Hi, all! Perhaps my greatest loss in the Reddit exit is the r/castles community. Being an avid traveler, it was a place I regularly just took the top of the week and put into a to-visit list. Realizing Lemmy needs the content, I've taken it upon myself to start that.
To differentiate this place a little, I plan to provide a little better content. While I'm not holding any other posters to this level, rather than just post an image, whenever I post I aim to specify the following things:
- Castle name in native language (English name) - location [include country and region, if not city/town]
- Best website (official or otherwise)
- Some sort of map link
- Visitation details: open/closed to public, cost?, closed but technically reachable, tours?, etc.
- History: Whatever can be briefly copy-pasted
I won't hold users to the above but will simply encourage the culture.
More than just images are going to be welcome. Have a documentary involving castles? Have a movie set in a castle or uses a castle in the set? Have an experience visiting a specific castle? Post it. The only real rule is that content must refer to a real-life structure, so please no fantasy/fictional castles! Reasonable exceptions include media showcasing period life and technology that somehow relates to castles.
I plan to post once a day, rotating over the major areas of Europe during the week and then also mix non-European content weekly.
Let's get to sharing!
I'm adding a small exception to the rule "content must refer to a real-life structure": Reasonable exceptions include media showcasing period life and technology that somehow relates to castles.
I wanted to include the ability to post books or infographics that go over how castles were made and used but might not refer to any specific castle.
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The Castle of Bonaguil, famous for being considered "unconquerable" in the late Medieval (Lot-et-Garonne, France)
1y 24d ago by lemmy.blahaj.zone/u/squirrel in castles@lemm.ee from lemmy.blahaj.zone
The medieval walls of Aigues-Mortes (Gard, France)
1y 27d ago by lemmy.blahaj.zone/u/squirrel in castles@lemm.ee from upload.wikimedia.org
Château de la Crête above the river Cher in Audes (Allier, France)
1y 1mon ago by lemmy.blahaj.zone/u/squirrel in castles@lemm.ee from lemmy.blahaj.zone
The tower of Buranaccio (Tuscany, Italy)
1y 1mon ago by lemmy.blahaj.zone/u/squirrel in castles@lemm.ee from lemmy.blahaj.zone
The castle of La Rochelambert (Haute-Loire, France)
1y 2mon ago by lemmy.blahaj.zone/u/squirrel in castles@lemm.ee from files.catbox.moe
The 11th century keep of the castle of Loches (Indre-et-Loire, France)
1y 2mon ago by lemmy.blahaj.zone/u/squirrel in castles@lemm.ee from upload.wikimedia.org
Inveraray Castle photo op (Inverayray, Scotland)
1y 2mon ago by programming.dev/u/notnotmike in castles@lemm.ee from programming.dev
The Castrum Saint Jean in Provence (Var, France)
1y 2mon ago by lemmy.blahaj.zone/u/squirrel in castles@lemm.ee from lemmy.blahaj.zone
The ultimate fairy tale castle, Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria, Germany
1y 2mon ago by lemm.ee/u/neme in castles@lemm.ee from alien.top
The castle of Saint-Paul-en-Cornillon (Loire, France)
1y 2mon ago by lemmy.blahaj.zone/u/squirrel in castles@lemm.ee from upload.wikimedia.org
The castle of Montfort as seen from the opposite bank of the river Dordogne (Dordogne, France)
1y 2mon ago by lemmy.blahaj.zone/u/squirrel in castles@lemm.ee from upload.wikimedia.org
The famous Fort-La-Latte in Brittany (Côtes-d'Armor, France)
1y 3mon ago by lemmy.blahaj.zone/u/squirrel in castles@lemm.ee from upload.wikimedia.org
The fortress of Lourdes (Haute-Pyrenées, France)
1y 3mon ago by lemmy.blahaj.zone/u/squirrel in castles@lemm.ee from lemmy.blahaj.zone
The castle of Lavoûte-Polignac (Haute-Loire, France)
1y 3mon ago by lemmy.blahaj.zone/u/squirrel in castles@lemm.ee from lemmy.blahaj.zone
