This is proof , if any were needed, that Tyler NEVER looks at the comments, as this has been mentioned many times !

Been to quite a few of those. Alnwick caste was used in the films as Hogwarts and some of the scenes were filmed in the grounds and the outer rooms. It was a little surreal walking round when you've seen the films. It's a bit of a walk to the castle from the main entrance but you see it from a distance and that was seen in the films as well. Alnwick is the second largest inhabited castle in England. It is the home of the Duke of Northumberland and his family. The living quarters are on the higher floors and only the first two floors are open to visitors. It was a fun day out but you can’t do that from London in a day. I was staying nearby then.

@jonhm8224 Ah, come on now. You can't just go taking the time to compose a well written, factual post that's on topic. That's simply not playing fair! 😂

As someone from Northumberland I don’t even think Alnwick Castle is the most dramatic one. Lindisfarne and Bamburgh are both as good if not better than Alnwick.

Yes, that was winding me up as well. He kept on repeating it too. Northumberland is surely the capital of castles in England too. So many were built to keep the scots at arms length.

Definitely one of the best I've visited.

And its got its very own wyrm.

As much as i love Bamburgh my favourite just down the coast is Dunstanburgh Castle, it is mostly ruins but it's location and sense of eeriness is very atmospheric ;)

Barnburgh castle is gorgeous Such history Location is beautiful great view of the coast 🥰

Agreed. As a "Vikings" fan ("I am Uhtred, son of Uhtred"), I just assumed it would be in the list.

In fairness, some castles are "follies". They were actually built much later - there was a popular "revival" in the 1800s - but are made to look Medieval. Castell Coch, in Wales, is a "folly". There was a historic castle there but it was all rebuilt in the 1800s and just made to look historic. It's still a great castle to visit - and it tries to be authentic to Medieval building, but you are looking at a modern restoration and rebuild, not a historic castles that actually survived from Medieval.

Before gunpowder, "castles" were made of wood. Once the guns arrived the castles followed.

Castles are called forts in the US.

​@@Finderskeepers.You're wrong, castles were made of stone long before gunpowder was invented. Castles were besieged with siege machines that hurled large stone balls and boulders at stone castles to break through thier thick stone walls. Yes some were made of wood (forts), more permanent defences (castles) mainly stone.

@@klaxoncow Nop a 'folly' is a completely different thing and would never be seen as a 'real' Castle. And they are not always made to look medieval. A lot were built in the Victorian era. There are over 4,000 real castles in the UK alone. We have a couple of Follies near us, one known locally as 'The Pineapple House' is relatively famous. but would never be referred to as a castle. Are you mixing up two different things? '

It is not free most require an English heritage paid membership

Free to smoke a joint?

Oh yeah !! Scotland has been in war against England for centuries 🎉

We're not free to think though or have a different opinion from the left wing narrative. Not free to pray in your head without the threat of being arrested , not free to be patriotic. Not free to want to protect your culture. Not free to be a white native. Even our children are not free from the threat of gang R. What you just said is pathetic and brainwashed. We're slaves in our own land.

@@thebolsta bun a zoot wherever you want pal

True. I drive past Carlisle Castle often and it’s no biggie. Although it has huge historical significance in relation to when Queen Elizabeth 1 imprisoned Mary Queen of Scots there.

It's pronounced "Annick" !!!

@@user-cp4px2be7p And not Rod-chester

I live in one.

You can walk down entire streets of houses hundreds of years old.

Just tell them that it's because The Queen Mother was an avid plane spotter. 😉

hahahahahahahahahaha

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Not very clever are they

How dumb are they? More so how long do they think the airport was around? Jezzz it's not like we go hmmm it's 2024 let's build a castle.....

Built by the English to keep control over the pesky Welsh people of Wales.

Dans toute l Europe il y a des châteaux

@@sandrinecozic7214yes. But none have more per square mile than Wales.

​@@sandrinecozic7214i live in wales, i have a 12c royal mint, a paliment house and castle 1.5 miles to the west of my home, a church from the doomsday book 500m to the west, and a roman bath remains 500meters further up thr same road. However france has to have some of the greatest castles ive wondered around. We in europe are blessed with great living history on our doorsteps.

