royal castle
King's fortified home
A royal castle is a castle owned by or serving as a residence for a monarch.
The term distinguishes castles associated with royalty from those held by lesser nobles or built for purely military purposes: Windsor Castle has been a royal castle for nearly a thousand years.
Royal castles often function as seats of government, ceremonial venues, and symbols of sovereign power.
- battlementsNotched defensive wall top
- turretsSmall projecting towers
- stone wallsRefuses to cooperate
- drawbridgeHinged castle entrance span
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
defense · sovereignty · throne room · coronation · crown jewels · dungeon · secret passage · knight in armor · monarchy · residence · governance · chivalry · moat · prestige · heraldry · banquet hall · dynasty · keep
- castle typeskeep, fortress, citadel, stronghold, stone keep
royal castleslave quarters
Housing for enslaved persons
slum dwelling · mud hut · poorhouse · workhouse · thatched cottage
royal castletent
Portable fabric shelter
yurt · temporary shelter · refugee camp · cardboard shelter · bivouac
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