The 18th century proved to be one of Yverdon's most favorable periods, marked by cultural and economic highlights.

Among the interesting monuments of Chojnów are the 13th century castle of the Dukes of Legnica ( currently used as a museum ), two old churches, the Baszta Tkaczy ( Weavers ' Tower ) and preserved fragments of city walls.

The area surrounding the castle ( known as the Yamanote ) consisted largely of daimyō ( feudal lords ') mansions, whose families lived in Edo as part of the sankin kōtai system ; the daimyō made journeys in alternating years to Edo, and used the mansions for their entourages.

Larger gates can be used for a whole building, such as a castle or fortified town, or the actual doors that block entry through the gatehouse.

Use of a cheirosiphōn (" hand-siphon "), a portable flamethrower, used from atop a flying bridge against a castle.

For most of Kenilworth's history the role of the castle garden, used for entertainment, would have been very distinct from that of the surrounding chase, used primarily for hunting.

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.

The ruined castle continued to be used as a farm, with the gatehouse as the principal dwelling ; the King's Gate was added to the outer bailey wall during this period for the use of farm workers.

As well as re-creating the look of the castle it was hoped that a new mere would be part of the ongoing flood alleviation plan for the area and that the lake could be used for boating and other waterside recreations.

The descriptions given by the contemporary chroniclers make it possible that a second, purely militarily used castle existed near the settlement, yet neither is this certain nor have archaeological efforts been able to locate traces thereof.

The name Mecklenburg derives from a castle named " Mikilenburg " ( Old Saxon: " big castle ", thus the Grecised name variant Megalopolis used in Medieval Latin sources ), located between the cities of Schwerin and Wismar.

The architect conceived the great square tower as the keep of a legislative " castle " ( echoing his selection of the portcullis as his identifying mark in the planning competition ), and used it as the royal entrance to the Palace and as a fireproof repository for the archives of Parliament.

The supernatural element is based on the story of Castle Wewelsburg, a 17th century castle occupied by the Germans under Heinrich Himmler's control, and used for occult rituals and practices.

Don Rosa used the castle in The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck, Parts 1, 5, and 9, and in A Letter from Home / The Old Castle's Other Secret.

The Carolingian castle was used as a quarry, as it had started to fall into ruin.

Tyrol stormed the Pass of Calliano and later besieged the castle at Rovereto using a massive bombard, one of the earliest times such a large piece had been used in warfare.

During the war the castle was used as a hostel for physically handicapped children who had been evacuated from the London area.

In the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s, the castle was used as a location for shooting films and television programmes.

The Albrechtsburg, the former residence of the House of Wettin, is regarded as being the first castle to be used as a royal residence in the German-speaking world.

Another official residence is Windsor Castle, the largest occupied castle in the world, which is used principally at weekends, Easter and during Royal Ascot, an annual race meeting that is part of the social calendar.

Canteen kitchens ( and castle kitchens ) were often the places where new technology was used first.

This name was used for the castle of the Counts of Flanders, built on dry land in the middle of the marsh.

The whole scenery of landscape, artificial lake, castle, and Renaissance garden was ingeniously used for the entertainment.

The Motorcycles used in the chase from the castle were a mixed bag: the scout model with sidecar in which Indy and Henry escape was an original BMW R75, complete with machine gun pintle on the sidecar, while the pursuing vehicles were more modern machines dressed up with equipment and logos to make them resemble German army models.

No one wanted a larger family or no children, and none hoped for a castle or said that living in less settled circumstances would be satisfactory.

The Castello Vecchio (" old castle "), a ruined citadel, was believed to be Roman but turned out to have Gothic features.

The architecture of the new house is considered to be somewhat dated for its time, being similar in style to the demolished castle of the 1830s, in contrast to the richer forms of Scots Baronial being developed by William Burn and others during the 1850s.

The ballroom is the only room in the castle which can be viewed by the public.

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

He asks the innkeeper, whom he thinks to be the lord of the castle, to dub him a knight.

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.

When a castle appears on the event die, progress cards of the corresponding type may be drawn depending on the value of the red die.

In 1516, after a failed Navarrese-French attempt to expel the Spanish invaders from the kingdom, an attempt in which Francis ' brothers had taken part, the Spanish Castilian kingdom's Governor, Cardinal Cisneros, ordered family lands to be confiscated, the demolition of the outer wall, the gates and two towers of the family castle, the moat was filled, and the height of the keep was reduced in half.

In the published version of Henry IV, Part 1, Falstaff's name is always unmetrical, suggesting a name change after the original composition ; Prince Hal refers to Falstaff as " my old lad of the castle " in the first act of the play ; the epilogue to Henry IV, Part II, moreover, explicitly disavows any connection between Falstaff and Oldcastle, a dancer declaring: "... where, for anything I know, Falstaff shall die of a sweat, unless already ' a be killed with your hard opinions ; for Oldcastle died a martyr and this is not the man ".

* 1160-The Almohad Sultan Abd al-Mu ' min ordered that a permanent settlement, including a castle, be built.

* 1502 10 July – By a Royal Warrant passed in Toledo by Isabella I of Castile, Gibraltar was granted its coat of arms: " An escutcheon on which the upper two thirds shall be a white field and on the said field set a red castle, and below the said castle, on the other third of the escutcheon, which must be a red field in which there must be a white line between the castle and the said red field, there shall be a golden key which hangs by a chain from the said castle, as are here figured ".

* Dachau Palace: a medieval castle which became the favourite residence of the Bavarian dukes in the 16th century.

Only the family residence inside the castle was left.

The keep had a vaulted basement, at least three upper stories, and served as a residence for the lord of the castle throughout the castle's history.

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

The Musée Ingres, on the site of a castle of the Counts of Toulouse and once the residence of the bishops of Montauban, stands at the east end of the bridge.

The castle has been the equivalent of a holiday residence for the Giudichessa Eleanor of Arborea, and was object of alternate possession by the Giudicato d ' Arborea and the Aragon, during the long fight before the Spanish conquest.

The sources do agree that Romulus took up residence in the Lucullan Villa, an ancient castle originally built by Lucullus in Campania.

In his final years, the castle became Richard's favourite residence, and writs and charters were written at Château Gaillard bearing " apud Bellum Castrum de Rupe " ( at the Fair Castle of the Rock ).

Conversely, he required samurai to leave the land and take up residence in the castle towns.

It was the capital of France at the time of Louis XI, who had settled in the castle of Montils ( today the castle of Plessis in La Riche, western suburbs of Tours ), Tours and Touraine remained until the 16th century a permanent residence of the kings and court.

From 1555 to 1798 the castle became residence to the bailiffs and then to the prefects sent by Fribourg.

Thus, the castle loses its fortress appearance to become a stately residence.

In 1785 the castle ceased to be a royal residence and was converted into barracks for the army.

She returned, afterwards, to Mayo and took up residence at the family castle or tower-house on Clare Island.

The nickname may also have come from the fact that he controlled the ironworks at Burrishoole, where his principal castle and residence were.

Isabella di Aragona, princess of Naples and widow of the Duke of Milan Gian Galeazzo Sforza, enlarged the castle, which she made her residence, 1499 – 1524.

John of Gaunt strengthened the castle, adding the Great Hall, and the castle became a favourite residence of the House of Lancaster.

The new name chosen, Windsor, had absolutely no connection other than as the name of the castle which was and continues to be a royal residence.

In the 10th century Rouen became the capital of the Duchy of Normandy and residence of the dukes, until William the Conqueror established his castle at Caen.

Initially, however, their residence and the centre of the territory was the castle of Plassenburg in Kulmbach.