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Sign of a good city or an excuse to be dragged somewhere boring by parents on 'a run in the car'? Castle-o-thread, please.

― Mippy, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 16:17 (seventeen years ago) link

Actually, I only started this thread for the lulz but actually I'm doing RESEARCH now.

― Mippy, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 16:20 (seventeen years ago) link

Boring? Boring???!?!?

Castles are AWESOME, what are you talking about?

Combine two of my passions - architecture and history. How much more classic can you get?

― Masonic Boom, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 16:20 (seventeen years ago) link

Well, depends on the day and whether it's a complete ruin or has groovy Tudor tableaux, innit.

Bolton Abbey isn't technically a castle, but it's definitely my favourite ruin. So atmospheric. I miss it.

― Mippy, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 16:37 (seventeen years ago) link

I love both - slighted castles (what they call ones that were ruined to stop them being used again) are wonderful for romantic dreaming and mock sieges and the like.

I love the ones that have grown and incorporated other elements - places like Penshurst Place that started as defensive castles and just grew into sprawling country mansions as the country grew less turbulent and the fortunes of its owners changed...

― Masonic Boom, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 16:39 (seventeen years ago) link

Castles are great, especially ruins. I like ruins.

Corfe Castle is nice, and St Michaels Mount (is that a castle?). I don't spend enough time visiting castles, I should address this situation.

Also, I love going to the castle shop. I have a load of badges from various castles that I visited on family holidays.

― jel --, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 18:18 (seventeen years ago) link

wales is pretty great for castles -- esp. conway and caernarfon.

― Eisbaer, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 18:22 (seventeen years ago) link

Oh, but those castles are signs of ENGLISH IMPERIALISM and therefore evil. I think. They are very pretty, though.

― Masonic Boom, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 18:23 (seventeen years ago) link

http://psc.apl.washington.edu/HLD/CBL/Teacher/Webcode/020826.Candyland_Game.jpg

CASTLE IST ICE CREAM

― Abbott, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 18:25 (seventeen years ago) link

ALL good castles are signs of imperialism, though! i'm unaware of politically correct armaments.

― Eisbaer, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 18:26 (seventeen years ago) link

Crusaders' castles fighting the evil infidel hoards... oh wait.

― Masonic Boom, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 18:26 (seventeen years ago) link

I love ruins.

― Ms Misery, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 18:28 (seventeen years ago) link

My favourite castle, and of Welsh origin, although rebuilt by the English: Carreg Cennen

― dubmill, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 18:29 (seventeen years ago) link

Castle Badge Inventory:

Alnwick Castle
Hever Castle
Edinburgh Castle
Bamburgh Castle
Manorbier Castle
Windsor Castle
Ludlow Castle
Pembroke Castle

Not sure if they are Castles:

Abbotsford (Home of Sir Walter Scott)
Palace of Holyroadhouse
Bishop's Palace, St. Davids

― jel --, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 18:30 (seventeen years ago) link

eat your heart out, then, sam!

http://www.castlewales.com/ewloe02.jpg

this site is full of ruins

― Eisbaer, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 18:31 (seventeen years ago) link

(that's one of the main reasons why wales was my favorite part of the UK) :-)

― Eisbaer, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 18:32 (seventeen years ago) link

Kenilworth Castle is incredibly imposing:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Kenilworth_Castle_gatehouse_landscape.jpg/800px-Kenilworth_Castle_gatehouse_landscape.jpg

― Mark C, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 18:34 (seventeen years ago) link

see, things like that are awesome since you can find nothing that old in north america.

― Ms Misery, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 18:35 (seventeen years ago) link

a special favorite that i visited was the rhuddlan castle. this picture, below, is great:

http://www.castlewales.com/rhuddlan05.jpg

― Eisbaer, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 18:36 (seventeen years ago) link

Bodiam Castle was the first I ever visited, on a school trip when I was 8:

http://www.fost.ndo.co.uk/Other%20Proc/image/bodiam-castle.palladium.jpg

― Mark C, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 18:37 (seventeen years ago) link

castle dunluce in northern ireland is really great, too -- not just the castle ruins themselves (though those are impressive enough), but the dramatic views from the ruins onto the sea:

http://www.travelsinireland.com/castle/dunluce.jpg

― Eisbaer, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 18:42 (seventeen years ago) link

that's beautiful, Eisbaer

The only real ruins I've ever visited were at Loch Ness and in Whitby.

― Ms Misery, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 18:47 (seventeen years ago) link

http://www.magazinusa.com/images_st2/ca/hearst_castle.jpg

― get bent, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 18:50 (seventeen years ago) link

My sister to thread!

