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Spain Tourism January 8, 1964 Alcázar de Segovia is located in the city of Segovia (Castile and León, Spain). It was originally built as a fortress....... It is currently used as a museum and a military archives building. August 13, 1966 Castle de Manzanares is a palace-fortress erected in the 15th century in the town of Manzanares el Real (Community of Madrid, Spain), at the foot of Sierra de Guadarrama mountain range....... The castle now houses a museum of Spanish castles and hosts a collection of tapestries.  |
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Spain Tourism August 11, 1967 Castle de Loarre is a Romanesque Castle and Abbey located near the town of Loarre in the Aragon autonomous region of Spain. It is one of the oldest castles in Spain. Castle de Belmonte is a medieval castle on the hill of San Cristobal, just outside the village of Belmonte in the province of Cuenca. It was built in the second half of the 15th century.  |
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Spain Castles October 16, 2008 Castillo de Maqueda is located on the outskirts of the town of Maqueda. Originally of Moorish design, the castle was rebuilt and expanded during the 15th century. Castillo de La Calahorra is located in La Calahorra, in the province of Granada, Spain. It is situated in the Sierra Nevada foothills. Built between 1509 and 1512, it is one of the first Italian Renaissance castles built outside Italy.  |
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Sweden EUROPA - Castles March 16, 2017 Wanås Castle is a castle in Östra Göinge Municipality, Scania, in southern Sweden. Today Wanås Castle is privately owned and on the grounds operates both Wanas Estate and Wanas Art.  |
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Denmark Danish Manor Houses March 4, 2013 Valdemar Castle is a small palace situated on the island of Tåsinge near Svendborg in southern Denmark. It was commissioned by King Christian IV (1588–1648) and built between 1639 and 1644 by his architect Hans van Stenwinkel. Valdemars Slot has been open to the public since 1974.  |
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France Château de Suscinio May 29, 2012 Château de Suscinio is a French castle, built in the late Middle Ages, to be the residence of the Dukes of Brittany. It is located in the commune of Sarzeau in the département of Morbihan, near the coast of the Atlantic ocean.  |
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Slovakia The castle of Lubovna November 8, 2012 Stará Lubovna is a town with approximately 16,000 inhabitants in northeastern Slovakia. The castle of Lubovna dominates the town from a hilltop. The castle is open to the public and houses a museum about its history.  |
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Sweden EUROPA - Architecture April 11, 1978 Örebro Castle is a medieval castle fortification in Örebro, Närke, Sweden. It was expanded during the reign of the royal family Vasa (House of Vasa) and finally rebuilt about 1900. The castle lies on an island in river Svartån. (Engraver: Martin Mörck)  |
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United States American Architecture October 9, 1980 Trinity Church, located in the Back Bay of Boston, is a parish of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts. The congregation, currently standing at approximately 3,000 households, was founded in 1734. August 28, 1981 Palace of Fine Arts in the Marina District of San Francisco, California is a monumental structure originally constructed for the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition........ It was rebuilt in 1965, and renovation of the lagoon, walkways, and a seismic retrofit were completed in early 2009.  |
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United States Celebrate the Century - 1900's February 3, 1998 Frederick C. Robie House is in the South Side neighborhood of Hyde Park in Chicago. Built between 1909 and 1910, the building was designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright and is renowned as the greatest example of the Prairie School style, the first architectural style considered uniquely American.  |
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Barcelona, capital of Catalonia. Cathedral (began in 1298, finished 1910)  1992 Olympic buildings: "Estadi Olímpic Lluis Companys" (Olympic Stadium); built in 1930, rebuilt in 1990. Palau Sant Jordi (1992). Sports University 6 Telecomunications tower (1992)  |
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Great Britain Landmark Buildings July 13, 2017 SEC Armadillo (originally known as the Clyde Auditorium) is an auditorium located in Glasgow, Scotland. It is one of three venues on the Scottish Event Campus. Scottish Parliament Building is the home of the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood in central Edinburgh. The distinctive windows of the MSP building were inspired by Henry Raeburn's iconic painting The Skating Minister.  |
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Spain Tourism July 23, 1969 Cathedral of Murcia is a Catholic church in the city of Murcia, Spain. It is the only cathedral in use in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cartagena in Spain. Co-cathedral of Santa María de la Redonda is a co-cathedral located in Logroño, in La Rioja, Spain. It belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño.  |
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Great Britain UK from A to Z October 13, 2011 Harlech Castle, located in Harlech, Gwynedd, Wales, is a medieval fortification, constructed atop a spur of rock close to the Irish Sea. It was built by Edward I during his invasion of Wales between 1282 and 1289. Edinburgh Castle is a historic fortress which dominates the skyline of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, from its position on the Castle Rock......By the 17th century it was principally used as military barracks with a large garrison.  |
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Finland Ancient Castles January 20, 2014 Turku Castle is the largest surviving medieval building in Finland. It was founded in the late 13th century and stands on the banks of the Aura River. Raseborg Castle is a medieval castle built over time from the 14th to the 16th century. Battles were fought between Swedish and Danish forces over control of the castle in the Middle Ages. Olavinlinna is a 15th-century three-tower castle located in Savonlinna. It ss built on an island in the Kyrönsalmi strait that connects the lakes Haukivesi and Pihlajavesi.  |
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