Water castles
30 entries in the Water Castles compendium.
Water castleA castle type using water as a primary defensive element.Ammersoyen CastleA fixed-plan medieval castle with a moat and turbulent history.Anif PalaceA water palace used by bishops, kings, and film crews.Beersel CastleMedieval water castle in Beersel, Belgium, built of brick.Bourtzi CastleVenetian castle in Nafplio harbour, later a hotel.Cannenburgh CastleA 16th-century moated castle in Vaassen, Gelderland.Castello EstenseMoated medieval castle built after a 1385 revolt.Červená Lhota CastleRenaissance castle on a lake island in South Bohemia.Doornenburg CastleA 13th-century Dutch castle, rebuilt after World War II.Egeskov CastleDenmark’s best preserved Renaissance water castle.GlimmingehusBest preserved medieval stronghold in Scandinavia.GotteswerderTeutonic castle on an island, fiercely contested in the Lithuanian Crusade.Gradac, MetlikaSlovenian village known for its castle and Red Cross founding.Gripsholm CastleA Swedish royal castle turned museum with a famous stuffed lion.Hoensbroek CastleOne of the largest castles in the Netherlands, a watercastle.Imabari CastleOne of Japan's three Mizujiro, or castles on the sea.Jemeppe CastleMedieval castle with Roman roots in Wallonia, Belgium.Château de Lavaux-Sainte-AnneA medieval border castle and 2002 wedding venue.Nakatsu CastleOne of Japan's three 'castles on the sea.'Olavinlinna15th-century three-tower castle in Savonlinna, Finland.Ørkild CastleOne of Denmark's largest medieval mottes, destroyed in 1534.Schloss OrtAustrian castle on Traunsee lake with medieval origins.Otočec CastleSlovenia's only water castle, now a luxury hotel.Rechteren CastleOnly surviving medieval castle in Overijssel, still family-owned.Sakamoto CastleA lakeside castle built by Akechi Mitsuhide under Oda Nobunaga.Scaligero Castle (Sirmione)A 14th-century fortress on Lake Garda, one of Italy's best-preserved castles.Švihov CastleGothic water castle with bastions by Benedikt Rejt.Takamatsu Castle (Sanuki)A coastal castle with seawater moats, key to Sanuki Province.Trakai Island CastleIsland castle built by Kęstutis and Vytautas the Great.Vyborg CastleSwedish medieval fortress and eastern outpost against Russia.
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