Buy her book, it's terrific.

http://www.timesharebeat.com/yourworld/images/dreamsleeps2.jpg

― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 18:52 (seventeen years ago) link

Can I point out how enjoyable drawing a castle is? Almost as much as drawing a robot.

― Mippy, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 19:10 (seventeen years ago) link

see, things like that are awesome since you can find nothing that old in north america.

http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/resources/archives/images/wimg610/w61ss01.gif

http://www.planetware.com/i/photo/taos-pueblo-nmtaop1.jpg

― Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 19:31 (seventeen years ago) link

how old are those Christine?

The only thing I could think of were Mayan ruins and I thought might be more central america.

― Ms Misery, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 19:35 (seventeen years ago) link

I think I've been to those ruins in Christine's post. Arizona, right?

― chap, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 19:36 (seventeen years ago) link

Anaszai (the first one) is 11th century, and Taos Pueblo is 11th-15th century, depending on who you ask.

― Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 19:38 (seventeen years ago) link

Yah, the (er, a) crap thing about America is the severe lack of castles. Fuckin titles of nobility clause in the Constitution.

― Abbott, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 19:52 (seventeen years ago) link

Montezuma Castle, 1400 AD, Arizona

http://granite.sru.edu/~lmiller/GC/montezuma/montezuma_10005.jpg

― gabbneb, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 20:28 (seventeen years ago) link

Hampton Mansion, 1790, Maryland

http://www.aiabalt.com/0_images/0_events/Hampton.jpg

― gabbneb, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 20:31 (seventeen years ago) link

Kykuit, 1913, New York

http://cache.marriott.com/propertyimages/h/hpntr/phototour/hpntr_phototour08.jpg

― gabbneb, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 20:36 (seventeen years ago) link

Asian castles and forts make for a nice change of pace, too.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Himeji_Castle_M4690.jpg/600px-Himeji_Castle_M4690.jpg

CL "Smooth" Assic!

― Oilyrags, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 20:36 (seventeen years ago) link

Boarded up castle in the middle of Detroit. This thing is about four block from where I'm sitting right now and it never fails to sadden my soul each time I pass it on my way around town.
http://detroit1701.org/Graphics/GrandArmyofRepublicBldgA.jpg

― hypo emesis, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 21:10 (seventeen years ago) link

I went to Carcassonne in France last year, it was cheesy as hell and we had absolutely shithouse food and ze locals weren't that nice. But I LOVED it! Castles are hugely classic.

― Drooone, Thursday, 22 March 2007 05:48 (seventeen years ago) link

..Not that it's a fully fledged castle, more a "walled city" but it's got the castley vibe.

― Drooone, Thursday, 22 March 2007 05:52 (seventeen years ago) link

Denmark has some great castles. For example Frederiksborg slot:

http://www.helene.dk/ferie/frb_slot.jpg

and for all you Hamlet fans:

http://marebalticum.natmus.dk/Billeder/kronborg.jpg
http://lletresdelsinore.castpost.com/Profile/Elsinore%20-Kronborg.jpg

Actually this thread has made sure that I get no work done today. On to look for more castles!

― kv_nol, Thursday, 22 March 2007 10:44 (seventeen years ago) link

We've been to Gisors. It rocked.

http://www.riegelsberg.de/images/22102002_115823_Gisors.jpg

I PITY the fool that doesn't like castles.

― Noodle Vague, Thursday, 22 March 2007 10:49 (seventeen years ago) link

I LIKE BIG BUTT~~RESSE~~S AND I CANNOT LIE!

― kv_nol, Thursday, 22 March 2007 10:53 (seventeen years ago) link

(Incidentally I had one of the best kebabs I've ever eaten in Gisors.)

― Noodle Vague, Thursday, 22 March 2007 10:54 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm trying to remember all the castles I've been to.

Edinburgh, Dover, Pevensey, Harlech, Criccieth, Hurstmonceau (sp?), the Tower of London, and I'm sure there are more that I've just forgotten about.

― Forest Pines, Thursday, 22 March 2007 10:58 (seventeen years ago) link

http://community.iexplore.com/photos/journal_photos/268097f7644d4681bf4c688057cfd12e_prefRes.jpg

Coppinger Court - County Cork, Ireland.

http://www.cbs.umn.edu/studentservices/photos/denmark/Rosenborg%20Palace.jpg

Rosenborg Slot (I'm friendly with the curator but never got to go inside)

http://www.cbs.umn.edu/studentservices/photos/denmark/View%20of%20Amalienborg%20Palace.jpg

Amelienborg Palace (the Danish version of Buckingham palace. V friendly guards! A friend of mine went right up to them pissed as a fart holding a pint glass and they calmly gave him directions home which was impressive seeing as he was looking for the river that he needed to cross [there is no river in Copenhagen!]? Important to note, you can go right up to the door of the castle i.e. molotov throwing range! There's confidence in a lack of social revolt for you...)

