"It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tost upon the sea: a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle, and to see a battle and the adventures thereof below: but no pleasure is comparable to standing upon the vantage ground of truth."

~ Francis Bacon

Château de Chillon, Switzerland

Bodiam Castle, England

Eltz Castle, Germany

Broadway Tower, England

Butrón Castle, Spain

Matsumoto Castle, Japan

Matsumoto Castle, Japan

Matsumoto Castle, Japan

Ozakaj? Osaka Castle, Japan

Butrón Castle, Spain

Loreto Castle, Italy

Pembroke Castle, Wales

The Tower of London, England

King John's Castle, Ireland

Arundel Castle, England (Photo by howzey)

Alnwick Castle, England ( Photo by Gail Johnson )

Carcassonne, France

Genoese Fortress, Ukraine

Lutsk High Castle, Ukraine

The Khotyn Fortress, Ukraine

Hame Castle, Finland

Duart Castle, Scotland

The Guaita Fortress, San Marino

Aït Benhaddou, Morocco