His cavalry ravaged the nearby woods and the countryside, while the rest of the troopes moved to Turrus, a castle located in the present municipality of Algarinejo, which was surrounded within five days, while its environs were also devastated.

Founded by the Hassan-i Sabbah, the Assassins were active in the fortress of Alamut in Iran from the 8th to the 14th centuries, and also controlled the castle of Masyaf in Syria.

The city also has castle known as Margrafen – Schloss built between 1704-1738.

A citadel is also a term of the third part of a medieval castle, with higher walls than the rest.

Bruhn mentions a battle ( also mentioned by Fabricius ) taking place on September 10, 1217 between Christian knights and Moor warriors on the Iberian Peninsula near the castle Alcazar, where it is said that a golden cross on white appeared in the sky, to bring victory to the Christians.

The terms Hofenstaufen and Staufen also identified the family's castle in Swabia, located on an eponymous mountain near Göppingen.

According to Ducellier the Petrelë Castle | castle of Petrela was the access point to the region known with this name On the location of Arbanon see also

Castles mentioned within the story include Ashby de la Zouch Castle ( now a ruin in the care of English Heritage ), York ( though the mention of Clifford's Tower, likewise a still standing English Heritage property, is anachronistic, it not having been called that until later after various rebuilds ) and ' Coningsburgh ', which is based upon Conisbrough Castle, in the ancient town of Conisbrough near Doncaster ( the castle also being a popular English Heritage site ).

The capital has also been known as " Castro " or " Kastron " ( Καστρον ; meaning castle ).

Henry V also used Kenilworth extensively, but preferred to stay in the Pleasance, the mock castle he had built on the other side of the Great Mere.

King Duncan welcomes and praises Macbeth and Banquo, and declares that he will spend the night at Macbeth's castle at Inverness ; he also names his son Malcolm as his heir.

Mancala has also been found in Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece (" Mandoli ," Cyclades ) and in a remote castle in southern Germany ( Schloss Weikersheim ).

He also started to settle migrant Turcomans and town-dwelling Turks in the strategic city and castle of Gelibolu ( Gallipoli ), which had been devastated by a severe earthquake and was therefore evacuated by its inhabitants.

The region also includes the castle in Brzeg, built during the reign of the Piast dynasty — pearl of the Silesian Renaissance, the Franciscan monastery on top of Saint Anne Mountain, as well as the mediæval defence fortifications in Paczkow ( referred to as the Polish Carcassonne ).

Roads were also made within his domain between castle towns to not only facilitate trade, but also to move armies great distances in short timespans.

The clash with Lucca also concerned the possession of the castle of Montignoso and mainly the control of the, the main trade route between Rome and France.

" However, rhetorical analytic methods can also be applied to almost anything, including objects — a car, a castle, a computer, a comportment.

He also built Carreg Cennen castle near Llandeilo, a castle set in a spectacular position on amountain top.

Gruffydd is also said to have persuaded his father to annex the lordship of Cemais and its chief castle of Nevern, held by William FitzMartin, in 1191.

Alma-Tadema's paintings were also the inspiration for the design of the interior of Cair Paravel castle in the 2005 film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe .< ref >

Stephen also faced a military dilemma at Arundel — the castle was considered almost impregnable, and he may have been worried that he was tying down his army in the south whilst Robert roamed freely in the west.

The lands also included Dismal Downs, the Clan's castle which had been abandoned since 1675.

It has been also suggested that in the context the meaning of linda in the archaic Estonian language, that is similar to lidna in Votic, had the same meaning as linna or linn later on meaning a castle or town in English.

The castle has hosted a number of rock concerts and performances and has the capacity to accommodate over 10, 000 people.

For some years afterwards, the castle formed the main residence for visiting senior figures, and hosted Edward's son, the future Edward II in 1301 when he visited the region to receive homage from the Welsh leaders.

In the fall of 2009, the castle hosted Dracula, a site-specific dance choreographed by Miki Ohlsen and performed by the Newport-based Island Moving Company, with music by composer Felix Ventouras.

Throughout its history, the castle hosted some important personalities, from royalty and politicians to artists.

The castle hosted the 2011 Collaborative European Research Conference.

In 1528 he escaped Hungary and dwelled in castle in Tarnów in Poland, hosted by Jan Amor Tarnowski.

He is first seen at a party in the Austrian Alps hosted at Drake's castle.

Former Prime Minister Tony Blair has stayed at the castle on many occasions during negotiations related to the peace process, and hosted George W. Bush at the Castle for a one night visit in 2003

Rambouillet lies on the edge of the vast Forest of Rambouillet ( Forêt de Rambouillet or Forêt de l ' Yveline ), and is famous for its historical castle, the Château de Rambouillet, which hosted several international summits.

The lake is widely used for sailing and is popular with tourists ; the castle has hosted a number of events, especially weddings of actors and singers.

The castle hosted the Knights Templar's Grand Master of Castille.

