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Alcazaba of Málaga
Málaga, Spain
Alcazaba of Málaga is a major castles & fortresses stop in or near Málaga, offering climb through defensive gates and gardens for a compact introduction to Islamic Málaga and harbour views.
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Castle of Santa Bárbara
Alicante, Spain
Castle of Santa Bárbara is a major castles & fortresses stop in or near Alicante, offering go for castle history and some of the best panoramic views over Alicante and the Mediterranean.
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Alcázar of Segovia
Segovia, Spain
Alcázar of Segovia is a major castles & fortresses stop in or near Segovia, offering tour royal rooms, armour displays and a dramatic defensive position above two river valleys.
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Walls of Ávila
Ávila, Spain
Walls of Ávila is a major castles & fortresses stop in or near Ávila, offering walk accessible sections of the ramparts for towers, gates and broad views over the city and Castilian plateau.
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Alcázar of Toledo
Toledo, Spain
Alcázar of Toledo is a major castles & fortresses stop in or near Toledo, offering visit a commanding hilltop landmark whose museum displays connect military history with Toledo’s strategic position.
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Bellver Castle
Palma, Spain
Bellver Castle is a major castles & fortresses stop in or near Palma, offering climb above Palma for a compact medieval castle visit and broad bay views.
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Montjuïc Castle
Barcelona, Spain
Hilltop fortress with military history exhibitions and broad views over the port and city.
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Uppsala Castle
Uppsala, Sweden
Uppsala Castle is a significant destination in Uppland, centred on the castle’s position above Uppsala and its connection with sixteenth-century royal power, offering a strong visual and historical counterpoint to the…
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Skokloster Castle
Skokloster, Sweden
Skokloster Castle is a significant destination in Uppland, centred on an exceptionally intact seventeenth-century aristocratic residence where collections, interiors and an unfinished ceremonial room reveal both the…
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Gripsholm Castle
Mariefred, Sweden
Gripsholm Castle is a significant destination in Södermanland and Östergötland, centred on the combination of Vasa-era defensive architecture, later royal rooms and portraiture, all set beside Lake Mälaren and the small…
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Nyköping Castle
Nyköping, Sweden
Nyköping Castle is a significant destination in Södermanland and Östergötland, centred on a compact castle site with direct links to a well-known medieval Swedish dynastic episode, while the surviving structures also…
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Vadstena Castle
Vadstena, Sweden
Vadstena Castle is a significant destination in Södermanland and Östergötland, centred on the unusually clear transition from sixteenth-century fortress to royal residence, visible in both the defensive plan and the…
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Kalmar Castle
Kalmar, Sweden
Kalmar Castle is a significant destination in Småland and Öland, centred on the layered transformation of a medieval fortress into a Renaissance royal residence, with architecture that connects Kalmar to both…
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Borgholm Castle
Borgholm, Sweden
Borgholm Castle is a significant destination in Småland and Öland, centred on the unusual experience of moving through a large royal castle stripped back to its stone shell, making changes in scale, defensive planning…
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Malmö Castle
Malmö, Sweden
Malmö Castle is a significant destination in Skåne, centred on a useful introduction to Malmö’s transition from Danish medieval city to Swedish regional centre, with the fortress itself providing context for the museum…
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Carlsten Fortress
Marstrand, Sweden
Carlsten Fortress is a significant destination in West Sweden, centred on a commanding island fortress where the defensive reason for the site is immediately clear from the surrounding sea views, while the interior…
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Örebro Castle
Örebro, Sweden
Örebro Castle is a significant destination in Mälaren and Värmland, centred on a highly visible city-centre castle where medieval defence, Renaissance rebuilding and later restoration can be read against the river…
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Vaxholm Fortress
Vaxholm, Sweden
Vaxholm Fortress stands on an islet beside Vaxholm and reflects centuries of attempts to control the principal sea approach through the Stockholm archipelago.
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Glimmingehus
Hammenhög, Sweden
Glimmingehus is a late-medieval fortified stone manor in south-eastern Skåne, retaining thick walls, defensive features, vaulted rooms and a compact layout built for a wealthy noble household.
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Bohus Fortress
Kungälv, Sweden
Bohus Fortress occupies a rocky position above the meeting of rivers at Kungälv, with towers, walls and ruins reflecting centuries of frontier warfare between Scandinavian kingdoms.
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Hemsö Fortress
Hemsön, Sweden
Hemsö Fortress is a preserved coastal-artillery complex north of Härnösand, with underground spaces, gun positions and military infrastructure built into the rocky High Coast landscape.
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Drottningskär Citadel
Aspö, Sweden
Drottningskär Citadel is a substantial late-17th-century sea fortress on Aspö, built to help defend the narrow approach to Karlskrona’s naval base.
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Burgdorf Castle
Burgdorf, Switzerland
A large hilltop castle above Burgdorf containing museum displays and extensive medieval architecture.
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Tourbillon Castle
Sion, Switzerland
The ruined hilltop residence of the bishops of Sion, facing Valère across the city.
