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Bodiam: A Castle By Any Other Name…
During my first ever visit to the south-east of England back in 2009, I visited one of the most archetypical castles in Britain. Bodiam Castle, rising from its impressive moat. Its name is Bodiam...
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Mystras: The Despot’s Capital
A wonderland of ruins rising in steeply ascending rows along the slope of a hill, Mystras provides a land-bound parallel to Monemvasia. Instead of the Aegean Sea, Mystras commands a view over the...
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Seascapes and Settlers: Scotland’s East Lothians
The East Lothians region of Scotland does not have the inspiring mountain views that attract tourists to the highlands, nor the sea lochs which bring fishermen to the western coast. What it does have,...
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Travels in the History of Languedoc, Part Two: The Perfect City
Carcassonne is often described not only as the best-preserved mediaeval town, drawing thousands of visitors a year, but also as a perfect one. It’s two courses of walls and multitude of towers look...
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Friday Photo: The Castle of Foix
Today’s friday photo is an image of the Castle of Foix, nestled in the foothills of the French Pyrenees. As the seat of the counts of Foix, the castle offered protection against the aristocratic...
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Where Eagles Dare: Peyrepertuse Castle
I’ve been to a goodly number of castles in my day, in England and Scotland, in Malta, Greece, and Turkey. They have ranged from the classic style of round towers and high curtain walls of Bodiam to the...
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Friday Photo: Queribus Castle
Today’s friday photo depicts the Chateau de Queribus, one of the many fortresses which guarded the borders–or March–between French and Spanish lands in the Pyrennees. Althtough the castle’s location is...
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Crowning Perfection: The Welsh Castles of Edward I
England’s monarchy has long been associated with the territory of Wales. From Edward of Caernarfon, the first heir presumptive to be named Prince of Wales in 1301, to Elizabeth II’s son Charles, who...
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Friday Photo: Two If By Sea
Today’s Friday Photo depicts Tantallon Castle, located in Scotland’s East Lothian region, from its seaward side along the Firth of Forth. Unlike some castles in the UK, such as Bodiam, Tantallon was...
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Friday Photo: Spamalot
Today’s rather foreboding photo continues with our Scottish theme by depicting Doune Castle. Commissioned around the turn of the 15th century by Robert Stewart, younger brother to King Robert the III,...
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