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Originally Posted by BigSwede
And then there´s Burg Hohenzollern, the mother of all medieval fairytale castles:
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Not really, because the castle we see now largely dates back from the 19th century... that is to say 5 centuries after the end of the middle ages!
Most of the German "romantic castles" are 'medieval revival" but are actually of the modern era.
The main sources of inspiration og the architects of the "Romantic castles" was the Loire Valley castles such as Ussé Castle (the place that inspired Perrault for Cindirella (cendrillon) tale.
Ussé (XV / XVI centuries) is really the mother of all the folowing "fairy tale castles"
which itself is not really medieval but REnaissance with medival features. This is why the Castles of the Loire Valley are famous, it is that they were in the turning point between the military architecture typical of the middle ages architecture, and with the Renaissance idea of pleasure (non defensive) palaces.
Well, since I'm from the region that is most famous in France for these early renaissance Castles; let's psot the most famous ones:
Chambord:
Chenonceaux:
Chaumont:
Azay-le-Rideau
Amboise:
for the other less known:
Châteaux of the Loire Valley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The one close form my home is Chinon's Caslte, but it is not a renaissance caslte, but really a true medieval military construction (forteresse);
But the most impressive medieval fortress in France is probably the cité of Carcasonne (old town):
Some cities are still largely made of the old medieval fortress-town; such as Aigues Mortes in Camargue:
As for the "palaces", which are also called "chateau" (castle) in french, but is a quite different thing to medieval fortresses: We have some good samples:
Versailles:
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