Castles

[KilljoyKlown]

I believe this is a unique picture of a castle posted earlier. For this photo it's called cloud castle.

[KilljoyKlown]

Well What can I say, Draculas Castle Bran Transylvania Romania. I was surprised, but had to post it.

[scheherazade]

Awesome picture of Castle Bran, KJ. Good find!

There is something about castles, their duration and history, that goes well with a misty image.......shrouded in the cloak of time, metaphorically speaking.....

[KilljoyKlown]

This is a classic picture, Lightning Over Alcazar Castle Segovia Spain
How many old horror pictures feature castles and lightning?

[KilljoyKlown]

Malbork Castle Poland, a cool looking castle.

[quantum_wave]

Well there are castles in the US
http://www.castleintheclouds.org/


And of course:

[KilljoyKlown]

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[KilljoyKlown]

Since this topic is about castles, I thought it appropriate to include sandcastles.

[scheherazade]

Pretty fantastic work for working with a medium like sand.

How about an ice castle?



http://www.panoramio.com/photo/7372095

[scheherazade]

Here's another interesting piece of work in ice.

[KilljoyKlown]

Ice castles, that was a nice find. Doesn't Iceland build an ice hotel every year that you can pay big money to stay at?

I don't know how much more life this topic has, but it won't be complete until we've included some unique fantasy castles.

Glacier Castle by Drawing Ni


Waterfall Castle matte art


TN-The Eyrie

[scheherazade]

Ice castles, that was a nice find. Doesn't Iceland build an ice hotel every year that you can pay big money to stay at?

I don't know how much more life this topic has, but it won't be complete until we've included some unique fantasy castles.

Oh ye of little faith, lol..... I rather suspect that there remains considerable on the topic of castles that we have yet to cover.

Perhaps it may be that you grow easily bored with a topic?

I have wondered why you seem to start a new topic more frequently than most of the other posters. Please do not take this as a criticism in any way, as it certainly adds to the mix at the forum.

It was merely an observation of mine.

For my next presentation on the topic of this thread, I give you the Chess piece, commonly called 'Rook'.



A rook (♖ ♜ borrowed from Persian رخ rokh, Sanskrit रथ rath, "chariot") is a piece in the strategy board game of chess. In the past the piece was called the castle, tower, marquess, rector, and comes (Sunnucks 1970). The old-fashioned term "castle" is technically incorrect.[1][2] Each player starts with two rooks, one in each of the corners nearest his own side.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rook_%28chess%29

[Me-Ki-Gal]

Well What can I say, Draculas Castle Bran Transylvania Romania. I was surprised, but had to post it.

That must be restoration from the original . The Tudor work tells Me that . I don't know ? Feels like Tudor styling came after Dracula . Maybe not ? I am thinking it so thou . Don't have time to check the dates now . I might forget latter so it will have to stay a mystery in my little convoluted brain

[quantum_wave]

http://media.photobucket.com/image/e...los-Rikmor.jpg

Escher castle, eight images: here's one

[scheherazade]

Cool, Quantum.

Here is another view from the link you posted.

[quantum_wave]

TY SZ . Has anyone found a good haunted castle?

[scheherazade]

Fantasy castles alone, could keep this thread indefinitely, for they can be constructed anew indefinitely.

I am of the opinion that castles may figure more in the fantasies of females than males.......? Any thoughts on that? I'm thinking perhaps conditioning from the 'Cinderella Syndrome.'

[quantum_wave]

I didn't see any castle in that pic

[KilljoyKlown]

Oh ye of little faith, lol..... I rather suspect that there remains considerable on the topic of castles that we have yet to cover.

Perhaps it may be that you grow easily bored with a topic?

I have wondered why you seem to start a new topic more frequently than most of the other posters. Please do not take this as a criticism in any way, as it certainly adds to the mix at the forum.

It was merely an observation of mine.

I am hoping for more input on this subject, but it has slowed a bit. Also, my posting of additional topics, has nothing to do with my being bored with any of my topics. Whenever I find something I want to post, I like to put it out there ASAP, or I may not get around to it at all. Some topics are time sensitive as you know from the Italian earthquake fault trial you posted. I try to give all my post equal attention, but I am human and do like some posts better than others. I love castles of all kinds, and really like some of the rare photographic shots that are close to being a once in a lifetime shot. A good photographer is so under appreciated, but not by me. Also, I am hoping that some of our forum members might have some personal pictures they might want to posts along with the story that goes with them. (Example Dywyddyr's posting to this topic.)

For my next presentation on the topic of this thread, I give you the Chess piece, commonly called 'Rook'.



A rook (♖ ♜ borrowed from Persian رخ rokh, Sanskrit रथ rath, "chariot") is a piece in the strategy board game of chess. In the past the piece was called the castle, tower, marquess, rector, and comes (Sunnucks 1970). The old-fashioned term "castle" is technically incorrect.[1][2] Each player starts with two rooks, one in each of the corners nearest his own side.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rook_%28chess%29

However the term castle or castling is a very important move in chess and it can't be done without a rook.

[Dywyddyr]

For my next presentation on the topic of this thread, I give you the Chess piece, commonly called 'Rook'.

Hmm, interestingly the picture on the right shows a way of telling what may be a real castle from a folly or "rich man's toy castle" (viz. the castle/ palace in KJK's first post). We have a couple of "castles" in the UK that actually aren't.
The stairs go the wrong way.
A true castle is configured to hamper invaders coming upstairs, so they turn to the right as you rise. This means that not only is the sword arm against the newel (central pillar of the staircase) hampering a decent swing but also exposes the invader's left hand side first to allow a strike as he appears.