of Bolzano in South Tyrol, Italy

Schloss Greyerz / Château de Gruyères), Rue du Château 8, 1663 Gruyères, Fribourg, Switzerland

Castel Beseno, Beseno, Trentino-Alto Adige Italy

Castello Mafredonico, Mussomeli (Mussumeli in Sicilian), Caltanissetta, Sicily, Italy

Schloss Hohenzollern, 72379 Burg Hohenzollern, Germany

Burg Hochosterwitz, near Sankt Georgen am Längsee, east of the town of Sankt Veit an der Glan in the state of Carinthia, Austria

Blickling Hall, Blickling, Norfolk, England,

City Walls, Arg-é Bam (Bam Citadel), Bam, Kerman Province, southeastern Iran

Alhambra Palace, Granada, Andalusia, Spain

Matsumoto Castle, Japan

Château de Beynac, Beynac-et-Cazenac, Dordogne, France

Interior, Palácio de Monserrate (Monserrate Palace), Parque de Monserrate, 2710-405 Sintra, Portugal

The Arab Cieling, Cardiff Castle, Cardiff, Wales

Schloss Moritzburg (Castle Moritzburg), Schloßallee, 01468 Moritzburg, Saxony, Germany

The Great Hall, Hatfield House, Great North Rd, Hatfield, Hertfordshire AL9 5NQ, England

Vianden castle, Montée du Château, 9422 Vianden, Luxembourg

Schloss Körtlinghausen, Körtlinghausen 4, 59602 Rüthen, Germany

La Conciergerie, 2 Boulevard du Palais, 75001 Paris, France

Trakošcan Castle, Varaždin County, Northern Croatia

Trakai Island, Teutonic castle on Lake Galve, Lithuania

Château de Vigny, Vigny, Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France

Château de Beynac, Castle in Beynac-et-Cazenac, France

Schloss Mespelbrunn (Mespelbrunn Castle), Mespelbrunn, Germany

Sazova Mahallesi, Eskisehir, Turkey

Castle Howard, North Yorkshire, England

Kitchens, Fontevraud Abbaye,Fontevraud-l'Abbaye near Chinon, in Anjou, France

Schwerin Castle, Schwerin, Germany

Bedzin Castle, Zamkowa, Bedzin, Poland

Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland

Paphos Castle, Paphos, East Coast, Cyprus

Trakai Island Castle, Lake Galve, Lithuania

Château de Josselin, Josselin, Morbihan, Brittany, France

Arg-é Bam (Bam Citadel), Bam, Kerman Province, southeastern Iran

Chepstow Castle, 1 Bridge St, Chepstow, Monmouthshire NP16 5EY, Wales

Château de Lassay, Lassay-les-Châteaux, Mayenne, France

Castello Valentino, Turin, Italy

The Palace of Mysore (orAmba Vilas Palace), Mysore, Karnataka, India

Gyeongbokgung, Seoul, South Korea

The Catherine Palace, Sadovaya ulitsa, 7, Pushkin, Russia, 196601

Schloss Linderhof (Linderhof Palace), Bavaria, Germany

Changdeokgung, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea

The Pena National Palace, São Pedro de Penaferrim, municipality of Sintra, Portugal

Tofte Manor, Souldrop Road, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire MK44 1HH, England

Château de Maisons (now Château de Maisons-Laffitte), Maisons-Laffitte, northwestern Paris, department of Yvelines, Île-de-France

The Palais des Tuileries, Paris, France

The Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso, San Ildefonso, near Segovia, Spain

Belvédère supérieur, Vienna, Austria

Hever Castle, Hever, Kent, near Edenbridge,England

Château de Durtal, Durtal, Maine-et-Loire, France

Stordalen Castle, Sweden

Château de Monbazillac, Dordogne, Aquitane, France

Pernštejn Castle, above the village of Nedvedice, northwest of Brno, in the South Moravian Region, Czech Republic

Alcazar, Seville, Spain

Castle of Bourtzi, Harbour of Nafplio, Greece

Château de Pau, Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France

Amarah Palace, Najran, Aba Al Saud Historical Area, Saudi Arabia

Château de la Balue, La Balue, 35560 Bazouges-la-Pérouse, France

Kumbhalgarh Fort, Rajsamand District, Rajasthan state, India

The Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes, on the island of Rhodes in Greece

