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Post images or any other content relating to castles, châteaux, palaces, towers, keeps, fortresses, and follies. The following content is encouraged but not required:

Castle name in native language (English name) - location [include country and region, if not city/town]
Best website (official or otherwise)
Some sort of map link
Visitation details: open/closed to public, closed but technically reachable, tours?, etc.
History: Whatever can be briefly copy-pasted

More than just images are welcome. Only real rule is that content must refer to a real-life structure, so please no fantasy/fictional castles! Reasonable exceptions include media showcasing period life and technology that somehow relates to castles.

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The fortified facade of the church Saint-Barthélemy in Le Fossat (Ariège, France) (live.staticflickr.com)

submitted 3 months ago by squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/castles@lemm.ee

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The photo is by Serge Imbert on Flickr

The church was built in the 14th century.
French Wikipedia article with a few more details about the church

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[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

adds murder holes over entrance

Makes entrance inset in wall, offering perfect cover

[–] MelastSB@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

While I agree with you in principle, if the door is strong enough to require a battering ram to open (which is probably not the case here with the modern door), the cover provided is negligible