post only the best castles this is edinburgh castle, in scotland.

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Best castle comming through.

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Also not really a castle, but a pretty comfy citadel/fortification nonetheless.

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And now for a bit of variation, a Nipponese castle.

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Roofs are for puny rulers that don't live in beautiful, sunny Puglia.

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Do minecraft castles count? :3

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Rock of Cashel. Co. Tipperary, Ireland.

>>1504200
I love the gatehouse even more than the castle itself.

>>1504217
Stupid question but did the nipponese fortress design ever have walls with accessible tops? Everytime I think of japanese fortresses I think of the tiled roof kind

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the crusaders built the best castles.
particularly the french crusaders.
This is Krak des Chevaliers in syria.
It has 3 layers of defensive walls, an interior moat, and several 'death corridors' where troops who managed to breach the outer walls would be funneled and killed from above and the side.
It's considered one of the best medieval castles, from a pragmatic view point. Expertly designed to be impenetrable.

>>1505978
here's a shot of the interior moat and sloped walls.
These walls prevent the use of ladders or bringing the walls down with tunneling.

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>>1505978
Krak des Chevaliers is amazing.

Rochester Castle is my favourite local castle though.

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>>1505983