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• - Amateur photographs with brief description of castles in Ireland and the United Kingdom.
  
• - A much-reconstructed castle in Croatia which is now a museum. History and architectural development, Draskovic family, location map, floor plans, tour, and visitor information.
  
• - Images and descriptions of several castles in Europe and Himeji Castle, Japan, with references, from Great Buildings Online.
  
• - P.Ramponi's comprehensive guide navigated via an index and interactive maps. Readable history and photographs for each of the many castles or walled towns.
  
• - This stone castle in Western Ukraine was built in 1610 to replace a medieval timber one. Roman Zakharii gives a photograph, history and description.
  
• - Photographs and outline history of this medieval castle in Northern Italy - now a museum - from Dorf Tirol.
  
• - John Crocker's brief history and virtual tour of the great Crusader castle in Syria. A clickable plan leads to his photographs and comments.
  
• - Companion site to the NOVA program on castles.
  
• - Description and history of this medieval castle between Melk and Loosdorf in Austria still used as a home. Includes location map and galleries of historical images and current photographs.
  
• - Over 1600 citations of works on castles from the Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies.
  
• - Enthusiast Marko Tjemmes supplies clear histories of castles close to his home in Rotterdam, illustrated with photographs, earlier images and ground plans. Bibliography.
  
• - Tourist guide Czeslaw Pajak describes the attractions of this medieval brick castle in Poland, once headquarters of the Teutonic Knights.
  
• - The official site of this mock-medieval castle in Netherlands built around 1900 by C.H.C.A. van Sypesteyn, who intended it as an authentic reconstruction.
  
• - Photographs and lively popular history of the stunning Bran Castle, Romania, once used by Vlad the Impaler, with mood music. Includes information about other castles in Romania.
  
• - More than 300 castles classified for visits, restaurants, hotels, meetings, weddings, bed and breakfast, possibilties for cultural events.
  
• - St. Olaf's Castle was founded in 1475 by Erik Axelsson Tott. Official site of the National Board of Antiquities has beautiful photographs, brief history and visitor information.
  
• - Commercial directory with many castles and palaces organized by region. Includes information about the castles of the Teutonic Knights.
  
• - Roman Derych provides an illustrated introduction to the history and architectural development of one of the best preserved castle complexes in the Czech Republic.
  
• - A virtual tour by Charles Guard. The castle is on St Patrick's Isle, part of the Isle of Man.
  
• - Fortress in Salzburg, Austria, built in 1077. One of the largest fully preserved fortresses in central Europe.
  
• - Information about castles presently within the Polish borders illustrated with photographs, plans, drawings, sketches and reconstructions. Search engine and detailed map are available.
  
• - Jeffrey Cooper's photographs of castles and fortresses in Europe, including some in three dimensions, with instructions on how to view.
  
• - History, description and photographs of this spectacular 15th century castle, brick-built by Don Alonso de Fonseca in the Mudejar (Moorish) style. Geocities pop-up banners.
  
• - An introduction to castles - their purpose, rooms, and defenses - and descriptions of some of the most famous in the UK, France, Italy, Germany, Spain and Eastern Europe. Includes weddings in castles.
  
• - Beautiful photographs from Virtual Finland, with readable history by Dr. Carl Jacob Gardberg, State archaeologist.
  
• - Ilustrated description of Bran Castle and other castles in Transylvania province of Romania.
  
• - A bilingual site, English and Spanish, about the castles of this ancient Spanish kingdom. The castles are arranged by geographical category.
  
• - Henny Savenije describes the construction of this fortress built (1794-1796) in Suwon, Korea by King Jeongjo. He includes the original drawings for it from the manuscript book Hwasong Seongyeok Uigwe.
  
• - Renaissance moated castle in Denmark from 1554 with information in English, Danish and German. Contains a large park with beautiful gardens, and an old-timer museum.
  
• - This medieval castle near Pisa, Italy, was transformed over the centuries into a luxurious governor's residence. An illustrated history, guide to notable buildings of Lari, and visitor information.
  
• - Castle-fan Jim is building himself a mock-medieval home. Here he gathers images of other imitation castles in the US.
  
• - Small photographs and information for visitors on this picturesque late medieval Belgian castle.
  
• - An Italian fortress dating from the Middle Ages, though much altered. History and archival images.
  
• - Robert Rongen presents images and brief details of hundreds of medieval castles, sorted by country, region and castle type. Includes a quick guide to castle types with plans, and a list of the top 100 castles, as rated by surfers.
  
• - Extensive collection of castles, palaces, fortresses and monasteries. Organized with search engine, maps, descriptions, photos and a directory.