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Post images or any other content relating to castles, châteaux, palaces, towers, keeps, fortresses, and follies. The following content is encouraged but not required:

Castle name in native language (English name) - location [include country and region, if not city/town]
Best website (official or otherwise)
Some sort of map link
Visitation details: open/closed to public, closed but technically reachable, tours?, etc.
History: Whatever can be briefly copy-pasted

More than just images are welcome. Only real rule is that content must refer to a real-life structure, so please no fantasy/fictional castles! Reasonable exceptions include media showcasing period life and technology that somehow relates to castles.

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The castle of La Rochelambert (Haute-Loire, France) (infosec.pub)

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Picture by N. Bresset for Haute-Loire Tourisme

The original castle of La Rochelambert was built in the 11th century on the side of a basalt column. Its purpose was to protect the pilgrims on their way to Santiago de Compostela (Spain). It was destroyed during France's war of religions in the 16th century, but rebuilt later in the same century in a Renaissance style. It has remained largely unchanged since then.

The famous French writer George Sand included the castle in her novel "Jean de la Roche".

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