1) Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany

Neuschwanstein Castle is a nineteenth-century Romanesque Revival palace on a rugged hill above the village of Hohenschwangau near Füssen in southwest Bavaria, Germany. More than 1.3 million people visit annually, with as many as 6,000 per day in the summer.





2) Hohensalzburg Castle, Austria

In German: Festung Hohensalzburg, literally “High Salzburg Fortress.” It sits atop the Festungsberg, a small hill in the Austrian city of Salzburg. Erected at the behest of the Prince-Archbishops of Salzburg with a length of 250 m and a width of 150 m, it is one of the largest medieval castles in Europe.





3) Dunrobin Castle, Scotland

It is a stately home in Sutherland, in the Highland area of Scotland, and the family seat of the Earl of Sutherland and the Clan Sutherland. It is located 1 mile north of Golspie, and approximately 5 miles south of Brora, overlooking the Dornoch Firth.

4) Arundel Castle, England

It’s a restored and remodeled medieval castle in Arundel, West Sussex, England. It was established by Roger de Montgomery on Christmas Day 1067. Roger became the first to hold the earldom of Arundel by the graces of William the Conqueror. The castle was damaged in the English Civil War and then restored in the 18th and 19th centuries.





5) Alnwick Castle, Northumberland

Alnwick is a castle and stately home in the town of Alnwick in the English county of Northumberland. It is the seat of the Duke of Northumberland, built following the Norman conquest, and renovated and remodelled a number of times. It is a Grade I listed building and as of 2012 received over 800,000 visitors per year.

6) Bodiam Castle, England

Bodiam Castle is a 14th-century moated castle near Robertsbridge in East Sussex, England. It was built in 1385 to defend the area against French invasion during the Hundred Years’ War. Of quadrangular plan, Bodiam Castle has no keep, having its various chambers built around the outer defensive walls and inner courts. Its corners and entrance are marked by towers, and topped by crenellations.

7) Niedzica Castle, Poland

Also known as Dunajec Castle, It is located in the southernmost part of Poland in Niedzica. It was erected between the years 1320 and 1326 on the site of an ancient stronghold surrounded by earthen walls in the Pieniny mountains. The Niedzica Castle stands at an altitude of 566 m, on a hill 300 m upstream from the Dunajec River mouth, measured from the center of the dam on Czorsztyn Lake.





8) Buda Castle, Hungary

It is the historical castle and palace complex of the Hungarian kings in Budapest, and was first completed in 1265. The castle is a part of the Budapest World Heritage Site, which was declared a Heritage Site in 1987.

9) Château de Sully-sur-Loire, France

The Château de Sully-sur-Loire is a castle, converted to a palatial seigneurial residence, situated in the commune of Sully-sur-Loire, Loiret, France. The château contains numerous tapestries, paintings of Sully’s ancestors and heirs, and seventeenth-century furnishings. Here is also the tomb of Sully and that of his second wife.



10) Gravensteen, Belgium

The Gravensteen is a castle in Ghent, originating from the Middle Ages. The name means “castle of the counts” in Dutch. The Gravensteen is situated at an altitude of 9 meters. The present castle was built in 1180 by count Philip of Alsace and was modeled after the crusaders castles that Philip of Alsace encountered while he participated in the second crusade.

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