medieval castles
Lords' stone keeps
Medieval castles are fortified structures built in Europe roughly between the 9th and 15th centuries, serving as residences for nobility and military strongholds.
They featured defensive elements like thick walls, towers, moats, and drawbridges.
The term now evokes romantic images of knights and feudal life: The ruins of a medieval castle overlooked the valley.
Figuratively, any imposing old stone fortress may be called a medieval castle regardless of its actual era.
- bastionFortified defensive position
- keepRetain or fortified tower
- rampartFortified defensive wall
- moatDefensive water ditch
- murder holeCastle's overhead attack opening
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- Hungarian HistorySaint Stephen, Austro-Hungarian Empire, Magyars, Hungarian flag, Hungarian Revolution
- castleskeep, moat, drawbridge, dungeon, turret
- Historic BritainStonehenge, Tower of London, Hadrian's Wall, Windsor Castle, Westminster Abbey
- Medieval Englandking, kings, castle, castles, knight
- IberianSpain, flamenco, tapas, paella, bullfighting
- Medieval GermanyHoly Roman Empire, Charlemagne, Franconia, guild system, Swabia
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