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Monday, November 22, 2010

Top 35 Fairytale Castles

Christmas Competition: 3rd Place. Congratulations to Mathilda for this excellent list – she has won the third prize of a $25 iTunes music card.
According to Wikipedia, “A castle is a defensive structure seen as one of the main symbols of the Middle Ages. The term has a history of scholarly debate surrounding its exact meaning, but it is usually regarded as being distinct from the general terms fort or fortress in that it describes a building which serves as a residence of a medieaval monarch or noble and commands a specific territory.” I have chosen to use my own criteria for inclusion in this list, that being, if I were a princess in a fairytale,would I want to live there? As such, interior condition was not taken into consideration, exterior setting was very important, and any past gory history was ignored. I only included one per country so there are scores of equally beautiful castles which had to be excluded. (I did make an exception to the one per country rule for England, as I really, really want to live in one of the two shown.)
1. Baku’s Wedding Palace Azerbaijan
Baku
2. Schloss Anif Austria
Anif
3. Mir Castle Belarus
Mir
4. Gravensteen Belgium
Gravensteen
5. Summer Palace China
Summer
6. Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca Cuba
Morro
7. Hluboka Nad Vltavou Czech Republic
Hluboka
8. Kronborg Castle Denmark
Kronborg
9. Leeds Castle England
Leeds
10. Warwick Castle England
Warwick
11. Fasilides Castle Ethiopia
Fasil
12. Olavinlinna Finland
Olavinlinna
13. Chateau D’Usse France
Usse
14. Neuschwanstein Castle Germany
Neuschwanstein
15. Eszterháza Palace Hungary
Eszterhaza
16. Khas Mahal India
Khasmahal
17. Falak-ol-aflak Castle Iran
Falak



18. Kilkenny Castle Ireland
Kilkenny
19. Bardi Castle Italy
Bardi
20. Himeji Castle Japan
Himeji
21. Petra Jordan
Petra
22. Vaduz Castle Lichtenstein
Vaduz
23. Muiderslot The Netherlands
Muiderslot
24. Malbork Castle Poland
Malbork
25. Belem Tower Portugal
Belem
26. Hunedoara Castle Romania
Huneodora
27. Kazan Kremlin Russia
Kazan
28. Eilean Donan Castle Scotland
Eilanndonan
29. Alcazar of Segovia Spain
Alcazar
30. Orebro Castle Sweden
Orebro
31. Chillon Castle Switzerland
Chillon
32. Krak Des Chevaliers Syria
Chevaliers
33. Rumelihisarı Turkey
Yedikule
34. Kamianets Ukraine
Kamianets
35. Boldt Castle United States
Boldt

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