From fairy-tale European fortresses to Japanese palaces, we’ve rounded up the most famous castles across the globe that ...

Shortly after invading England in 1066, William the Conqueror began consolidating power. Building castles was a primary means of asserting dominance and over the proceeding 150 years William and his ...

A number of reinforced-concrete castle towers that were erected during the castle-building and restoration boom in the Showa era (1926-1989) need to be reconstructed. Many of the castle towers are ...

A luxurious tower built for Henry I—William the Conqueror’s son—is opening to the public for the first time in nearly four centuries. Constructed around 1107, the royal residence is located within the ...

Archaeologists have unearthed two towers of the original Sapieha castle, dating from the late 16th to early 17th centuries, ...