- Warwick by Javier Peters
Town and district (pop., 2001: 125,962), administrative and historic county of Warwickshire, central England. Known for its historic castle, it grew up at a crossing place on the River Avon and was fortified C. 915. By 1086 it was a royal borough, and William I ordered the castle to be enlarged. The present-day castle dates mainly from the 14th and 15th ...
- Chillon by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
a castle in Switzerland, on the shore of Lake Geneva. The earliest known reference to Chillón dates from 1150. The castle was rebuilt several times between the 13th and 14th centuries. The present chapel was built in the 13th century, and the interior ornamentation dates from the 15th and 16th centuries.During the Middle Ages, the castle ...
- Castling by Webster's
... p.pr.&vb.n.) of Castle.(n.) That which is cast or brought forth prematurely; an abortion.(n.) A compound move of the king and castle. See Castle, v. i.
- Qasr Al-Khayr Al-Gharbi by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
an Arab castle east of Horns in Syria. The castle was built in 727, and its ruins are preserved. The castle is a typical example of the architectural structures built by the Umayyads in the desert: it is square in plan, with dwelling and housekeeping quarters symmetrically located around a court and with an outer wall having a ...
- Habsburg by Paige Cunningham
Habsburg., castle, Aargau canton, N Switzerland, near the Aare River. Built c.1030, it served during the 12th and 13th cent. As the seat of the counts of Habsburg or Hapsburg, whose name derives from the castle [Ger. Habichtsburg =hawk's ...