Castles and Kingdoms!

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Bannerman Castle, Pollepel Island, New York (700x466)

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golestan palace, tehran

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Balmoral Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Balmoral Castle is a royal residence in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It was purchased by Prince Albert, Queen Victoria’s husband, in 1848. Victoria and Albert paid £300,000 for full ownership of the house in 1852. Queen Victoria laid the foundation stone in 1853, signed a parchment recording the date, and placed it in the hole prepared for the stone. Today, Balmoral is owned privately by the royal family, and is one of Queen Elizabeth II’s favourite summer retreats.Location: Royal Deeside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

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Palácio de Queluz

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Doyden Castle, Port Quin, Cornwall

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Eerie Carn Brea Castle

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Pendennis Castle, Falmouth

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Eltz Castle | cumacevikphoto

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Hohenzollern Castle - Germany (by Raico Rosenberg) 

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Palacio de Queluz, Queluz, Lisbon District, Portugal,

Ricardo Forna Photography

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THE PALACE

Chateau de Fontainebleau, of The Kings and Emperors of France

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(via Una notte al castello / A night at the castle (Muiden Castle by Andrea Pucci | Flickr)

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Chowmahallatuu, Palace of the Nizams of Hyderabad state, India

© Ritwick Sanyal 

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Walzin Castle, Province of Namur, Belgium,

Aliaume Chapelle Photography

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My home is my castle.

View of the castle in Wernigerode in the Harz Mountains, 2017.

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Bled Castle, Slovenia

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Stirling Castle, Stirling, Scotland.

Stirling is one of Scotland’s greatest and most important castles.

The childhood home of Mary Queen of scots, Mary’s coronation also took place in the Chapel Royal in 1543.

The castle became the strategic military key to the kingdom during the 13th and 14th century Wars of Independence and was the favourite royal residence of many of the Stuart Monarchs.

Source: Visit Scotland.