A castle (from Latin castellum) is a type of fortified structure built in Europe and the Middle East during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars debate the scope of the word castle, but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble. This is distinct from a fortress, which were not always a residence for nobility, and from a fortified town, which was a public defence, though there are many similarities between these types of construction. Usage of the term has varied over time and has been applied to structures as diverse as hill forts and country houses. Over the approximately 900 years that castles were built they took on a great many forms with many different features, although some, such as curtain walls and arrowslits, were commonplace.
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| Kremlin Castle Moskow |
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| Kilchurn Castle Loch Awe Scotland |
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| Taktshang Castle |
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| Bodiam castle |
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| Neuschwanstein castle |
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| Conwy castle |
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| StMawes Castle |
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| Fayrac Manor Beynac France |
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| Frederiksborg Castle Hillerod Denmark |
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| Hagenau Castle Austria |
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| Harlech Castle Gwynedd Wales United Kingdom |
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| Hohenschwangau Castle Bavaria Germany |
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| Hohenwerfen Castle Austria |
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| Wolfsegg Castle Bavaria Germany |
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Karlstein Castle Czech Republic
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Allerton castle
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