Sunday, March 10, 2013

* CASTLES AROUND THE WORLD *
 

AFRICA

ANGOLA


Fortress of St. Miguel, built by the Portuguese on the XVI Century.





CEUTA (Spain)


Murallas Reales/Portuguese defense walls










 






Fortaleza del Hacho

Fuerte Neomedieval






GUINEA-BISSAU
 

Bissau
Fortress São José da Amura - XVII century, built by the Portuguese





 

















MOROCCO


Ait-Ben-Haddou (UNESCO)
 


Ait Youl
 


Amerhidil
 


Azemmour
Former "Azamor", name given by Portugal.



Casablanca
Name given by Portugal, former "Anfa". XVI century, fortress built by the portuguese.


Essaouira (Unesco)
Former "Mogador", name given by Portugal. XVI century, built by the portuguese

















 


Meknès (Unesco)



Ouarzazate 


Rabat
Kasbah of the Udayas (Unesco tentative list)


Safi

Former "Safim", name given by Portugal. Fortress Graciosa - XV century, built by the Portuguese

























Taliouine


Trafaout


York castle (Tanger)




MOZAMBIQUE

Fortress of Maputo (former Lourenço Marques) from the XVIII century. First structure made by the Dutch, was destroyed by the British. The Austrians rebuilt it but was conquered later by the Portuguese.















Fortress of São Sebastião made by the Portuguese on the  XVI Century.




AMERICA



Brazil

Fortaleza de São Lourenço (Bahia)


Forte de Santo António da Barra (Bahia), built on the XVI century by the Portuguese.

Forte de São Marcelo (Bahia), built on the XVII century by the Portuguese.




Canada

Casa Loma (Toronto)



Dundurn castle (Ontario)



Frontenac (Québec) - late 19Th/early 20th centuries



Curaçao

Puerto Rico
Fort San Cristóbal, built by the Spanish




USA

Iolani Palace (Hawaii)




Smithsonian Castle (Washington DC)


ASIA



INDIA

Chitradurga Fort



Fortress of Diu, built by the Portuguese on the XVI Century.



Fortress of the Reis Magos of Goa/Fortress of Bardez, built by the Portuguese on the XVI Century.

Mysore Palace




ISRAEL
 

David's Tower (Jerusalem) - citadel near Jaffa Gate entrance to the old city.


















































JAPAN


Nijo Castle (UNESCO)


Himeji Castle (Unesco)






Inuyama Castle



Osaka Castle



TAIWAN


Hengchun

Zeelandia Fort





OCEANIA





UNKNOWN







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