Side view, Château Villette, Condécourt, France

Burghausen, Upper Bavaria, Germany

Palais de l'Isle, Annecy, France

Château de Champs, Champs-sur-Marne, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France

Wasserschloss Haus Bodelschwingh, Mengede, Dortmund, Germany

Château du Lude, Le Lude, Sarthe department, Pays-de-la-Loire

The Château de Biron, Biron, Dordogne, France

Castillo de Loarre, Loarre, Huesca. Spain

Arteaga Tower, Biscay, Basque Country, Spain

Ardverikie Castle, Kinlochlaggan, Newtonmore, PH20 1BX, Scotland

Castel del Monte (Castle of the Mount), Andria, Apulia region, Italy

Alcazar, Segovia, Spain

Château de Vincennes, Avenue de Paris, 94300 Vincennes, Val-de-Marne, France

Château de Lassay, Lassay-les-Châteaux, Mayenne, France

Château de Champlâtreux, Epinay-Champlâtreux, Val-d’Oise, Île-de-Franc, France

Alcazar, Segovia, Spain

Chateau de Val, Les Fontilles, 15270 Lanobre, Cantal, France

Château de la Servayrie, Mouret, Marcillac-Vallon, Rodez, Aveyron, Midi-Pyrénées, France

Minaret of Great Mosque, Samarra, Iraq

Paro Taktsang, located in the cliffside of the upper Paro valley, Bhutan

Château de Combourg, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France

Grand Gallery, Strawberry Hill House, Twickenham, London

Château de Vufflens (Vufflens Castle), Vufflens-le-Château, Vaud, Switzerland

Musée National, Château de Pau, Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France

Tarasp Castle, Lower Engadin, Graubünden, Switzerland

Château de Najac, Najac, Aveyron département, France

Fyvie Castle, Fyvie, near Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Château de Suscinio (or de Susinio), Sarzeau, Morbihan, Brittany, France

Schloss Greyerz / Château de Gruyères), Rue du Château 8, 1663 Gruyères, Fribourg, Switzerland

A tower, Château de Durtal, Durtal, Maine-et-Loire, France

Montal Castle, Saint-Jean-Lespinasse, Lot, Midi-Pyrénées, France

Château de Suscinio (or de Susinio), Sarzeau, Morbihan, Brittany, France

Château de Chenonceau, Chenonceau, Indre-et-Loire, France

Château d'Harcourt, Harcourt, Eure, France

Bodiam Castle, East Sussex, England

Samdrubtse Dzong or Shigatse Dzong, Shigatse, Tibet

Buckingham Palace, Westminster, London

Pernstejn Castle, Nedvedice, South Moravian Region, Czech Republic

Chateau de Val, Les Fontilles, 15270 Lanobre, Cantal, France

Château de Boulogne sur Mer, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, France

Château de Sceaux, Sceaux, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Château de la Madeleine, Chevreuse, département of Yvelines, Île de France, France

Conisbrough Castle, Conisbrough, South Yorkshire, England

Château de Najac, Najac, Aveyron département, France

Novgorod Kremlin Walls, of Novgorod Oblast, Russia

Trerice, Kestle Mill, near Newquay, Cornwall, England

Château Solvay, also called the Château de La Hulpe, La Hulpe, Walloon Brabant, Belgium

Schloss Hohenzollern (Hohenzollern Castle), 72379 Burg Hohenzollern, Hechingen, Baden-Wurtemberg, Germany

Dunster Castle, Dunster, Somerset, England

Schloss Irmelshausen, Irmelshausen, Höchheim, Rhön-Grabfeld, Bavaria, Germany

Gwalior Qila (Gwalior Fort), Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India

Le château de Lavoûte-Polignac, Lavoûte-sur-Loire, Haute-Loire, France

The Potala Palace, Lhasa, Tibet

Dar Al Hajar, Wadi Dhahr Valley, Yemen

lo Palais dei Papas (in Occitan) / The Palais des Papes / Papal Palace, Avignon, southern France

Château de Potelle (or Château de Potelles), Potelle, Nord, Nord-Pas-De-Calais, France

Château de Meillant, Meillant, Cher, Centre, France

The Potala Palace, Lhasa, Tibet

Château de Bannes, Beaumont-du-Périgord, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France

Château d'Illasi, Via Strada Nuova, 37031 Illasi, Verona, Italy

Château de Caussade, Trélissac, Périgueux, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France

