Situated in the heart of the Maine-et-Loire region, the Château de Doué-la-Fontaine is home to Europe's oldest stone keep ...

Bridgeman/ACI The first medieval fortifications were ... RMN-Grand Palais Over time, the traditional castle design with high walls surrounding a stone keep perched high on a motte was slowly ...

Castles conjure up images of a romantic medieval past, the stuff of legends and fairy tales. But what exactly makes a castle, well, a castle? Usually built for royalty or nobility, castles are ...

stone walls and grand turrets. In total, the property is around 230 feet high, and 656 feet long. Recent aerial footage revealed the castle, which took around nine years to build, and now sits ...