The castle of Monthelon (Saône-et-Loire, France)
1y 3mon ago by lemmy.blahaj.zone/u/squirrel in castles@lemm.ee from lemmy.blahaj.zone
The remains of the castle of Grignols (Dordogne, France)
1y 4mon ago by lemmy.blahaj.zone/u/squirrel in castles@lemm.ee from upload.wikimedia.org
The former castle of Vocance (Ardèche, France)
1y 4mon ago by lemmy.blahaj.zone/u/squirrel in castles@lemm.ee from lemmy.blahaj.zone
The castle of Beynac, above its village and the Dordogne river (France)
1y 6mon ago by lemmy.blahaj.zone/u/squirrel in castles@lemm.ee from files.catbox.moe
Maltesholms Slott (Maltesholm Castle), Kristianstad Municipality, Sweden
1y 7mon ago by sopuli.xyz/u/tissek in castles@lemm.ee from upload.wikimedia.org
Hjularöd slott (Hjularöd Castle), Eslöv municipality, Sweden
1y 7mon ago by sopuli.xyz/u/tissek in castles@lemm.ee from upload.wikimedia.org
Aerial view of the Château de la Madeleine (Yvelines, France)
1y 7mon ago by lemmy.blahaj.zone/u/squirrel in castles@lemm.ee from upload.wikimedia.org
Castle Bontemps in Arbois (Jura, France)
1y 7mon ago by lemmy.blahaj.zone/u/squirrel in castles@lemm.ee from upload.wikimedia.org
Fenis Castle in the evening light (Aosta Valley, Italy)
1y 8mon ago by lemmy.blahaj.zone/u/squirrel in castles@lemm.ee from live.staticflickr.com
The castle of Montepò in the evening light (Tuscany, Italy)
1y 8mon ago by lemmy.blahaj.zone/u/squirrel in castles@lemm.ee from lemmy.blahaj.zone
The castle of Sully-sur-Loire (Loiret, France)
1y 9mon ago by lemmy.blahaj.zone/u/squirrel in castles@lemm.ee from upload.wikimedia.org
The Story of the Hejin City Fortress (Shanxi, China)
1y 9mon ago by lemmy.blahaj.zone/u/squirrel in castles@lemm.ee from www.youtube.com
The Altenburg near Bamberg (Franconia, Germany)
1y 9mon ago by lemmy.blahaj.zone/u/squirrel in castles@lemm.ee from upload.wikimedia.org
The entrance gate of the Château de Farcheville (Essonne, France)
1y 9mon ago by lemmy.blahaj.zone/u/squirrel in castles@lemm.ee from chateaudefarcheville.com
Château de Cléron (Doubs, France)
1y 9mon ago by lemmy.blahaj.zone/u/squirrel in castles@lemm.ee from upload.wikimedia.org
The town and the castle of Estaing (Aveyron, France)
1y 9mon ago by lemmy.blahaj.zone/u/squirrel in castles@lemm.ee from live.staticflickr.com
Le Tour d'Auneau (Eure-et-Loir, France)
1y 9mon ago by lemmy.blahaj.zone/u/squirrel in castles@lemm.ee from upload.wikimedia.org
The fortified mill of Loubers (Gironde, France)
1y 10mon ago by lemmy.blahaj.zone/u/squirrel in castles@lemm.ee from p.monumentum.fr
The fortified facade of the church Saint-Barthélemy in Le Fossat (Ariège, France)
1y 11mon ago by lemmy.blahaj.zone/u/squirrel in castles@lemm.ee from live.staticflickr.com
Hrad Bouzov Castle, Olomouc Region, Czech Republic
2y 29d ago by lemmy.blahaj.zone/u/squirrel in castles@lemm.ee from files.ohai.social
Castle of Jouillat, Creuse, France
2y 1mon ago by lemmy.blahaj.zone/u/squirrel in castles@lemm.ee from upload.wikimedia.org
Cherven fortress - Bulgaria
2y 2mon ago by lemmy.zip/u/Levsgetso in castles@lemm.ee from lemmy.zip
Broadway Tower, Worcestershire
2y 3mon ago by lemmy.world/u/cashews_best_nut in castles@lemm.ee
The ruined castle of Castelbouc, above the tiny village of the same name and the river Tarn (Lozère, France)
2y 3mon ago by lemmy.blahaj.zone/u/squirrel in castles@lemm.ee from upload.wikimedia.org
The National Wallace Monument, Scotland, in the snow
2y 4mon ago by lemmy.blahaj.zone/u/squirrel in castles@lemm.ee from files.respublicae.eu
Alnwick Castle [Hogwarts] (Northumberland)
2y 4mon ago by lemmy.world/u/cashews_best_nut in castles@lemm.ee
Rocca di Soncino, Italy
2y 5mon ago by lemmy.blahaj.zone/u/squirrel in castles@lemm.ee from upload.wikimedia.org
Castelul Bran (Bran Castle - tourists' "Dracula" residence), Transylvania, Romania
2y 5mon ago by lemmy.world/u/abecede in castles@lemm.ee
Baba Vida - Vidin, Bulgaria
2y 5mon ago by lemmy.zip/u/Levsgetso in castles@lemm.ee from lemmy.zip