Langley Castle, Langley, Northumberland, England

Blair Castle, Blair Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland

Château de la Madeleine, Chevreuse, département of Yvelines, Île de France, France

The Château de Mauvezin, Mauvezin, Hautes-Pyrénées, France

Château de Menthon, Saint-Bernard au dessus du lac d'Annecy, Haute-Savoie, France

Château de la Motte, Acqueville, l’Orne, Normandie, France

Schloss Augustusburg, Brühl, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Château Saint-Hilaire, Sud de Louviers, Eure en Haute-Normandie, France

Citadelle de Corté, Corte en Haute-Corse, Corsica, France

Coca Castle, Coca, Segovia, Castile-Leon, Spain

Sigiriya, near the town of Dambulla, central Matale District, Central Province, Sri Lanka

La Torre Monreal, Tudela, Navarra, Spain

Sandcastle

Castillo de Cullera, Cullera, Valencia, Spain

Castell de Mur, Castell de Mur, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain

Atalaya Castle (Castillo de la Atalaya or Castillo de Villena), Villena, province of Alicante, southern Spain

Parador de Cardona or Castell de Cardona, Cardona, Barcelona, Catalonia

Château de Caussade, 24 Trélissac, Dordogne, Périgord, France

Château d'Harcourt, Harcourt, Eure, France

Schloss Seehof, Domplatz 8, Memmelsdorf, 96049 Bamberg, Bavaria, Germany

Château de Lassay, Lassay-les-Châteaux, Mayenne, France

Château de la Rochepot, La Rochepot, Côte d'Or département, Burgundy, France

Château de la Roche-Jagu, Ploëzal, Côtes-d'Armor, Bretagne, France

Château de Puilaurens, Lapradelle-Puilaurens, Aude département, Laguedoc-Roussillon, France

Château-Gaillard, above the commune of Les Andelys overlooking the River Seine, in the Eure département of historical Normandy, now Upper Normandy, France

Château de Azay-le-Rideau, Azay-le-Rideau, Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France

Kitchen, The Château de Biron, Biron, Dordogne, France

Châteaux de Lastours, Lastours, département of l'Aude, France

Caldicot Castle (Welsh: Castell Cil-y-coed), Caldicot, Monmouthshire, southeast Wales

Killyleagh Castle, Killyleagh, County Down, Northern Ireland

Château de Combourg, Combourg, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France

Schloss Berlepsch, Witzenhausen, Germany

Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna, Austria

Schloss Wernigerod (Wernigerode Castle), Harz mountains, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Château du Sailhant, Andelat, Cantal, France

Castle Bolkow, Bolków, Jawor County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland

Kasteel de Haar (Castle De Haar), near Haarzuilens, Province of Utrecht, Netherlands

Château de Chenonceau, Chenonceau, Indre-et-Loire, France

Château Solvay, also called the Château de La Hulpe, La Hulpe, Walloon Brabant, Belgium

Château de Blandy-les-Tours, Blandy-les-Tours, Seine-et-Marne, France

Matsumoto Castle, ("Crow Castle"), Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture near Tokyo

Dover Castle, Dover, Kent, England

Leeds Castle, Kent, England

Schloss Hohenzollern (Hohenzollern Castle), 72379 Burg Hohenzollern, Germany

Château de Vitré, Vitré, Ille-et-Vilaine, France

Château de la Goujeonnerie, Vendee, France

Chateau des Plantais, Le Donjon, Allier, Auvergne, France

Dairsie Castle, Dairsie, north-east Fife, Scotland

Château d'Amboise, Amboise, Indre-et-Loire département, France

Château Fort de Guédelon, Treigny, Yonne, Burgundy, France

Château de Chenonceau, Chenonceau, Indre-et-Loire, France

Castle of Carmona, Carmona, Seville, Spain

Main entrance, Stokesay Castle, Shropshire, England

Beaumaris Castle, Beaumaris Isle of Anglesey, Wales

Het Loo Palace, Apeldoorn, Netherlands

Thyme Walk, Highgrove House, Doughton, Gloucestershire, England

Schloss Nordkirchen, Nordkirchen, Coesfeld administrative district, North Rhine Westphalia, Germany

