The necromantic change from the palace at Sparta to Faust's Gothic castle directs us to the aesthetic meaning of the myth -- the translation of antique drama into Shakespearean and romantic guise.

Granuaile maintained a castle at Kildownet in the 16th century.

She died broken-hearted in July of the next year, at the castle of Poissy, and was buried in the Convent of St Corentin, near Nantes.

Rather than face this ordeal, Alexei fled to Vienna and placed himself under the protection of his brother-in-law, the emperor Charles VI, who sent him for safety first to the Tirolean fortress of Ehrenberg ( near Reutte ), and finally to the castle of Sant ' Elmo at Naples.

He grew up at the castle of his father, and was brought up alongside his older brother Esbern Snare and the young prince Valdemar, who later became King Valdemar I of Denmark.

Accepting his supposed hospitality, at a traditional time for settling differences, the influential Welsh leaders of the surrounding areas nearly all arrived, proffered their swords as tokens of peaceful intent to servants and, unarmed, were ushered further into the castle where de Braose's armed soldiers hacked them down in cold blood.

It was a mid-summer shoot and while on location on a huge castle set that was built near Acton, California on the edge of the Mojave Desert, the cast and crew endured very hot conditions during the day and very cold temperatures at night.

Charles provided the voice-over commentary for the UK version of the Japanese game show Takeshi's Castle, shown on Challenge and Ftn ( 2002 – 2004 ), in which contestants attempted to pass a series of near-impossible physical challenges, to reach the final showdown at the castle and win cash prizes.

Popular tourist attractions include the archaeological sites of the Minoan civilisation, the Venetian old city and port of Chania, the Venetian castle at Rethymno, the gorge of Samaria, the islands of Chrysi, Elafonisi, Gramvousa, and Spinalonga and the Palm Beach of Vai, which is the largest natural palm forest in Europe.

Henry IV begging forgiveness of Pope Gregory VII at Canossa, the castle of the Countess Matilda, 1077.

When a shipment of family heirloom restored portraits arrives at the castle, Laura finds one of her ancestors, " Mircalla, Countess Karnstein ", dated 1698.

In the Palamedes and other works, the castle is eventually destroyed by King Mark of Cornwall after the loss of Arthur at the Battle of Camlann.

On 16 March 1244, a large and symbolically important massacre took place, where over 200 Cathar Perfects were burnt in an enormous fire at the prat dels cremats near the foot of the castle.

He sets out in the early morning and ends up at an inn, which he believes to be a castle.

Largely complete by 1230, the castle was of typical Norman courtyard design, with a central square without a keep, bounded on all sides by tall defensive walls and protected at each corner by a circular tower.

Under Fakhr-al-Dīn II ( Fakhreddin II ), the Druze dominion increased until it included almost all Syria, extending from the edge of the Antioch plain in the north to Safad in the south, with a part of the Syrian desert dominated by Fakhr-al-Din's castle at Tadmur ( Palmyra ), the ancient capital of Zenobia.

The count put it in the famous chapel of his castle at Erbach in the Odenwald.

The Teutonic Order built a castle and founded Elbing at the lake with a population mostly from Lübeck ; today the much smaller lake does not reach the city any more.

The victorious Teutonic Knights built a castle at Elbing near, if not on top of, the destroyed Prussian town of Truso.

In the spring of 1130, when Eleanor was six, her four-year-old brother William Aigret and their mother died at the castle of Talmont, on Aquitaine's Atlantic coast.

On 11 March 1152, they met at the royal castle of Beaugency to dissolve the marriage.

The third wedding is that of Carrie and Hamish at a Scottish castle.

In the Castle of Wolfenbach the castle that Matilda seeks refugee at while on the run is believed to haunted.

In Romance of the Forest Adeline and the La Mottes live in constant fear of discovery by either the police or Adeline ’ s father and, at times, certain characters believe the castle to be haunted.

The story opens on a chilly night at Elsinore, the Danish royal castle.

* The castle at Barnard Castle: English Heritage

Sir Henry Vane the Elder purchased the castle in 1626 and neighbouring Barnard Castle from the Crown, and as the Earls of Darlington and Dukes of Cleveland, a Gothic-style entrance hall and octagon-shaped drawing room were added.

It is the home and seat of John Vane, 11th Baron Barnard, who is the present lord of the castle.

After the Rising of the North the castle became the property of the Crown for over forty three years, before being bought by Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington who previously resided at Barnard Castle in County Durham.

* Barnard Castle, a castle and its surrounding town in Teesdale, County Durham, England

In response, Gilbert sued Christopher for the damages to the castle in the case Vane vs. Lord Barnard 1716.

* Altenberg Castle ( Germany ), a ruined castle near Dietenheim in Baden-Württemberg

* Altenberg Castle, a ruined castle near Füllinsdorf, Canton Basel-Landschaft

File: Innsbruck castle courtyard. jpg | Innsbruck Castle Courtyard, 1494, Gouache and watercolour on paper

Malbork Castle, former Ordensburg of the Teutonic Order-biggest brick castle in the world

File: Ogrodzieniec castle 20070504 1037. jpg | Ruins of the Ogrodzieniec Castle, built on the King's order

One of the oldest is Dublin Castle, which was first founded as a major defensive work on the orders of King John of England in 1204, shortly after the Norman invasion of Ireland in 1169, when it was commanded that a castle be built with strong walls and good ditches for the defence of the city, the administration of justice, and the protection of the King ’ s treasure.

* Stephen King's The Dark Tower series mentions Discordia in several contexts ; one of the main characters, Mordred Deschain, is from Discordia, and the castle that is home to the main antagonist is called Castle Discordia.

The city was laid out as a castle town around Edo Castle.

The Castle of Xabier | castle of the Xavier family was later acquired by the Company of Jesus.

The Tower of Homage of the castle remains standing today ( Moorish Castle ).

Matilda finds asylum in the Castle of Wolfenbach: a castle inhabited by old married caretakers who claim that the second floor is haunted.

In the Crescent is the classical style church of St Mary in the Castle ( its name recalling the old chapel in the castle above ) now in use as an arts centre.

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 ).

Starting in 1717, he is documented as working in Bavaria in the Castle of Nymphenburg ( 1719 ); in the castle of Schleissheim ( 1725 – 1729 ); and in the Benedictine abbey of Ottobeuren.

Much of the right-hand court of Kenilworth Castle is occupied by the castle garden.

The first guidebook to the castle, A Concise history and description of Kenilworth Castle, was printed in 1777 with many later editions following in the coming decades.

Specifically, he participated in the attempt to take Fushimi castle by assault in July 1600, in the defense of the besieged Gifu Castle in August of the same year, and finally in the Battle of Sekigahara.

* Ordensburg Marienburg ( Malbork Castle ), the large brick castle built by the Teutonic Knights

* Marienburg Castle, Ostalbkreis, a castle in Niederalfingen near Aalen, Germany

* Marienburg Castle, Hanover, a castle in Hanover district, residence of the Prince of Hanover

* Marienburg Castle, Hildesheim, a castle in Hildesheim, Lower Saxony