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Dragons baby!

― kv_nol, Thursday, 22 March 2007 11:03 (seventeen years ago) link

Hmmmm. Hang on, two piz missing:

http://www.cbs.umn.edu/studentservices/photos/denmark/Bursen%20the%20Stock%20Exchange%20of%20Copenhagen.jpg

That's actually the stock exchange but here's the selling point as regards OTT and castle-yness: The Dragons:

http://www.cbs.umn.edu/studentservices/photos/denmark/The%20Stock%20Exchange.jpg

― kv_nol, Thursday, 22 March 2007 11:05 (seventeen years ago) link

http://www.southeastroads.com/louisiana001/us-011_fishermans_castle.jpg

― Gukbe, Thursday, 22 March 2007 11:13 (seventeen years ago) link

Isn't that from a "what you drive by on the way to work" kind of thread? What is it again?

― kv_nol, Thursday, 22 March 2007 11:17 (seventeen years ago) link

a fisherman's castle in louisiana, apparently.

― get bent, Thursday, 22 March 2007 11:29 (seventeen years ago) link

xpost

I was trying to remember the thread name. I'm glad it has gained mild internet message board noteriety, as I've been perplexed by it for most of my life.

castles are a total classic. I like Stirling myself.

― Gukbe, Thursday, 22 March 2007 11:44 (seventeen years ago) link

Droone reminded me - the astonishing town of Najac, south central France:

http://www.guidesdumidi.com/diaporama/albums/Aveyron/chato_najac.jpg

― Mark C, Thursday, 22 March 2007 12:44 (seventeen years ago) link

one year passes...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Castle_Arenberg%2C_Katholieke_Universiteit_Leuven_adj.jpg/800px-Castle_Arenberg%2C_Katholieke_Universiteit_Leuven_adj.jpg

Castle Arenberg, Belgium

― roxymuzak, Saturday, 10 January 2009 00:40 (fifteen years ago) link

my future house imo

― roxymuzak, Saturday, 10 January 2009 00:40 (fifteen years ago) link

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Neuschwanstein_Castle_LOC_print_rotated.jpg/800px-Neuschwanstein_Castle_LOC_print_rotated.jpg

― walterkranz, Saturday, 10 January 2009 03:17 (fifteen years ago) link

four weeks pass...

Was just coming here to post that exact picture.

― roxymuzak, Saturday, 7 February 2009 00:32 (fifteen years ago) link

http://www.oboylephoto.com/bannermans/bannermanns_05-15-05_205_13x19.jpg

― velko, Saturday, 7 February 2009 00:43 (fifteen years ago) link

Where's that?

― paulhw, Saturday, 7 February 2009 00:47 (fifteen years ago) link

Bannerman's Castle, Bannerman's Island, Hudson River, awesome modern ruins

― roxymuzak, Saturday, 7 February 2009 00:50 (fifteen years ago) link

ten months pass...

River Castle, Ever More an Apparition, Further Crumbles

By LIZ ROBBINS
Published: December 29, 2009

Bannerman’s Castle was already an enigmatic ruin in the middle of the Hudson River, a dreamy landmark for passing train travelers and a passionate cause for preservationists.

But then in the silence of last Saturday night, a large chunk of history suddenly disappeared when the castle’s stone, brick and cement sighed under a century’s weight of weather. Overnight, two-thirds of the eastern tower was gone, as well as one-third of the adjacent southern wall, leaving a gaping hole and concern over how to stop the crumbling.

;_;

― velko, Wednesday, 30 December 2009 04:36 (fourteen years ago) link

distinct lack of cornish castles

http://www.follytowers.com/Carn_Brea_Front.jpg

http://www.weddingvenues.com/images/listing_photos/446_pendennis1.jpg

http://www.cornwallcam.co.uk/bestofsouth/CopyrightCMW150701-1024.jpg

― Karen Tregaskin, Wednesday, 30 December 2009 10:04 (fourteen years ago) link

and of course probably the most famous cornish castle of them all

http://www.sacred-destinations.com/england/images/cornwall/st-michaels-mount/mount-cc-james-logan.jpg

― Karen Tregaskin, Wednesday, 30 December 2009 10:05 (fourteen years ago) link

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