What is the coolest castle in your region ?

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1. Please let this be full of other commenters posting photos of castles.

2. [Sintra Castle](https://theplanetd.com/images/Best-Things-to-do-in-Sintra-Portugal.jpg)

3. The [castle in Wałbrzych](https://dolnyslask.travel/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/482_-Ksiaz-1024×683.jpg) is insanely good.

4. [Not really a castle, but an abbey with an amazing location.
   ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Mont-Saint-Michel_vu_du_ciel.jpg/1200px-Mont-Saint-Michel_vu_du_ciel.jpg) Abbey on Le Mont Saint Michel.

   Edit: abbey, not a cathedral.

5. [Kasteel de Haar](https://vberfgoedarchitectuur.nl/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Hoofdfoto-De-Haar-2.jpg) (Utrecht – Netherlands)

6. The closest castle to me is Burg Kreuzenstein, which is kind of a half folly in that it was destroyed by the Swedes in 1645, but rebuilt from 1874. It also appeared in The Witcher: [1920px-Leobendorf_-_Burg_Kreuzenstein_(2).JPG (1920×1396) (wikimedia.org)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Leobendorf_-_Burg_Kreuzenstein_%282%29.JPG/1920px-Leobendorf_-_Burg_Kreuzenstein_%282%29.JPG) [Kreuzenstein Castle – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burg_Kreuzenstein)

   Bonus: a really gorgeous ruin I like to visit is Aggstein – they have various events there: [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Ruine_Aggstein_02.JPG/1920px-Ruine_Aggstein_02.JPG](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Ruine_Aggstein_02.JPG/1920px-Ruine_Aggstein_02.JPG)

7. IMO, this:

   [Panemunė Castle](https://www.lietuvos.dvarai.lt/objektas/pilys-ir-dvarai/panemunes-pilis/)

8. [Egeskov Castle](https://gdkfiles.visitdenmark.com/files/423/290517_Egeskovoppefragdk.jpg?width=987)

   or

   [Frederiksborg Castle](https://dec5d6x1eivq1.cloudfront.net/uploads/2023/01/b56f0f0e-e094-58ca-9c4d-3b2872d850f0-w1000-h1000-x0000-y0000-930×620.jpg)

   [(Interior)](https://as1.ftcdn.net/v2/jpg/03/88/29/94/1000_F_388299489_5GgFTxlgNHyDjuwi6VhzywGW6Ej6SgCN.jpg)

9. It must be (atrial ruin) brederode, or muiderslot.

10. [Bojnický zámok](https://bojnicecastle.sk/en/) in Bojnice/Prievidza – Slovakia

11. [Predjama castle](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/H%C3%B6hlenburg_Predjama_in_Slovenien.jpg/1024px-H%C3%B6hlenburg_Predjama_in_Slovenien.jpg) near Postojna with a complex cave system behind it.

12. The castle of Reinhardstein has been rebuilt by volunteers : https://www.reinhardstein.net/en/le-chateau

13. Schloss Neuschwanstein
    https://www.schwangau.de/fileadmin/_processed_/8/1/csm_Schloss_Neuschwanstein_im_Herbst_-_Front_3_14159f7a16.jpg

14. In my region, Piedmont, it’s indubitably [Venaria Reale](https://lavenaria.it/sites/default/files/styles/quadrati-hd/public/istituzionali/sere_estate_luci_candele_5-0062.jpg)

    If we’re talking Italy as a whole my heart is with [Reggia di Caserta](https://patrimoniunesco.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/reggia_di_caserta_prospettiva_dalla_fontana_di_venere_e_adone_-_panoramio.jpg)

    I would also like to give an honorable mention to Germany’s [Nymphenburg](https://citytourcard-muenchen.com/media/pages/partner/schloss-nymphenburg/2074396873-1693428301/schloss-nymphenburg.jpg)

    Yes, I have a favourite type of architecture hah

    Probably they’re less of a castle in the military sense and more of a royal residence now that I think about it. I honestly find Italian military structures lacking when compared to the grandiosity of a seat of power.

15. [Castle of Vianden](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vianden_Castle)

16. Either Knin or Klis fortress. Both very similar, and really scenic

17. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olavinlinna](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olavinlinna)

    The location in the water is super pretty, and it’s the real deal as far as “castles holding the line at the edge of civilization” kind of places go.

18. Im from Scotland so its a hard pick between stirling and edinburgh castle, both have amazing history and look really nice.

19. Festung Hohensalzburg, the fortress of Salzburg

20. [Vranov nad Dyjí](https://www.zamek-vranov.cz/cs/fotogalerie), Czechia

21. [One of my tattoos is designed / styled on Neuschwanstein Castle](https://ibb.co/zhxBYds)

22. My two favorites close to Brno are Veveří & Pernštejn:

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veve%C5%99%C3%AD_Castle

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pern%C5%A1tejn_Castle

23. [Kasteel van Ooidonk](https://ooidonk.be/media/pages/home/2503fc2fa8-1704375309/kasteel-1211×580-crop-q85.webp)

    Lots of other castles nearby, but most of them are basically just big mansions.

24. [Schloss Braunfels](https://schloesser-gaerten-deutschland.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Braunfels_Header_1900.jpg)

    [Another angel](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipMTblC4LGkXVmY1CnT1AZg867cvgh4j_87h4Kis=s680-w680-h510)

    They advertise themselves as “Neuschwanstein of central Germany”, which might stretch it a little, but it’s still a very nice piece of historical architecture.

    It has late medieval, baroque and neo-gothic influences as they keep adding and changing things (and it mostly burned down once).

    Build 1246-1840, first a defense installation, then a residence of the local count.

25. Castle of Xàtiva or Castle of Sagunto, both are good.