History

Arts, Architecture, History, Building Types - Historic Irish Castles. Photographs external and internal, QuickTime video, and brief history of selected castles by visitor Jim Moats.

Arts, Architecture, History, Building Types - Guide to Japanese Castles. Eric Obershaw provides a general history and description of castles in Japan, and photographs of castles he has visited, with histories taken from the official brochures and display text.

Arts, Architecture, History, Building Types - Neuschwanstein Castle. The official site of this 19th-century fantasy castle built by King Ludwig II of Bavaria includes an illustrated building history, tour and biography of Ludwig.

Arts, Architecture, History, Building Types - Burgruinen.de. Presents plans, dates and photographs of ruined castles in the Suedpfalz.

Arts, Architecture, History, Building Types - Château de Landreville. Castle in the Champagne-Ardenne built in the 12th century and rebuilt in the 16th century, it retains its moat and is a rare example of the pre-renaissance French castle.

Arts, Architecture, History, Building Types - Château de Saint-Loup. French medieval castle converted into a grand country house in the 17th century, but retaining its keep and moat.

Arts, Architecture, History, Building Types - Topcastles. Robert Rongen presents images and brief details of hundreds of medieval castles, sorted by country, region and castle type.

Il Castello ed il paese di Lari. Situato sulle colline pisane, ha avuto il suo massimo splendore come sede di Vicariato fiorentino. Il Granduca di Toscana Leopoldo II, ebbe occasione di dire :'Venni a Lari e dalla sua rocca mostrai paese vasto, la parte pi? bella di Toscana'

The page includes photographs, postcards, artifacts, and books that are related to state hospitals and there history. This site is dedicated to the many abandoned asylums in the United States. Fairfield Hills Hospital (Fairfield State Hospital), Kankakee State Hospital, Norwich Hospital (Norwich State Hospital), Philadelphia State Hospital (Byberry State Hospital), Kings Park State Hospital, Buffalo State Hospital (Buffalo Psychiatric Center), Worcester State Hospital, Pennhurst Center (Pennhurst State School and Hospital), Traverse City State Hospital (Regional Psychiatric Hospital), Milledgeville State Hospital (Central State Hospital), Asylum Postcards, State Hospital Postcards, Insane Asylum Postcards, State Hospital Pin, State Hospital pins, State Hospital artifacts, Asylum Books, State Hospital books, mental health book, mentally ill books, state hospital photographs, asylum photographs

Arts, Architecture, History, Building Types - Poorhouse Story. Extensive site concerning the history of poorhouses.

Arts, Architecture, History, Building Types - Glamis Castle, Scotland. The official site of the home of the Earls of Strathmore and Kinghorne offers a history, illustrated tour and visitor information.

Arts, Architecture, History, Building Types - Cawdor Castle. Official site for this medieval and 17th-century castle in Nairn, Scotland, home of the Cawdor family.