Christmas Competition: 3rd Place. Congratulations to Mathilda for this excellent list – she has won the third prize of a $25 iTunes music card.
According to Wikipedia, “A castle is a defensive structure seen as one of the main symbols of the Middle Ages. The term has a history of scholarly debate surrounding its exact meaning, but it is usually regarded as being distinct from the general terms fort or fortress in that it describes a building which serves as a residence of a medieaval monarch or noble and commands a specific territory.” I have chosen to use my own criteria for inclusion in this list, that being, if I were a princess in a fairytale,would I want to live there? As such, interior condition was not taken into consideration, exterior setting was very important, and any past gory history was ignored. I only included one per country so there are scores of equally beautiful castles which had to be excluded. (I did make an exception to the one per country rule for England, as I really, really want to live in one of the two shown.)
1. Baku’s Wedding PalaceAzerbaijan
2. Schloss AnifAustria
3. Mir CastleBelarus
4. GravensteenBelgium
5. Summer PalaceChina
6. Castillo de San Pedro de la RocaCuba
7. Hluboka Nad VltavouCzech Republic
8. Kronborg CastleDenmark
9. Leeds CastleEngland
10. Warwick CastleEngland
11. Fasilides CastleEthiopia
12. OlavinlinnaFinland
13. Chateau D’UsseFrance
14. Neuschwanstein CastleGermany
15. Eszterháza PalaceHungary
16. Khas MahalIndia
17. Falak-ol-aflak CastleIran
18. Kilkenny CastleIreland
19. Bardi CastleItaly
20. Himeji CastleJapan
21. PetraJordan
22. Vaduz CastleLichtenstein
23. MuiderslotThe Netherlands
24. Malbork CastlePoland
25. Belem TowerPortugal
26. Hunedoara CastleRomania
27. Kazan KremlinRussia
28. Eilean Donan CastleScotland
29. Alcazar of SegoviaSpain
30. Orebro CastleSweden
31. Chillon CastleSwitzerland
32. Krak Des ChevaliersSyria
33. RumelihisarıTurkey
34. KamianetsUkraine
35. Boldt CastleUnited States
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