Architecture: castles and fortifications

Be transported through time with this wonderful guidebook to Britain's 60 best castles, and 60 delightful walks from and around them.

Be transported through time with this wonderful guidebook to Britain's 60 best castles, and 60 delightful walks from and around them.

Die Gründung Ludwigsburgs war weit mehr als nur der Bau einer neuen Stadt – sie war das ambitionierte Projekt eines visionären Herzogs, der seine Macht und seinen Einfluss in Stein und Marmor manifestieren wollte.

Der Westminster Palast, eines der berühmtesten Bauwerke der Welt, steht als Sinnbild für die politische Macht Großbritanniens und die wechselvolle Geschichte der Nation.

Im Zentrum der alten Hauptstadt Peking thront die Verbotene Stadt, eine der bedeutendsten kulturellen und spirituellen Ikonen Chinas.

Im Herzen Pekings erhebt sich die Verbotene Stadt – ein Monument der Macht und ein Symbol für die glanzvolle Herrschaft der chinesischen Kaiser.

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Tauchen Sie ein in die faszinierende Welt des Schlosses Schwerin, einem der prachtvollsten Bauwerke Norddeutschlands.

Das Kolosseum ist weit mehr als ein antikes Bauwerk – es ist ein Symbol für die Größe und den Ehrgeiz des Römischen Reiches, ein Meisterwerk der Ingenieurskunst und eine Bühne für die Geschichte der Menschheit.

Mit dem Fall der Qing-Dynastie im Jahr 1912 endete nicht nur eine Ära kaiserlicher Herrschaft, sondern begann eine Reise des Wandels für die Verbotene Stadt – das Herz des einstigen Kaiserreichs.

Seit fast zwei Jahrtausenden thront die Engelsburg über dem Tiber und ist ein Symbol für die wechselvolle Geschichte Roms.

Im mittelalterlichen Europa prägten Burgen und Schlösser nicht nur die Landschaft, sondern auch die politischen und gesellschaftlichen Strukturen ihrer Zeit.

Die Tower Bridge – mehr als nur eine Brücke, sie ist ein Symbol für Londons Ingenieurskunst, architektonische Schönheit und historischen Wandel.

Perched along the banks of the Tiber River, Castel Sant'Angelo stands as a silent witness to nearly two millennia of Roman history.

Von den mächtigen Burgen des Deutschen Ordens bis zu den prunkvollen Schlössern der Hohenzollern – die Baukunst Preußens erzählt die Geschichte einer Region, die sich stetig wandelte.

London's Royal Palaces are still some of the most visited places in England.

This is the ultimate book for days out with the family, visiting Britain and Ireland's greatest architectural and historical treasures.

Die Reformation ging in den Niederlanden mit dem Achtzigjährigen Krieg einher.

In 1277, Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Prince of Gwynedd, met with Edward I of England in Aberconwy to finalise a treaty that would change the fate of both nations.

This is a well illustrated expert guide to the castles of England, providing concise accounts of what remains to be seen at each site.

This is a well illustrated expert guide to the castles of England, providing concise accounts of what remains to be seen at each site.

This is the ultimate history and guide to Kerak, one of the greatest crusader castles, tracing the architectural history of the castle over the course of 800 years.

BBC presenter Jules Hudson (Countryfile, Escape to the Country) is passionate about walled gardens.

Kent has an impressive collection of castles, over sixty including the scanty ruins and earthwork remains of now vanished ones, as well as the more celebrated castles, such as Leeds, Rochester and Dover.

Now hard to believe, Eilean Donan Castle was once one of the largest castles in the west Highlands, known to have featured seven towers, the remains of which lie buried on the island.

Now hard to believe, Eilean Donan Castle was once one of the largest castles in the west Highlands, known to have featured seven towers, the remains of which lie buried on the island.

An authoritative exploration of the architecture of Europe's fortifications built in the 19th and 20th centuries.

In 1277, Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Prince of Gwynedd, met with Edward I of England in Aberconwy to finalise a treaty that would change the fate of both nations.

Esta obra práctica y actualizada expone los avances clínicos y neuropsicológicos sobre la esquizofrenia desde un acercamiento interdisciplinar, reconociendo las características de la enfermedad como punto de partida para su comprensión, prevención y manejo.

At one time, Scotland was home to more than 4,000 castles.

At one time, Scotland was home to more than 4,000 castles.

This fascinating study of medieval warfare examines the vital role of castles during the English civil wars of the 15th century.

This fascinating study of medieval warfare examines the vital role of castles during the English civil wars of the 15th century.

The history of the West Country has left a rich legacy of castles and other fortifications throughout its landscape, built wherever power and wealth needed to be displayed, strategic points controlled or territory and local populations defended.

This book updates knowledge about self-injurious behaviors for suicidal purposes concerning frequency, possibly biological, psychological, social, cultural, and political causes; that is, it approaches suicide from abroad non-reductive vision and considers the phenomenon's complexity.

A guide to some of the most historical and picturesque castles in England for romantics and Anglophiles alike.

Architektur ist weit mehr als nur das Errichten von Gebäuden – sie ist ein Spiegelbild der Macht, der Ideale und der kulturellen Identität ganzer Zivilisationen.

Als 1948 die Trümmerlandschaften des Krieges den Traumlandschaften von der kommunistischen Zukunftsgesellschaft wichen, realisierte die Moskauer Führung mit den "Stalinschen Großbauten des Kommunismus" ein ehrgeiziges Erschließungsprogramm.

Evolving from a patrician domus, the emperor's residence on the Palatine became the centre of the state administration.

Evolving from a patrician domus, the emperor's residence on the Palatine became the centre of the state administration.

Fully revised and updated edition of the classic, stunningly illustrated guide to the cream of Britain's historic country houses cared for by the National Trust, encompassing both interior and exterior design.

Castle studies have been transformed in recent years with a movement away from the traditional interpretation of castles as static military structures towards a wider view of castles as aesthetic symbols of power, with a more complicated relationship with the landscape.

Castle studies have been transformed in recent years with a movement away from the traditional interpretation of castles as static military structures towards a wider view of castles as aesthetic symbols of power, with a more complicated relationship with the landscape.

This book provides a detailed study of the fortifications of the founders of ancient Israel from the time of their first settlement in the Middle East, through the periods of the united and divided kingdoms, until the sack of Jerusalem in 586 BC.

Sandwiched between the heart of ancient Greece and the lands of Persia, the Greek cities of Western Anatolia were the spark that ignited some of the most iconic conflicts of the ancient world.

This book analyzes the fortifications of Hasmonaean and Herodian Judaea from the middle of the second century BC, when the Maccabees rebelled against their Seleucids overlords and established an independent state, until the end of the Jewish-Roman War in AD 73.