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[Oznell]

are so very, very beautiful!   A few more castles to dream about-

ITALY:

Boccale Castle, built by the fabled Medici family, and just minutes from Livorno.  So gorgeous, almost unreal:

Rocca Scaligara, bordering fabulous Lake Garda, 12th century--

Forte di Bard, picturesquely climbing the hill, built by the House of Savoy in Italy's Aosta Valley, gateway to the Alps...

POLAND:

Czosha Castle, in southwestern Poland, now opened as a very atmospheric inn--

Pieskowa Skala Castle, Renaissance castle that was home to ancient Polish noble families, not far from Krakow:

Stobnica Castle, on the edge of the Notecka Forest in western Poland--  a fifteen floor new castle construction, built in the magnificent medieval style. 

Nice to know they're still building them!  The stuff that fairy tales are made of....

(Edited to correct my careless spelling errors-- hope I don't find too many more!)

[skatting44]

  Would love to tour them all. Breath taking views

[SportyShorty07]

Gorgeous photos!! 🤗 

[We rescue cats]

What grand and majestic residences. I wonder what it was like to live in those times, how did they manage to build them, how did they heat them? 

Thank you for sharing them.

[SharkE]

All that water in that one shot. Fungus, mold , etc.

They didn't have bathrooms back then, sewers, etc.

probably thru  pots into the water.  

Mad King Ludwig had a good place. DisneyLand was modeled after it. Austria, I believe.

[Kachina624]

@SharkE. It was modeled after Neuschwanstein Castle in Bravaria.  It's my favorite and in such a beautiful setting

[Puggywuggy]

@Oznell These photos are simply spectacular! Thank you so much for sharing these magnificent castles with us. ❤️

[monicakm]

@Oznell 

They are all so beautiful!  Thank you.  I don't think I could choose which one to call home

[bmorechick]

Oh they are just beautiful!  And built before modern methods were available, which is amazing in and of itself.  Both sets of my grandparents were born in Europe (Poland, Slovakia) and my grandmom from Poland would tell us stories of her family "going to the country" to look at the "Kasztel" (castles) in the forest when she was a young girl.  I remember she would say the top floors were in heaven 💜.

My sisters and I have always talked about going to our mother land, but have never found a good time since we all are still working and vacation schedules never clicked.

As always @Oznell thank you for the pictures.

[Desertdi]

Here's one in Tomahawk, WI