medieval castle
Walled feudal residence
A medieval castle is a fortified residence built in Europe roughly between the 9th and 15th centuries, typically featuring thick stone walls, towers, and defensive structures like moats and battlements.
Castles served as military strongholds, administrative centers, and homes for nobility.
The term now applies loosely to any imposing old stone fortress: We toured a medieval castle in Wales.
- parapetLow wall at edge
- murder holeCastle's overhead attack opening
- bastionFortified defensive position
- keepRetain or fortified tower
- rampartFortified defensive wall
barbican · stone walls · lordship · king and queen · crenellation · moat · manor · battlements · drawbridge · dungeon · postern · round tower · portcullis · secret passage · troubadours · feudalism · great hall · coat of arms
- LouvreMona Lisa, Venus de Milo, glass pyramid, Winged Victory, I. M. Pei
- Novel settingsParis, London, Rome, Venice, Vienna
- Alsace-LorraineAlsace, Lorraine, Strasbourg, Colmar, Nancy
- CarlisleCumbria, city walls, Guildhall, civic center, old walls
medieval castlepalace
Monarch's official residence
pleasure garden · shopping mall · beach resort · beach house · country estate
medieval castlemodern skyscraper
Tall contemporary urban building
smart home · space station · glass tower · prefab housing · prefab house
medieval castlemud hut
Simple earth-walled dwelling
hovel · shack · thatched cottage · servant's quarters · slum dwelling