Ancient fortresses of Albania, many of which are museums now, annually attract thousands of tourists. There are: Berat Castle, Castle Burgjet, Pegin Castle and others
Arq fortress is the oldest architectural and historical monument of Bukhara. Today the Museum of Regional Studies is located on its territory
Itchan Kala is the walled inner town of Khiva. The old town retains more than 50 historic monuments and 250 old houses of the 18th or 19th centuries
Beautiful Boldt Castle, similar to knight's castles of the Rhine, is located on the Heart Island. It was built by George Boldt for his beloved Louise
Castillo de San Marcos (United States)
Castillo de San Marcos - the legendary Spanish fortress of XVII century, endured many sieges and assaults, is now open for tourists
Bran Castle (Dracula castle) (Romania)
The medieval Bran Castle better known as Dracula Castle, was built in XIV century. Covered with legends, it annually attracts thousands of tourists
Peles Castle - the largest Romanian museum, built in the style of German Renaissance with elements of Baroque, Rococo, and some others, was founded in 1875
Castle Cesky Krumlov (Czech Republic)
Castle Cesky Krumlov inspires a delight in tourists with splendor of its architecture, interiors and pieces of art of the last five centuries
Prague Castle (Czech Republic)
Prague Castle is one of the biggest castles in the world. It includes gothic St Vitus Cathedral, Romanesque Basilica of St. George, a monastery and several palaces, gardens and defense towers
The Chambord castle is one of the most beautiful castles of the Loire Valley. It combines in a traditional French style and a style of Italian Renaissance
The Chenonceau Castle has a nickname the “Castle of Ladies”: the First Woman of Chenonceau - Katherine Bohier, the Second Lady of the Castle - Diane de Poitiers, Number Three -Catherine de Medicis
Sully-sur-Loire Castle (France)
Nowhere else in France there are so many magnificent buildings as in the Loire Valley. The Sully-sur-Loire castle is the most beautiful of them
Usse castle is a proper fairy tale castle! They say, Charles Perrault had it in mind when writing "Sleeping Beauty". Usse castle was also one of several that inspired Walt Disney in the creation of many of the Disney Castles
Citadelle of Quebec is a part of the fortifications of Quebec City. The Quebec Parliament Building and several large hotels are nearby
Fort George (Citadel Hill) (Canada)
Fort George (Citadel Hill) - the ancient citadel, which used to be a British military base. Inside is a small military museum - guns, cannon-balls and other war attributes
Fortress of Louisbourg (Canada)
Fortress of Louisbourg — the largest reconstructed 18th-century French fortified town in North America . Ramparts, streets, households create an atmosphere of another century
Cufut-Qale (Chufut-Kale) fortress (Ukraine)
Cufut-Qale (Chufut-Kale) fortress appeared in V-VI cent. Once, it was the capital of the Crimean Khanate. Then - a prison for high ranking prisoners of war. Today, most of Chufut-Kale is the picturesque ruins
Genoese fortress in Sudak (Ukraine)
Feedback from travelers, one of the most popular tourist attractions of the Crimea is the Genoese fortress in Sudak, built on a coral reef
The Oreshek Fortress is located on a small nut’s shape island. It was founded with the support of Grand Duke of Moscow, Yuri Daniilovich in 1323
Ivangorod Fortress was built in 1492 by order of Ivan III. Now there is a museum of castles within the walls
The Koporie fortress, built to protect the western frontiers of Russia, for its 700 years has never been attacked, therefore, it is well preserved
Korela is a monument of Novgorod defensive architecture of XIV century. Today on the territory of the fortress is situated a museum of the local history
A great number of ancient architectural monuments, ranging from the tenth century, are concentrated on the territory of the Novgorod Kremlin
The remains of an ancient fortress of IX century - Tiversky gorodok you will find on the bank of the Vuoksa, near the Balachanovskoe lake
They say that Saint Matthias, one of the twelve apostles, is buried in Gonio fortress. There are a theater and a hippodrome; clean beaches
Hohensalzburg Castle (Austria)
Hohensalzburg Castle (1007) is located on a hilltop of Festungberg mountain. The magnificent view to the city opens from here
Neuschwanstein Castle (Germany)
Neuschwanstein Castle - a fantasy castle, created to embody ideals of Ludwig II of an ancient German knighthood
Orava Castle is one of the most impressive architectural monuments of Slovakia. It was erected in the middle of the XIII century on the site of a wooden fortress
Portobelo fort was founded by Christopher Columbus in 1502. For several centuries it was the most important Spanish port of the New World on the Atlantic Coast
