The castle also hosted the Northern Ireland peace talks held in September 2004 led by Tony Blair.

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.

* 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.

After the defeat of the Teutonic Knights and the destruction of the castle by the inhabitants, the city successively was under the sovereignty of the Polish crown ( 1466 ), the Kingdom of Prussia ( 1772 ), and Germany ( 1871 ).

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

The crusaders, led not by Frederick but by his representatives Richard Filangieri, Henry IV, Duke of Limburg, and Hermann of Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights, arrived in the east late in 1227, and while waiting for the emperor they set about refortifying Sidon, where they built the sea castle, and Montfort, which later became the headquarters of the Teutonic Knights.

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

The Teutonic Knights built a castle in the vicinity of the Polish settlement in the years 1230-31.

* Ruins of 13th-century Teutonic Knights ' castle

* 1271 – April 8 – Mamluk sultan Baibars continues his territorial expansion, capturing the strategically important castle Krak des Chevaliers from the Knights Hospitaller in present-day Syria.

* April 8 – Mamluk sultan Baibars continues his territorial expansion, capturing the strategically important castle Krak des Chevaliers from the Knights Hospitaller in present-day Syria.

Although the Knights lifted the siege of the castle after a month, they reduced much of the outer city to ruins.

Ordensburg castle built by the Teutonic Knights

The Teutonic Knights began the construction of Ordensburg castle in 1347 as a stronghold against the Old Prussians, and the settlement of Allenstein was first mentioned the following year.

In 1336, after the Prussian Crusade, the Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights Dietrich von Altenburg founded a castle called Instierburg at the site of a former Old Prussian fortification.

Having driven the Knights Templar away, fearing their return the Nicosians demolished the castle of the city almost to its foundations.

The fortress Malbork Castle | Ordensburg Marienburg, founded in 1274, the world ’ s largest brick castle and the Teutonic Knights | Teutonic Order's headquarters on the River Nogat.

Teutonic Knights castle ruin

Before grinding and burning much of the remaining sculpture of the Mausoleum into lime for plaster, the Knights removed several of the best works and mounted them in the Bodrum castle.

Today, the massive castle of the Knights of Malta still stands in Bodrum, and the polished stone and marble blocks of the Mausoleum can be spotted built into the walls of the structure.

* Monastery of St. Catherine, once a castle held by the Knights Hospitaller.

During the conquest and Christianization of Prussia, the Teutonic Knights conquered an Old Prussian settlement named Brusebergue in 1240 and built in 1242 a new castle atop it on the Passarge ( Pasłęka ) River.

Every castle she lived in was equipped with a gymnasium, the Knights ' Hall of the Hofburg was converted into one, mats and balance beams were installed in her bedchamber so that she could practice on them each morning, and the imperial villa at Ischl was fitted with gigantic mirrors so that she could correct every movement and position.

** Memelburg, the Ordensburg in Memel, a castle built in 1252 by Teutonic Knights which was the nucleus for the city

Then the Teutonic Knights left the castle.

The Teutonic Knights founded an Ordensburg castle in 1232 and a town the following year.

Connected to the castle to the east is a large cathedral ( built 1343-1384 ) containing the tombs of the bishops as well those of three Grand Masters of the Teutonic Knights.