Castillo de San Marcos, St. Augustine, Florida, USA

Citadel of Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria

Cité de Carcassonne, Languedoc, France

Wasserschloss Haus Bodelschwingh, Mengede, Dortmund, Germany

Vianden Castle, Vianden, Luxembourg

La Torre del Oro, Seville, Spain

Château de Germolles, Mellecey, Burgundy, France

Parterre, The Château de Villandry, Villandry, Indre-et-Loire, France

Divinity School, Oxford

Castello a San Leo, Novafeltria, Emilia-Romagna, provincia di Rimini, Italy

Waldeck Castle, Dorweiler, Dommershausen, Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate. Germany

Château de La Ferté-Imbault, Salbris, Romorantin-Lanthenay, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France

Château du Rivau, 37120 Lémeré, Indre-et-Loire, Touraine, France

Almodovar Castle, Almodóvar del Río, Province of Córdoba, Spain

Château of Vizille, 38220 Vizille, Isere, Region Rhone-Alpes, France

Kasteel Dussen (Dussen Castle)

Leeds Castle, Kent, England

Little Moreton Hall, 4 miles (6.4 km) southwest of Congleton, Cheshire, England

Oravský Hrad, located above the Orava river in the village of Oravský Podzámok, Slovakia

Ávila Town walls, Ávila, Castile and León, Spain

Château de Chenonceau, Chenonceau, Indre-et-Loire, France

Schloss Hof (Hof Palace), Engelhartstetten (east of Vienna), Lower Austria

Château de Bridoire, Dordogne, Aquitane, France

Corvin Castle, also known as Corvins' Castle, Hunyad Castle or Hunedoara Castle, Hunedoara, Transylvania, Romania

Castle design for King Henry VIII for a castle to defend the South Coast of England

main hall and staircase (1729-1733), The Palazzina di caccia of Stupinigi (Stupinigi Palace), Stupinigi, Nichelino, Nr Turin, Italy

Castel Sant' Angelo (The Mausoleum of Hadrian), Parco Adriano, Rome, Italy

Eilean Donan (Eilean Donnain), Dornie, Kyle of Lochalsh IV40 8DX, Scotland

Château de Suscinio (or de Susinio), Sarzeau, Morbihan, Brittany, France

Old Keiss Castle, north of Keiss, Caithness, Highland, Scotland

Wartburg overlooking the town of Eisenach, in the state of Thuringia, Germany

Frederiksborg Castle, Hillerød, Denmark

Örebro (Oerebro) Castle, Örebro, Närke, Sweden

Burg Gudenau, Wachtberg, Rhein-Sieg district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Matsumoto Castle, ("Crow Castle"), Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture near Tokyo, Japan

Fagaras Castle, Fagaras, Brazov County, Romania

The Château de Ternay, Loire Valley, Poitou-Charentes, France

Château de Cheverny, Cheverny, Loir-et-Cher, France

Dover Castle, Dover, Kent, England

The Punakha Dzong or Pungtang Dechen Photrang Dzong [the palace of bliss], Punakha, Bhutan

Château de Najac, Najac, Aveyron, France

Krak des Chevaliers (or Crac Des Chevaliers), CRUSADER CASTLE, Syria

Castle of Santiago, Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Cádiz province, Andalucía, Spain

Castillos de Monzón y Loarre, Loarre, Huesca. Spain

Saint Catalina's Castle (Castillo de Santa Catalina), Cerro de Santa Catalina, overlooking the city of Jaén, Andalusia, Spain

Ribat of Monastir, Tunisia

Craigievar Castle, south of Alford, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Bled Castle, above the city of Bled, Slovenia

Schloss Vetschau, Vetschau, Oberspreewald-Lausitzt, Brandenburg, Germany

Valencia de Don Juan, León, Castile and León, Spain

Citadel of Raymond de Saint-Gilles (Qala'at Sanjil), Tripoli, Lebanon

Laarne Castle, Laarne, East Flanders, Belgium

Eggenberg (Schloss Eggenberg), Graz, Austria

Anholt Castle, District of Borken, North Rhine Westphalia, Germany

Alarcon Castle, Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha, Spain

Tarasp Castle, Lower Engadin, Graubünden, Switzerland

Château de Rambures, Rambures, Somme, France

The Entrance Hall, Blair Castle, Blair Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland

Orford Castle, Orford, Suffolk, England

Laolongtou or “The Old Dragon’s Head” is part of the Shanhai Pass (also known as Shanhaiguan) of the Great Wall of China

