Palaces, Villas and Castles

Calahorra Castle, situated east of Granada in southern Spain, as its magnificent structure makes a regular appearance in films. Built in the early 16t… Read the rest

The Spiš Castle in eastern Slovakia was built in the 12th century in place of another castle. While it was originally built in a Romanesque style, it… Read the rest

The Castillo de Coca is located on a hill in the town of Coca in Sevilla, Spain. It was built in the 15th century in Gothic/Moorish style and has a la… Read the rest

The history of the Bojnice town is connected with the history of the Bojnice castle. It is also one of the oldest and most distinguished of Slovak for… Read the rest

The Ksiaz Castle in Silesia, Poland was built in 1263 and re-built in 1288. It has a long history of being passed down through various families and ge… Read the rest

The Gothic-Renaissance Hunyad Castle (Corvin Castle) in Hunedoara, Romania, was built in 1307 by King Charles I of Hungary. It has both Gothic and Ren… Read the rest

The brick-built tudor Herstmonceux Castle in Herstmonceux, East Sussex, England was built in 1441 and is one of the oldest significant brick buildings… Read the rest

Found in the town of Burghausen, Bavaria, Burghausen Castle is one of the longest castles in the world at 1,043 meters.The special significance of Bur… Read the rest

Arg-é Bam is a citadel located in Bam, a city in the Kerman Province in the south-eastern part of Iran. This citadel was built entirely out of adobe u… Read the rest

The 107-metre building that is the Latvian Academy of Sciences, is considered the first high-rise in Latvia. It has been prominent fixture of the Riga… Read the rest