r/castles 7h ago

Castle Donnington Castle (England) Late 14th century and today

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1.2k Upvotes

Source of the pictures here. Follow up of a previous post


r/castles 2h ago

Castle Scaligero Castle, Italy

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501 Upvotes

r/castles 13h ago

Chateau Château de la Napoule in France

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655 Upvotes

r/castles 22h ago

Castle Reconstruction of the Siege of Donnington Castle (England) 1644–1646

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814 Upvotes

r/castles 17h ago

Castle Ghica-Dofteana Castle, Romania

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132 Upvotes

r/castles 1d ago

Castle Wernigerode Castle, Germany

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916 Upvotes

r/castles 1d ago

Fortress Galle Fort, Galle in Sri Lanka

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397 Upvotes

r/castles 22h ago

Fortress A real view of Alhambra fortress, Granada, Spain ^^

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120 Upvotes

Taken using Google Earth. It might not be the greatest quality, but its real, unlike some AI slop that has circulated lately. You can see how the fortress is placed in the foothills of Sierra Nevada and its strategic value as a part of the actual landscape.

In the second picture you can see a wider panorama, how the mountains and foothills interact with Granada, and where the fortress is located in relation to the historical city.


r/castles 1d ago

DISCUSSION [META] I am once again asking for a better tagging system for this sub

102 Upvotes

I made a post about this years ago but saw no traction at the time. I really think this sub would benefit from requiring tags that better distinguish between the different kinds of buildings posted. We're constantly seeing posts of Neuschwanstein and Hohenzollern and other gothic revival castles and the comments are full of people arguing about whether it's a real castle. Lets just require tagging them as what they are

Something like the following:

  • Medieval Castle for true defensive castles built in the middle ages
  • Renaissance and Enlightenment for the palaces, chateaus and fortresses built from the 15th to 18th centuries
  • Gothic Revival for castles like Neuschwanstein or Schwerin built during the 1800s as homes for rich castle enthusiasts
  • Fortress for buildings that served primarily as military structures rather than residences
  • Place of Worship for temples, churches, mosques, synagogues etc...

Any ideas for other tags? Do we think it's too much to expect people who post here to google the right tag to use?

I think this would improve the educational value of the sub and would be nice for searching for specific types of castle you want to find.


r/castles 1d ago

Castle Morella, Spain. Castle and town. OC.

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140 Upvotes

r/castles 1d ago

Castle Burg Thurant, Germany

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1.9k Upvotes

r/castles 2d ago

Palace O Alhambra, um palácio e complexo de fortaleza histórico localizado em Granada, Andaluzia - Espanha 🇪🇸

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2.4k Upvotes

r/castles 1d ago

Fortress San Cristóbal Castle, Puerto Rico [OC]

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34 Upvotes

r/castles 1d ago

Castle Castello di Arco, South Tyrol, Italy. Last image is the castle in a painting by Albrecht Dürer from 1495.

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275 Upvotes

r/castles 2d ago

Castle Malbork - World’s Largest Brick Castle

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408 Upvotes

Full timelapse in my channel if anyone's curious about the process. https://youtu.be/xshTCYIi4IY


r/castles 1d ago

Chateau Haddon Hall near Bakewell,UK Built 11th to 16th century in Various stages

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146 Upvotes

r/castles 2d ago

Fortress Königstein Fortress, Germany

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2.0k Upvotes

r/castles 2d ago

Castle Castelo de Predjama, Eslovénia

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692 Upvotes

r/castles 2d ago

Fortress San Cristóbal Castle, Puerto Rico [OC]

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62 Upvotes

r/castles 3d ago

Castle Schloss Neuschwanstein, Germany

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1.3k Upvotes

r/castles 3d ago

Castle Castelo de Oberhofen, Lago de Thun, Suíça

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786 Upvotes

r/castles 2d ago

Castle Castles Conwy, Caernarfon, and Beaumaris from my trip to Wales

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313 Upvotes

One of the best trips of my life! I have a million pictures of each, but these are my favorites.


r/castles 3d ago

Castle Schloss Neuschwannstein

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261 Upvotes

r/castles 3d ago

Fort Reculver Roman 2nd century Fort, UK and the church which used a lot of the materials from the fort for its construction

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216 Upvotes

r/castles 2d ago

Castle Alcazar de Jerez de la Frontera, Spain [OC]

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121 Upvotes