Abandoned Castles

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An ancient hilltop fortress. A crusader citadel in the West Bank. A fairytale medieval castle fallen into ruin. From precedent days to the end of the nineteenth century, Abandoned Castles explores more than 100 forts, castles and defensive strongholds from all over the globe. From medieval Japanese castles to Spanish colonial forts in West Africa to Norman stone helps to keep, the book ranges widely across history. Many have long ceased to serve a purpose, but then, like the crusader castle Krak de Chevaliers in Syria nowadays, their impenetrable walls turn into the website of more fighting centuries later. Others, such as the Cathar Château de Queribus in southern France, stand high above peaceful coastlines, testament to the wars of the past. Some are beautiful, others brutal, but each and every tells a story about the way in which we fought and defended ourselves, and how the building has survived and aged, long after the people it used to be built by are gone. With 150 outstanding color photographs, Abandoned Castles is a great pictorial examination of castles, forts, helps to keep, and defensive fortifications from the ancient world to the end of the nineteenth century.

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