Umaid Bhawan Palace, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India

Above average Sand Castles

San Lorenzo de El Escorial, northwest of Madrid, Spain

Castelo de Évoramonte, Evoramonte (officially Évora Monte), Estremoz, Alentejo Central, Portugal

The Roman walls of Barcelona

Ávila Town walls, Ávila, Castile and León, Spain

Corvin Castle, also known as Corvins' Castle, Hunyad Castle or Hunedoara Castle

Eilean Donan (Eilean Donnain), Dornie, Kyle of Lochalsh IV40 8DX, Scotland

Burg Hochosterwitz, near Sankt Georgen am Längsee, east of the town of Sankt Veit an der Glan in the state of Carinthia, Austria

Harlaxton Manor, Harlaxton, Lincolnshire, England

La porte Notre Dame, Le château de Fougères, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France

Po Shanu Cham Towers, Phan Thiet, Vietnam

Palmanova, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy

Château d'Apremont, Apremont-sur-Allier, Cher, Centre, France

Schloss Celle, Celle, Lower Saxony, Germany

Garsington Manor, Garsington, near Oxford, England

Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England

King John's Castle (Irish: Caisleán Luimnigh), King's Island, Limerick, Ireland

Château d'Ainay-le-Vieil, Ainay-le-Vieil, Cher, France

The Château de Fougères, Fougères, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France

Château de Chenonceau, Chenonceau, Indre-et-Loire, France

The Château de Fougères-sur-Bièvre, Fougères-sur-Bièvre, Loir-et-Cher, France

Bruce Castle (Lordship House), Lordship Lane, Tottenham, London

Château d'Ussé, Rigny-Ussé, Indre-et-Loire, France

The Château de Fougères-sur-Bièvre, Fougères-sur-Bièvre, Loir-et-Cher, France

Bojnice Castle, Bojnice, Slovakia

Château de Biron, Biron, Dordogne, France

Edinburgh Castle, Castle Rock, Edinburgh, Scotland

Highclere Castle, Hampshire, England,

Walmer Castle, Walmer, Kent, England

The Château de Lichtenberg, Lichtenberg, northern Vosges, Bas-Rhin department, Alsace, France

Caernarfon Castle (Welsh: Castell Caernarfon), Caernarfon, Gwynedd, north-west Wales

Tamworth Castle, Tamworth, Staffordshire, England

Château du Gué-Péan Monthou-sur-Cher, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France

Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, England

Château de Azay-le-Rideau, Azay-le-Rideau, Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France

Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England

Arundel Castle, Arundel, West Sussex, England

Château de Menthon Saint-Bernard , above the lac d'Annecy, Haute-Savoie, France

Ljubljana Castle (Slovene: Ljubljanski Grad), Ljubljana, Slovenia

Château Comtal, Carcassonne, Languedoc, France

The White Tower, Tower of London, Borough of Tower Hamlets, London, England

Ceramic poppies at the Tower of London, 2014

Garsington Manor, Garsington, near Oxford, England

Classiebawn Castle, Mullaghmore peninsula near Cliffoney, County Sligo, in the Republic of Ireland

Château St-Ferriol, Saint-Ferriol, Aude, Languedoc-Roussillon, France

Castle of Santiago, Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Cádiz province, Andalucía, Spain

Le château de la Ferté, La Ferté-Saint-Aubin, Loiret, Centre, France

Burg Gudenau, Wachtberg, Rhein-Sieg district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Design for a 'Device Fort' or 'Henrician Castle'

Deal Castle, Deal, Kent, England

Schloss Hof (Hof Palace), Engelhartstetten (east of Vienna), Lower Austria

Château de Puilaurens, Lapradelle-Puilaurens, Aude département, Laguedoc-Roussillon, France

Bolsover Castle, Bolsover, Derbyshire, England

Ceramic poppies at the Tower of London, 2014

Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England

Kimbolton Castle, Kimbolton, Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, Engtland

Eltz Castle (Burg Eltz) is a medieval castle in the hills above the Moselle River between Koblenz and Trier, GERMANY

Castle Bürresheim (Schloss Bürresheim), near Mayen, Rhineland-Palatinate, GERMANY

Niederfalkenstein (Falkenstein Castle), Pfaffenberg 19, 9821 Obervellach, Carinthia, Austria

