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5 giorni fa · A Walk Through History. Upon reaching St Catherine’s Castle, you will be greeted by the remnants of a small but fascinating artillery fort constructed during the reign of King Henry VIII. Built as part of his coastal defence programme in the 1530s, the castle was designed to protect Fowey Harbour from potential invasion by European forces.
2 giorni fa · Teutonic Order. The Teutonic Order is a Catholic religious institution founded as a military society c. 1190 in Acre, Kingdom of Jerusalem. The Order of Brothers of the German House of Saint Mary in Jerusalem was formed to aid Christians on their pilgrimages to the Holy Land and to establish hospitals.
5 giorni fa · The Spelling Manor. Located in the posh Holmby Hills portion of Los Angeles, California, The Spelling Manor, known simply as The Manor, was once the home of television magnate Aaron Spelling. The estate is said to be one of the most expensive homes in California at an estimated $175 million and the largest in Los Angeles County at 56,500 square ...
3 giorni fa · As one of the most important strongholds in Scotland, Edinburgh Castle has had a turbulent past from the Wars of Scottish Independence in the 14th century to the Jacobite rising of 1745. It was proclaimed as “the most besieged place in Great Britain and one of the most attacked in the world” in 2014 since research revealed that it faced 26 ...
3 giorni fa · The earliest buildings, presumably of wood, were from the 12th century replaced in stone. There was building while the castle was in royal hands, and particularly heavy expenditure in 1159–60, when £102 was spent on works and fortifications and £20 on the castle bridge.
19 ore fa · Hanlegh (xiii cent.). Hanley Castle, which appears to have been known alternatively as Potters' Hanley, (fn. 1) is a large parish, and until 1894, when the parish of Malvern Wells was formed from it, (fn. 2) stretched from the River Severn on the east to the Malvern Hills on the west.
1 giorno fa · On the south side of this wall three stones remain which apparently formed the springers to an arch of the bridge approach. Plan of Durham Castle, adapted from a Plan of about 1775, found in the Old Exchequer Offices, Durham Note.—This plan is drawn showing the South side of the Castle at the top.