* Enna: the cathedral of Enna ( from the early 14th century ) is the occasional site of music performances ; so it is the medieval castle ( 13th century ), one of the biggest fortresses in Sicily, which has hosted for decades the so called " Closest theater to stars ", name due to the altitude of the castle and town of Enna ( more than 950 m on the sea level ).

In addition to welcoming many of Nobunaga's powerful political guests, such as Tokugawa Ieyasu and Niwa Nagahide, Azuchi castle also hosted an event in 1579 which has come to be known as the Azuchi religious debate ( 安土宗論, Azuchi shūron ), taking place between leaders of the Nichiren and Jōdo-shū sects of Buddhism.

The castle has hosted several " Clan Egan " rallies in recent years.

Free family and community programs hosted at Belvedere Castle include " On A Wing " birding programs, stargazing, astronomy talks, storytimes with the Princess of Belvedere Castle, and the " Spooks at Belvedere " haunted castle event every Halloween.

The first written document that mentionins Odolanów dates back to 1301 during the Piast dynasty, when the location hosted a castle on the border between Greater Poland ( Wielkopolska ) and Silesia ( Śląsk ).

Together with his overlord the Prince-Elector of Mainz, the Burggraf of Lahneck Castle, Friedrich of Nuremberg, hosted many of many delegates sent by the cities at the castle.

It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984, and a much longer old " Northern loop " track which was built in the 1920s around the village and medieval castle of Nürburg in the Eifel mountains.

After the fall of the Northern Fujiwara in the Kamakura period, the territory was part of the domain assigned to the Nambu clan, and into the Sengoku period, it came under the control of the rival Tsugaru clan, whose main castle was located in Namioka.

The castle of Corroy-le-Château, one of the best conserved castles of this period in Northern Europe was bought by a Flemish artist Wim Delvoye for EUR 3. 3 million.

The castle and surrounding town of Narva became a possession of the Livonian Order in 1346, after the Danish king sold its lands in Northern Estonia.

The village developed next to a 10th century water castle at the Schunter river, probably erected by the Counts of Haldensleben who then held the office of margraves of the Northern March.

The castle was returned to Denmark after the Treaty of Stensby in 1238 and remained its property ( together with the rest of Northern Estonia – see Danish Estonia ) for the next 138 years.

Following the Great Northern War and the conquest of Estonia by the Russian Empire, the first half of the 18th century was a period of general neglect for Toompea and also for the castle, which fell into disuse for several decades.

From 1655-57 during the Northern Wars ( The Deluge ), the previously impregnable castle was captured by the Kingdom of Sweden and the town was heavily damaged.

In 1846 the castle was bought by the Edinburgh and Northern Railway Company in order to build an adjacent harbour for their railway ferry.

The decline of the town continued in the 18th century, when Nowy Sącz suffered more destruction during the Great Northern War and the Bar Confederation, when the castle was burned.

It is also a ' castle ,' with a " Bavarian village " of four villas all on of forest reserve that includes the McCloud River near Mount Shasta in Northern California.

Image: Chateau de Vincennes ( pixinn. net ). jpg | Northern wall and main entrance to the castle.

In 1701, during the Great Northern War, the Swedish army invaded Kuldīga Castle and in 1709 it became uninhabitable, but in the 19th century the castle ruins were relocated.

When the first secret ballot in the Northern Hemisphere was held in Pontefract on 15th August 1872, the ballot box used was sealed using a Pontefract cake stamp from Frank Dunhill ’ s factory, which shows the image of a castle and an owl.

During the Great Northern War the Castle suffered from Swedish occupation ( they barricade at the castle and kept their horses in the opera hall ), German bombing from the Praga bank and Krakowskie Przedmieście and several plundering by the Swedish, German and Russian troops ( the Tsar Peter I of Russia took to St. Petersburg all the paintings and other artefacts that preserved at the castle ).

Carrickfergus Castle is a Norman castle in Northern Ireland, situated in the town of Carrickfergus in County Antrim, on the northern shore of Belfast Lough.

In 1706, during the Great Northern War, the castle was sacked and its fortifications were destroyed.

The castle was damaged during the Northern War and was dismantled during the 18th century, later ( at the beginning of 19th century ) an observatory was built on the site.

Danish troops had ravaged the duke's lands during the Great Northern War and conquered its northern portions, including the ancestral seat of the dynasty of Holstein-Gottorp, Gottorp castle.

* The Northern shore of river Aura, where the castle lies, is called tois pual jokke (" the other side of the river ") in Turku dialect.

The plot centers around a bizarre murder mystery involving the death of former Nazi Adolf Schwartz, a caricature of Adolf Hitler, who was living in hiding in a Bavarian style castle in Northern California.

The Castle of Diósgyőr is a medieval castle in the historical town of Diósgyőr which is now part of the Northern Hungarian city Miskolc.

The castle and city suffered heavily in the 17th and 18th centuries, under attack from Sweden in the Polish-Swedish War and the Russians in the Great Northern War.