Saladin's Castle (also known as Sahyun or Saône) in NW Syria, a site fortified from mid 10c & occupied by a local Shia Emir, Byzantines & Crusaders before its capture by Saladin in 1188. The fortifications largely date from the Crusader period. #castlesaturday
Shared for #CastleSaturday 🏰 Culzean Castle, overlooking the Firth of Clyde, near Maybole, Carrick, South Ayrshire, Scotland
Built in stages between 1777 and 1792
Raby Castle in County Durham was originally home to the Nevilles, who played an important role in the Wars of the Roses. Since the 17c home to the Vanes #castlesaturday
Remains of the Castle of Saranta Kolones (40 Columns) in Paphos in Cyprus: originally 7c Byzantine, built to protect the Port of Neo Paphos from Arab invaders, and later taken over by Lusignan Crusaders #castlesaturday
Farleigh Hungerford Castle, Somerset
The castle was first recorded in 1383, when Sir Thomas Hungerford received a pardon from Richard II for having fortified his manor house site without permission.
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The 11c castle of Peyrepertuse in the Corbières: the largest of the castles known as "The Five Sons of Carcassonne" & a Cathar stronghold during the Albigensian Crusade. Taken over by the French king, it then became a key defence against the Kingdom of Aragon #castlesaturday
Carmarthen #Castle
The castle situated in the centre of the modern town was once one of the largest cast in Wales and the centre of Norman government in medieval south and west Wales.
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A #castleSaturday#staircaseSaturday double from Castelo dos Mouros, Sintra. Doesn't get the same number of visitors as the Pena Palace but so worth the climb!