Greatest castles

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Vianden Castle is really impressive. I was passing it when driving through Luxembourg.
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Hammershus on Bornholm in Denmark (sadly just a ruin now) looks quite good..
Not really a castle, but i can´t understand why nobody havde mentioned the chinese wall?

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Albatross_Viking wrote:Hammershus on Bornholm in Denmark (sadly just a ruin now) looks quite good..
Not really a castle, but i can´t understand why nobody havde mentioned the chinese wall?

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Im actually in the same opion, blueandwhite.

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Over on MOCpages Professor Eggplant gives us a huge list of the best builders.
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Blego7 wrote:Over on MOCpages Professor Eggplant gives us a huge list of the best builders.
I don't think you've read what this thread was really about before you replied, did you? ;)
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Aliencat wrote:
Blego7 wrote:Over on MOCpages Professor Eggplant gives us a huge list of the best builders.
I don't think you've read what this thread was really about before you replied, did you? ;)
Haha my mistake I meant to say castle builders. It follows then that the best castles will come from the best castle builders. Well just to keep the cat in order I will say Estuary Stronghold by Eggy and then Brickistan by Sandy.
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Blego7 wrote:
Aliencat wrote:
Blego7 wrote:Over on MOCpages Professor Eggplant gives us a huge list of the best builders.
I don't think you've read what this thread was really about before you replied, did you? ;)
Haha my mistake I meant to say castle builders. It follows then that the best castles will come from the best castle builders. Well just to keep the cat in order I will say Estuary Stronghold by Eggy and then Brickistan by Sandy.
I have to back up Aliencat here. You didn't really read what this thread was about did you? Its about real castles.... :D

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HAHAHA!!! woops.... That's one way to start off your cc-career! :oops: So I would say Bodiam Castle in England and then Fortaleza castle in Dominican Republic because it has a really diverse style and is the first castle in the Americas. *goes and cries in corner.
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Blego7 wrote:*goes and cries in corner.
You can come out of the corner now. Your time out is over. ;)

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well, I like the tower of london. it is easily defended. (plus 2 queens got killed there)

ooh i know the best castles are in George RR Martin's westeros (go Storms end!)
oh or, Brickmoor castle (LEGO)
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I don't think I have visited enough castles in enough countries to make a declaration for one country over another. However, the only castle I have visited that made me feel like I might be stepping into a storybook was Burg Eltz in Germany.

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I think one of the nicest looking is Bodiam castle, England
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Sir Ninja Pilot wrote:I was just wondering which country you guy's think had the greatest castles? (I think France.)
England/Wales would be my first choice.
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Well there are so many in Europe. But these are among my favourite castles - only 8 of over 10000 in Germany which are still standing. So it is really difficult to make a decision.

Kasselburg/Eifel http://www.burgenwelt.de/kasselburg/kasselburg.htm
Manderscheid/Eifel http://de.academic.ru/pictures/dewiki/6 ... scheid.jpg
Linn/Krefeld http://burgerbe.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/linn2.jpg I visit this castle frequently as it is next to my in-laws :D
Muenzenberg/Wetterau http://www.burgenwelt.de/muenzen/muenzen.htm
Ehrenburg/Mosel http://www.burgen-net.de/moselburgen/eh ... enburg.jpg
Landeck/Pfalz http://www.burgenwelt.de/frameset.htm
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