Castle of the Week
Welcome to Castle of the Week.
This section will tell you some of the history of famous and less famous castles around the European world and even a few from further afield. We’ll try to get you images, a location map and possibly overviews, ground plans and pictures of the castle as it stands today. In some cases, we have downloadable maps to play as well.
To start this off we told you all about the historical castles that are featured in the game. Once these were described we moved on to other castles in Europe and even visited a few crusader castles in the Levant.
Castle of the Week
Jaume I, King of Aragon, reclaimed the Bealeric Isles from Islamic rule in the late 13th Century. When he perished in 1276, he split his kingdom between his two sons Pedro and Jaume. Pedro received the majority of the mainland territories while his brother gained the more secure, but less economically viable islands. Jaume (James II) established sweeping reforms on the Bealeric Isles that encouraged agricultural development and the establishment of trade and textile industries. He joined the rest of Christendom in arresting Templars and seizing their property in 1307. The wealth gained by James II was invested in building projects around the isles, including funding the building of Castillo de Bellver to protect his kingdom’s most important port city, Palma..
Previous Castles
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Canada
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
- Bonaguil, Aquitaine
- Carcassonne, Languedoc-Roussillon
- Carcassonne part 2, Languedoc-Roussillon
- Carcassonne part 3, Languedoc-Roussillon
- Chateau Haut-Königsburg, Alsace
- Fort la Latte, Brittany
- Fougeres, Brittany
- Mont St Michel, Brittany
- Pierrefonds, Valois
Germany
- Berwartstein Castle
- Burghausen Castle, Bavaria
- Cochem Castle
- Coburg Castle
- Eltz Castle
- Schloß Glücksburg, Schleswig-Holstein
- Schloß Heidelberg, Baden-Württemburg
- Burg Hohenzollern, Baden-Württemburg
- Marksburg Castle, Koblenz
- Meersburg Castle, Germany
- Reichsburg Nuremberg, Bavaria
- Schloß Neuschwanstein, Bavaria
- Burg Reichenstein, Rheinland-Pfalz
- Schloß Stolzenfels, Rheinland-Pfalz
- Burg Trifels, Rheinland-Palatinate
- Schloß Wartburg, Thuringia
- Schloß Weitenburg, Baden-Württemburg
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jordan
Luxembourg
The Netherlands
Poland
Romania
Russia
Slovak Republic
Spain
- Alcázar de Segovia
- Castillo de Bellver, Spain
- Castillo de Guadamur
- Javier Castle, Navarra
- Castillo de Loarre, Aragon
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Turkey
United Kingdom
- Alnwick, Northumberland
- Aydon, Northumberland
- Bamburgh, Northumberland
- Beaumaris Castle, Anglesey Island
- Bodiam, Sussex
- Bolton, North Yorks
- Caerlaverock, Scotland
- Caernarfon, Wales
- Caerphilly, Wales
- Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight
- Carrickfergus Castle, Northern Ireland
- Castell y Bere, Wales
- Castle Acre, Norfolk
- Castle Garth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
- Castle Rising, Norfolk
- Chepstow Castle, Gwent
- Conwy Castle, Wales
- Corfe Castle, Dorset
- Criccieth Castle, Wales
- Dover Castle, Kent
- Dunnottar Castle, Scotland
- Dunster Castle, Somerset
- Durham Castle, Co Durham
- Edinburgh Castle, Scotland
- Eilean Donan, Scotland
- Fotheringhay Castle, Northants
- Framlingham Castle, Suffolk
- Goodrich Castle, Herefs
- Harlech Castle, Wales
- Kenilworth Castle, Warks
- Leeds Castle, Kent
- Llantilio Castle, Wales
- The Tower of London
- Ludlow Castle, Shropshire
- Mont Orgueil, Jersey
- Norham Castle, Northumberland
- Pembroke Castle, Wales
- Pembroke Castle, Wales part 2
- Pevensey Castle, East Sussex
- Portchester Castle, Hampshire
- Raby Castle, Co Durham
- Raglan Castle, Wales
- Richmond Castle, North Yorkshire
- Rochester Castle, Kent
- Skipton Castle, North Yorkshire
- Tantallon, Scotland
- Tintagel, Cornwall
- Urquhart Castle, Scotland
- Warkworth Castle, Northumberland
- Warwick, Warks
- Windsor Castle, Berkshire