I Love Castles and Fortresses

I love visiting old forts. Here in the US, there's not much on the castle front, but there are plenty go old forts to visit. One of my favorite places to visit is the old Spanish fortress at St. Augustine, FL - the Castillo de San...

I love castles. I have always found architecture fascinating. I live in Germany and 3 km away are two castle ruins in Wolfstein. The walk through the forest between them is very lovely.  I have been to quite a few here in Germany...

A long time ago, over sixty years ago, my family returned to France from Algeria, where they had lived among the indigenous peoples, where they made a life as part of the French colonial establishment, in their smaller way, and first...

is a must see film and the buildings were brilliantI seen a show with a castle being re-stored called Big House ... in England.I used to have some castle books of Irish Castles as a teen.I was just looking at the old Hilfield Castleand...

If I could have a castle modernized (good heating and good running water being the main concerns) I really would. They're so beautiful.

Castles and Fortresses are high on my to-visit list when I travel. They're magnificent. I'm sure...

Only one way in, and one way out.

Just take a look at this vision of beauty and strategic excellence. I imagine this would be breathtaking beyond words to experience.

Is this not miraculous? Try to not enjoy the view from your bedroom here and you would need to be placed in a straight jacket.

...They are so beautiful and majestic. I am endlessly amazed and astonished at how beautiful and yet how functional they were in times of war. I love that they could double as a stronghold, and yet be a very elegant home for a noble...

I can walk the halls of an old fortress, home, or castle and "feel" the people that have been there.  I sense the imprint of the energies of those that have gone before.  I am particularly moved by places where great...

I've always wanted to visit old castles, ruins, old fortresses, to see them in person would just be incredible!! I would love to be able to touch the old stone and walk where so many others have walked. To experience the full...

I love castles and particularly the ruins of castles.  Very fortunate of course that I live in Ireland as that means I am never that far away from one.
I have visited a large number of them with my mother, as she loved to do the...

It's hardly worthy of being called a castle now. What's remaining of the structure is slowly crumbling into the sea. But there is simply something about Tintagel that is absolutely breathtaking.  I can imagine what it must have looked...

Even in ruins, does that take away from its majesty?