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June 19, 2018

Bischofsburg Warbeck (Uue-Kastre)

Warbeck is another one of the castles on the Suur Emajõgi which I have managed to go past. Further downstream from the castle at…

June 16, 2018

Burg Kyda (Kiiu)

The cute tower now known as Kiiu carries the dubious distinction of being the smallest surviving Medieval military building in the Baltics. This should…

June 12, 2018

Bischofsburg Odenpäh (Otepää)

The Estonian Otepää is mostly known to the locals as a winter resort, but this is a place where known history stretches back into…

June 10, 2018

Bischofsburg Oldentorne (Vana-Kastre)

Oldentorne, or in today’s language, Vana-Kastre was the site of a castle in the Bishopric of Dorpat (Tartu). Not much is left today —…

May 23, 2018

Hunworth Castle

Visiting Hunworth was fun! One really wouldn’t expect to see a glacial escarpment just like the one that is located in the village in…

May 20, 2018

Gresham Castle

Gresham became, moments after arriving there, one of my favourite places in the whole of East Anglia. Not only are we looking at a…

April 25, 2018

Ordensburg Keikael (Keila)

An ordensburg is much the same as a bischofsburg, just for the Order and not a Bishop. The Order in this case is the…

April 22, 2018

Review: Crusader Castles of the Teutonic Knights (2), Stephen Turnbull

Crusader Castles of the Teutonic Knights (2): The stone castles of Latvia and Estonia 1185–1560 by Stephen Turnbull My rating: 4 of 5 stars…

April 22, 2018

Review: Crusader Castles of the Teutonic Knights (1), Stephen Turnbull

Crusader Castles of the Teutonic Knights (1): The red-brick castles of Prussia 1230–1466 by Stephen Turnbull My rating: 4 of 5 stars This book…

April 21, 2018

Bischofsburg Hapsal (Haapsalu)

English regrettably lacks the term I was looking for here, or at least it’s clumsier than Bischofsburg: Episcopal Castle, so I’ve gone with the…

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