IN THE hills of central Spain is the pretty pink town of Albarracín. With medieval walls and the remains of castles, it’s ...

The Eltz Castle is commonly known as Burg Eltz, Burg being the translation for “castle” in German. The first written evidence ...

A map has shown the location of castles across western and central Europe, and one nation seems to be the stand out winner. During the medieval period, the defensive buildings came into their own ...

Photo by J. Irmišová et al. (2025.) Hidden beneath the floorboards of one of Europe’s oldest castles, a vanilla pod sat buried in a mixture of dirt and rubble. While it might not seem like ...