The largest military castles
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Topic: The largest military castles
Posted By: Cyrus Shahmiri
Subject: The largest military castles
Date Posted: 19-Apr-2005 at 14:46
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The largest military castle in Iran is Rukhan Castle in the north of the country, this one thousand years old castle occupies an area of about 5 hectares (50,000 square meters) and sits at the two peaks of a mountain, and is fortified by strong fortifications and battlements at a length of 1,550 meters.
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Posted By: Styrbiorn
Date Posted: 19-Apr-2005 at 15:17
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Well, the largest here is probably an old hill fort from the 3rd century AD, Torsburgen, Thor's fort, on Gotland. It lied on the top of a flat hill, had 2km long walls, covers about 1,2 square kilometers and was surrounded on three sides by up to 30m high cliffs. It is mentioned in the part of the Gutasaga which tells of a third of all the Gutar leaving the island and going to Byzantium.
Nothing left but rubble from the walls, highest parts 7 m. 
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Posted By: Belisarius
Date Posted: 19-Apr-2005 at 16:56
| How about the Masada? Not really a castle, but a fortress. |
Posted By: Exarchus
Date Posted: 19-Apr-2005 at 17:39
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It you consider Carcassonne is a castle, it would be the biggest of France. But talking stricly of castles. I think Chinon got them all (in France).  ------------- Vae victis! |
Posted By: I/eye
Date Posted: 19-Apr-2005 at 23:46
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Pyungyang had the largest city walls for a millenium, befoe Nanjing beat it.. i'm not sure if the castle was fittingly large as well.. ------------- [URL=http://imageshack.us] 
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Posted By: Capt. Lubber
Date Posted: 20-Apr-2005 at 01:05
Well, we still have akershus castle
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Posted By: Exarchus
Date Posted: 20-Apr-2005 at 08:14
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Carcassonne isn't a castle but a city. Anyway, here it is, the condition is remarquably fine isn't it?:    ------------- Vae victis! |
Posted By: rider
Date Posted: 21-Apr-2005 at 12:08
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Maybe Caesarea.. it should have been quite big and it is more a fortress than a castle but still. ------------- |
Posted By: TJK
Date Posted: 21-Apr-2005 at 12:59
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Malbork (Marienburg)- capital of Teuton Order
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Posted By: rider
Date Posted: 22-Apr-2005 at 08:56
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Actually, the castle/citadel of Malbork is pretty small... I don't belive it to be over a 1sqkm... That castle is actually described always larger as it is. ------------- |
Posted By: Styrbiorn
Date Posted: 22-Apr-2005 at 09:47
Very few, if no castle are that size. The 1+sqkm thing I posted was a hill fort and technically not a castle. Marienburg is four times larger than the castle Cyrus posted, for example. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 03-May-2005 at 00:04
| Windsor castle is pretty big but i know its not the biggest. |