grumpy_cat
History MemesYou can barely move for castles in Europe. The main problem with using them (they’re already there and it’s basically free) is that the set’s walls have hundreds of years of weathering when they’re supposed to be recently built fortifications.
Guess they need to film more at Guedelon Castle.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gu%C3%A9delon_Castle
"real" castle is a very broad term.
They are actual buildings, yes. But they're often not medieval castles.
For example, on the right we see (bottom to top)
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Royal walls of Cauta. This part is was largely built in the 1700s, to resist cannon fire. It's a very typical star fort with several Crown and Horn works.
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Niasvizh castle, which is (if you're generous) medieval, but this wall was a very late addition long past the middle ages, and the earthworks are typical of starforts.
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Castle De Haar, which was built almost entirely in the very late 19th century to be a living place without any defensive features. It's all decorative. It's built on the medieval ruins though, but the "moat" is really only on three sides, with a large driveway on the side. (Fun detail, I got married there!)
Yeah, that is the thing: In many areas those old medieval castles were upgraded or rebuild in the ~500 years since the end of the medieval area or destroyed. Military tech improved a lot and a medieval castle did provide some protection, but in my area all castles were destroyed in the thirty years war. And other castles were rebuild in the 19th century in the image of the "perfect medieval castle", which means that they look totally awesome, but are some kind of a disney fairy tale version of a medieval castle.
this post rooks
Is that some sort of American discussion Europeans aren't privvy to?
