In 1693 Morosini resumed command, but his only acts were to refortify the castle of Aegina, which he had demolished during the Cretan war in 1655, the cost of upkeep being paid as long as the war lasted, by the Athenians, and to place it and Salamis under Malipiero as Governor.

The castle was later rebuilt at a cost of £ 2, 174 between 1307 and 1312 by Edward I and later completed by Edward II, including the great keep.

In 1220 he decided to seal Castle McDuck, the clan's main castle, dungeons in an attempt to decrease the maintenance cost of the castle.

During the 16th century, Queen Elizabeth received a carved and bejeweled narwhal tusk for £ 10, 000 — the cost of a castle ( approximately £ 1. 5 — 2. 5 Million in 2007, using the retail price index ).

However, it was decided to close the aviary in October 2012 as it was felt the charity managing the castle could better use the £ 200, 000 a year it cost to keep the aviary running.

The total financial cost cannot be calculated with certainty, but estimates suggest that Edward's castle building programme cost at least £ 80, 000 – four times the total royal expenditure on castles between 1154 and 1189.

The buyer wanted to demolish the castle complex and develop the land, but the cost of destroying the castle was estimated to be too great, and it was again spared.

In order to preserve the castle complex, substantial repair work was undertaken starting in 1956, with a labor expenditure of 250, 000 man-days and a cost of 550 million yen.

The lands he was given included Kenilworth – a castle of comparative size, cost, and importance, founded by Clinton – which is about to the north.

Colonel John Jones became the castle governor and a garrison was installed inside, at a cost of £ 1, 703 a year.

The castle requires ongoing maintenance and repairs cost £ 58, 000 over the 2002 – 03 financial year.

The castle was essentially complete by the end of 1289, having cost an estimated £ 8, 190, around 10 percent of the £ 80, 000 that Edward spent on castle-building in Wales between 1277 and 1304.

Edward's accountants did not separate the costs of the town walls from that of the castle, and the total cost of the two projects came to around £ 15, 000, a huge sum for the period.

The castle requires ongoing maintenance and repairs cost £ 30, 000 over the 2002-03 financial year.

* In 1938, Siegfried Taubert was in charge of developing the castle, when Himmler inquired about the cost of installing a planetarium.

In 1244, when the Scots threatened to invade England, King Henry III visited the castle and ordered it to be rebuilt in white limestone, at a cost of about ₤ 2, 600.

Henry employed master mason Henry de Rayns and chief carpenter Simon of Northampton for the project, and the cost of the tower accounted for the majority of the overall expenditure on the castle during this period of work.

Sir Christopher Musgrave produced a report for the Crown in 1682 ; he argued that it would cost at least £ 30, 000 to turn the castle into a modern fortification, producing a proposal for the six bastions that such a star fort would require.

Meanwhile, the garrison and the castle had become extremely unpopular with the people of York, who disliked both the cost and the imposition of external authority.

The cost of the work on the castle undertaken between 1875 and 1914 was estimated to be 16, 000, 000 Romanian lei in gold ( approx.

This took place at Eglinton castle and is said to have cost him £ 30, 000 or £ 40, 000.

Since 1987 an illustration of the castle has featured on the reverse side of £ 100 notes issued by the Royal Bank of Scotland.

He regarded Knaresborough as an important northern fortress and spent £ 1, 290 on improvements to the castle.

Al-Fayed has invested more than £ 20 million in the estate, restored the 14th century pink Balnagowan castle, and created a tourist accommodation business.

* 1992 – In England, a fire breaks out in Windsor Castle, badly damaging the castle and causing over £ 50 million worth of damage.

In 1988 the castle was purchased by an American, Evelyn Graybill, for £ 1 million.

However in October the royal army was obliged to retreat and Henry agreed to destroy the half-built castle in exchange for the payment of £ 2, 000 by Llywelyn.

The Stewarts sold the castle in 1852 and, after passing though the hands of some 6 owners, it was sold for the final time in 1922 to a local farmer for the princely sum of £ 100.

Surrounding manors also fed in resources to the castle ; in twelve months between 1275-6, £ 434 was received by the castle from the wider region.

Thomas's son, Theophilus Howard, fell heavily into debt and sold the castle, the estate and the former Great Park to Sir Robert Hitcham in 1635 for £ 14, 000 ; as with several other established parks, such as Eye, Kelsale and Hundon, the Great Park was broken up turned into separate estates.

