Castlemania - Medieval castles of Europe

Medieval castles of Europe. History,legends,photo-albums, traveling,comunity Battle and beauty were now married together.

Castles in Europe evolved from the first wooden forts made to lodge a garrison to spectacular stone structures able to support a small army for extended times. Each country in Europe developed its own architectural designs copying from that of the castles in other countries. The race to build castles as the best military defenses, turned into a competition for the most magnificent architectural designs in the world.