Alcazar, Segovia, Spain

The Château de Mauvezin, Mauvezin, Gers, Hautes-Pyrénées, France

The Hall, Christ Church College, Oxford, England

The Veste Coburg, or Coburg Fortress, on a hill above the city of Coburg, Bavaria, GERMANY

Inchdrewer Castle, Banff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

The Evenburg, Loga (or Leer), Lower Saxony, GERMANY

Château des Allymes, Les Allymes, Ambérieu-en-Bugey, Ain, Rhône-Alpes, France

Châteaux de La Roche-Guyon, La Roche-Guyon, Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France

The Castle of Cardona, Cardona, Catalonia, Spain

Château de Sully-sur-Loire, Sully-sur-Loire, Loiret, France

Bouzov Castle, between Hvozdek and Bouzov, Moravia, Czech Republic

Le château d'Ô, Mortrée, Orne, Normandie, France

The dining room at Attingham Park, set for a Regency-era dinner. Attingham Park, near Atcham, Shropshire, England

Château de Chissay, Place Paul Boncour, 41400 Chissay-en-Touraine, Loir-et-Cher, France

Longleat, Warminster, Wiltshire BA12 7NW, England

state room, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England

Lutsk High Castle, also known as Lubart's Castle, Lutsk, Lutsk Raion, Volyn Oblastnorth, western Ukraine

Medieval Kitchen, Gainsborough Old Hall, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England

Kilchurn Castle, Loch Awe, Argyll and Bute, Scotland

Inveraray Castle, near Inveraray, Argyll, western Scotland

Glamis Castle is situated beside the village of Glamis, in Angus, Scotland

Eilean Donan (Eilean Donnain), Dornie, Kyle of Lochalsh IV40 8DX, Scotland

Dunrobin Castle, north of Golspie, Highland area, Scotland

Burleigh Castle, Perth and Kinross, Scotland

Kasteel van Wijnendale, Wijnendale, Torhout, West Flanders, Belgium

Bamburgh Castle, Bamburgh, Northumberland, England

Stokesay Castle, Shropshire, England

Château de Castanet, Pourcharesses, Lozère, France

Castell Conwy (Conway Castle), Conway, Wales

The Château de Biron, Biron, Dordogne, France

The Angel Roof at Westminster Hall (looking East)

Khiva City Walls, Xorazm Province, Uzbekistan

Highclere Castle, Hampshire, England

Saint-Nazaire-sur-Charente, Charente-Maritime, France

Ashdown House, Oxford, England

Castel Nuovo, aka Maschio Angioino, Naples, Italy

Dairsie Castle, Dairsie, north-east Fife, Scotland

Preparations, state banquet in honor of Elizabeth II, 1957

Neuschwanstein Castle, Above the village of Hohenschwangau, Bavaria, Germany

Fasanenschlösschen, Schloßallee, 01468 Moritzburg, Saxony, Germany

Burg Hohenwerfen (Hohenwerfen Castle), above the town of Werfen, Salzach Valley, Austria

Château de Puymartin, Marquay, Dordogne, France

Stokesay Castle, Shropshire, England

Gatehouse, Stokesay Castle, Shropshire, England

Tudor Bedroom, Hever Castle, Hever, Edenbridge, Kent TN8 7NG, England

Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand

Château de Vitré, Vitré, Ille-et-Vilaine, France

Château Boisset-les-Prévanches, Boisset-les-Prévanches, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France

Cervená Lhota, 20 km north-west of Jindrichuv Hradec, south Bohemia, Czech Republic

Interior view of the dome, Emam (Shah abbasi) Mosque

Lismore Castle, Lismore, County Waterford, Ireland

Burg Hohenwerfen (Hohenwerfen Castle), above the town of Werfen, Salzach Valley, Austria

Tower ceiling, Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England

Château fort de Couzan, 15240 Vebret, Antignac, Cantal, Auvergne, France

The Hospices de Beaune or Hôtel-Dieu de Beaune, Beaune, Burgundy, France

Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England

Falkenberg Castle (Burg Falkenberg), Falkenberg (district of Tirschenreuth), Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

Château d'Ainay-le-Vieil, Ainay-le-Vieil, Cher, France

The Red Castle (Castell Coch) situated on a hillside above the village of Tongwynlais, to the north of Cardiff, Wales

Peyrepertuse is a ruined fortress and one of the Cathar castles of the Languedoc located in the French Pyrénées in the commune of Duilhac-sous-Peyrepertuse, in the Aude département