Inspirational pictures.

[Jacob C.]

A beautiful fantasy-castle city:

http://www.bulbmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/castle.jpg

(large image, may take a while to load)

[Aliencat]

Wow that one is really beautiful! Really inspiring!

[Jacob C.]

Some random castle art I found on the web:

A rider approaches a massive desert fortress:
http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/3959/a1ri4.jpg

Some neat tudor style buildings:
http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/4636/a3vq1.jpg

http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/9194/a4yz0.jpg

Others:
http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/6447/a6jz9.jpg

http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/2916/a2kn9.jpg

[Aliencat]

Here's a nice fantasy style castle, made by an artist named Snow Skadi:

link

[Maedhros]

I'll just link to this site like a always do, eh?

[Jacob C.]

Here's some great pictures to inspire your imagination:

http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/7079/bamburghcastlebyscottohf8.jpg

http://img463.imageshack.us/img463/5894/314ee1.jpg

http://img466.imageshack.us/img466/5210/79wq8.jpg

http://img459.imageshack.us/img459/214/103nh3.jpg

http://img462.imageshack.us/img462/9097/259ym0.jpg

http://img462.imageshack.us/img462/4245/415be4.jpg

http://img463.imageshack.us/img463/3855/island9bjo4.jpg

http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/7757/theislandmv6.jpg

http://img462.imageshack.us/img462/530/hosap1ce2.jpg

http://img463.imageshack.us/img463/3802/aunqueospeseit8.jpg

http://img463.imageshack.us/img463/8577/420va4.jpg

http://img466.imageshack.us/img466/1727/mountainkasbahbft8.jpg

[stuifzand]

great pictures, thanks!

[Jacob C.]

Check out this website for some fantastic pictures:
http://orient-latin.com/
Unfortunately the site is only in french but here are some of the fantastic pics you can find there:

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[Aliencat]

Here's a picture of the village of Mont Saint Michel, you can find more images of it on google, Jacob C also already posted a picture of it, it's the most beautiful citadel in the world if you ask me

zhe picture

[Saaz]

I just ran across this page which has pics and info about several nice castles from all over the world. Not just the usual European ones, but also middle-eastern, Asian, and even some castle-inspired buildings in North America.

http://www.intlistings.com/articles/200 ... the-world/

[Blueandwhite]

I just ran across this page which has pics and info about several nice castles from all over the world. Not just the usual European ones, but also middle-eastern, Asian, and even some castle-inspired buildings in North America.

http://www.intlistings.com/articles/200 ... the-world/

I'm not really a fan of that list. It's far too broad, featuring many buildings that are more like playhouses than actual castles. None of the entries in Canada for example should be considered IMO. If we're talking about buildings that are inspired by castles or look like castles, then why not the Disney castles, or the Excalibur in Vegas? This list is far too broad at the expense of some very real and very impressive castles. The Asian, Middle Eastern and European castles are certainly worthy of consideration, but I don't think anything in a place like Canada should be considered.

[Maedhros]

Ancient rather than medieval but here is a digital recreation of Persepolis anyway:

CLICK ME!

[Odysseus]

A page from David Nicolle's The Normans: Norman Castle

[Odysseus]

Photos from a (Polish, I think) reenactment group: http://picasaweb.google.com/Gwynowie/Gr ... PanaKacpra

[Muskey15]

Here's a nice castle, located in Germany:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuschwanstein
Enjoy!

-Muskey