Possession of the castle was subsequently restored to Sir Eustace Maxwell, Sir Herbert's son, who at first embraced the cause of John Balliol, and in 1312 received from Edward I an allowance of £ 20 for the more secure keeping of the castle.

At the other end of the scale the fire at Windsor Castle in 1992 opened up a national debate about how the burnt out castle wing should be replaced, the degree to which modern designs should be introduced and who should pay the £ 37 million costs (£ 50. 2 million in 2009 terms ).

Francis Greville commissioned Lancelot Brown to relandscape the castle grounds ; he began working on the grounds and park in 1749 and had completed his work by 1757, having spent about £ 2, 293 (£ as of ).

When work finally ceased around 1330 a total of £ 15, 000 had been spent, a huge sum for the period, but the castle remained incomplete.

This work finally halted in 1330 with the castle still not built to its intended height ; by the end of the project, £ 15, 000 had been spent, a colossal sum for the period.

A royal survey in 1343 suggested that at least a further £ 684 would be needed to complete the castle, but this was never invested.

Thomas Bulkeley, whose family had been been involved in the management of the castle for several centuries, held Beaumaris for the king and may have spent around £ 3, 000 improving its defences.

Geoffrey de Rancon's Château de Taillebourg, the castle Richard retreated to after Henry II's forces captured 60 knight s and 400 archers who fought for Richard when Saintes was captured.

* The Twickel castle near Delden can only be observed from the outside, but the major part of its parks and woods ( 60 square km ) are freely accessible.

With a 60 ft. turret, it takes on the slight appearance of a castle, contrasting with the surrounding architecture.

Under Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl, the castle defences were significantly enhanced in 1330 – 60 on the north eastern side by the addition of a gatehouse, a barbican ( a form of fortified gateway ), and a tower on either side of the reconstructed wall, named Caesar's Tower and Guy's Tower.

The castle sat atop a 200-foot ( 60 m ) tall hill which in recent years was being used as the Mexican Military Academy.

By 1090 AD, the Seljuq vizier Nizam al-Mulk had already given orders for Hasan ’ s arrest and therefore Hasan was living in hiding in the northern town of Qazvin, approximately 60 km from the Alamut castle.

There are a total of 60 discrete rooms in the castle, on five separate floors.

He was so impressed with the castle he gave a yearly income of 60 marks to the Master and 40 to the brothers.

The area of Casa Grande, the " castle ", is 60, 645 square feet ( 5, 634 m² ).

The castle is built on the foundations ( or the podium ) of the earlier Roman temple of Claudius ( built between AD 54 – 60 ).

The Kikkawa clan held this castle and Iwakuni Han, which was assessed at 30 000 ( later 60 000 ) koku.

In 1957 the castle offered 270 beds and 60 emergency spaces and was thus the third largest youth hostel in Rhineland-Palatinate, after those in Koblenz and Mainz.

Kiyomasa led the defense of the castle, successfully holding Chinese general Yang Hao's ( 楊鎬 ) army at bay, which numbered 60, 000.

Apart from Dover, the only castle to hold out against Louis was that at Windsor, where 60 loyalist knights survived a two-month siege, despite severe damage to the structure of its lower ward ( immediately repaired in 1216 by Henry III, who further strengthened the defences with the construction of the western curtain wall, much of which survives today ).

In 1860, the canton sold the castle for 60, 000 francs to Konrad Pestalozzi-Scotchburn of Zürich.

The remains of the old Roman walled fortress located 60 metres ( 200 ft ) above the countryside to the south and west, proved an ideal strategic position to construct a new castle.

Once you reach the entrance of the cave you find yourself in a narrow gap between the cliff on your left and part of the castle wall which stretches upwards for about 60 feet to the walkway above.

Bruno chose Kroměříž to become his see and he also made his castle the centre of his dominion which consisted of more than 60 vassals from the whole of Moravia.

Probably the most notable room in the castle ( unique in all of Germany ) is the Hunting Room ( Jagdzimmer ) of 1632, which is entirely made of marquetry wood inlay, done up with over 60 marquetry panels, deeply coffered marquetry ceilings and a wood paneled floor.

To the north the long low line of the Mourne Mountains, 100 kilometres ( 60 mi ) and more away, are clearly visible when recent rains have left the washed air clear, while the islands of Lambay and Ireland's Eye give an added beauty to the sea-scape which lies beyond the wind-blown causeway which leads on and up to the rhododendron covered slopes above the ancient castle of Howth.