Burg
type of fortified structure built in Europe, Asia and the Middle East during the Middle Ages by nobility | |||||
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- Dating back to the early 12th century, the Alcázar of Segovia is one of the most distinctive castles in Europe.
- Windsor Castle in England was founded as a fortification during the Norman Conquest and today is one of the principal official residences of Queen Elizabeth II.
- São Jorge Castle in Lisbon, Portugal, with a bridge over a moat.
- The wooden palisades on top of mottes were often later replaced with stone, as in this example at Château de Gisors in France.
- A courtyard of the 14th century Raseborg Castle in Snappertuna.
- The 14th-century keep of Château de Vincennes near Paris towers above the castle's curtain wall. The wall exhibits features common to castle architecture: a gatehouse, corner towers, and machicolations.
- castle Burg Gemen from above
