Castles and palaces

Bourtzi castle, Nafplio, Greece (1473)

Marvão, Portugal (13th Century)

Caccamo, Italy (11th Century)

Peñafiel, Spain (10th Century)

Qala'at ar Rabad, Ajlun, Jordan (12th Century)

San Miguel castle, Almuñécar, Spain (13th Century)

Dublin, Ireland (18th Century)

The Forbidden City, Beijing, China (15th Century)

Castel Nuovo, Naples, Italy (13th Century)

Carcasonne, France (12th Century)

Álora, Spain (9th Century)

Royal Palace, Esztergom, Hungary (12th Century)

Alcazaba, Antequera, Spain (14th Century)

Papal residence, Avignon, France (14th Century)

Buitrago de Lozoya, Spain (15th Century)

Ursino castle, Catania, Italy (13th Century)

Heusden, Netherlands (12th Century)

Manzanares El Real, Spain (15th Century)

Olivenza, Spain (13th Century)

Castle of the counts of Benavente, Sanabria, Spain (14th Century)

Seville, Spain

Maniace castle, Syracuse, Italy (13th Century)

San Salvador castle, Havana, Cuba (16th Century)

San Jorge castle, Lissabon, Portugal (5th-9th Century)

Leiden, Netherlands (12th Century)

Santa Catalina castle, Santa Cruz de La Palma, Spain (17th Century)

Sant'Angelo castle, Rome, Italy (2nd Century)

Solomon Tower, Visegrád, Hungary (13th Century)

Keep of Castrodouro castle, Alfoz, Spain (after 9th Century)

Alcazaba, Málaga, Spain (11th Century)

Quseir Amra, Jordan (8th Century)

Elvas, Portugal (13th-15th Century)

Salobreña, Spain (10th Century)

Villafranca del Bierzo, Spain (16th Century)

Royal palace, Palermo, Italy (11th Century)

Trim castle, Ireland (13th Century)

Castle of Álvarez de Toledo, Oropesa, Toledo (12th-13th Century)

Taormina, Italy

Peñíscola, Spain (13th Century)

Guimarães, Portugal (11-12th Century)

Alcazaba, Mérida, Spain (9th Century)

Topkapı Palace, Istanbul, Turkey (15th Century)

Alcazaba, Alhambra, Granada, Spain

Óbidos, Portugal (12th Century)

Pedraza, Segovia, Spain (13th Century)

Norman-Swabian Castle, Bari, Italy (approx. 1132)

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