For some reason I prefer, say, Conwy Castle to Caernarfon Castle as there's less of Conwy left, so more imagination is needed!

Yes but that number include many that are nothing more than just ruins or just outlines in the soil, no one would include them as actual castles to visit. There are several hundred castles in England that are still standing whole, there are 65 castles in Scotland that are still standing whole, Wales has over 100 castles that are standing whole or as ruins and about 500 that have returned to nature and are just mainly part ruins or just earth mounds and ditches. There are also over 40 castles in Northern Ireland but some of them are just ruins. He'd better not visit Germany because as the castle capital of the world with over 25,000 castles he'd need a lifetime to see them all. 😂

@@martinwebb1681 It sounds like Germany has always been keen on wars then.

​@@martinwebb1681Wales has more castles per square mile than any other country in Europe. There are more than 600 castles in Wales, more per square mile than anywhere in the world. Some have been lived in continuously for a thousand years.

@@dib000 ... Yes but only just over 100 of those still survive today, the other 500 were returned to nature and all that is left of them is a part of the ruins or just mounds and ditches remaining.

@@neilwilliams4684 nahh, its france

You should see Stone Henge. It was built in the Neolithic - a stone age monument. This chunk of land we call Britain has been continuously inhabited for a very, very long time. We're talking, pre-Australia, pre-America, pre-Christianity, pre-farming kinda 'long time'. It's kinda weird to me, as a Brit, that some people don't have that kind of cultural history - but then, Australians and Americans DO share our history, they just don't see it every day. For example; I've lived in a flat in a building older than America. That's not uncommon (Although a single wealthy family's townhouse would now be split into many small, but expensive, flats). Stay here for any length of time and you probably will too. 😂 Never forget, modern life is a very new invention. Perspective is everything.

Kenilworth Castle is a great one for graffiti, when we visited years ago the walls were engraved with years pre-dating the 1700s, did actually say joe blogs was here in 1700, but nearly.

@@blossomyoung9615 Perspective certainly is everything. I always get a chuckle from the younger generations who think life was always like it is today, whereas in reality we're living in a very different world these days. 400 years ago wasn't all that different from 500 years ago, or 600, or 700 et al. But nowadays a half century can see the world change almost entirely. Careers and trades used to be an intergenerational concept, whereas a lot of careers these days wont make it from father to son, some don't even survive a single generation! I'm not far from Stone Henge, about 30 minutes, and it's on my to-do list. Been busy visiting all the castles and forests down south. Mind blowing. To stand in those grounds knowing how many centuries it has been standing, and all the world events it has witnessed, is very humbling. A human life is just a blip on the timeline of life itself. Absolutely loving it here. Australia is great, I'll probably retire there, buy some land, cut an airfield and spend my twilight years dancing amongst the clouds. But until then I'm lapping up all the culture the UK has to offer. Plus the people here are unreal, lots of interesting characters, and most people are really friendly quick to smile and always have something nice to say. Stay well mate, you're a good soul.

@@JuneSivell Kenilworth looks amazing, though it's a fair old drive from where I'm living. I'll work my way up there eventually! Joe Bloggs reminds me of the baggy jeans from the 90's, had a couple of pairs as a teenager. Cost a fortune to buy in Australia though, something like AU$150 a pair back then which according to inflation calculators would be about GBP£180 now! I'm guessing they were cheap as chips over here, anything imported to Oz circa 80/90 was seen as a "luxury" item and wore a hefty markup by virtue. Have a good one mate and thanks for bringing back some memories!

Not really the whole story. I live in a house over 400 years old. It has small doors and originally had low ceilings. It was done because it made the place easier to heat, especially before window glass was a thing. Also timber was much more expensive in longer lengths- only the very wealthy had the money to buy the oak timbers needed for wider, taller rooms.

From my house you can see the church I got married in. Its tower was built in 1058. It leans rather alarmingly to one side because, according to legend, there is a Viking ship full of treasure buried beneath it…

history teacher must have had flue that day😂

@@allanallen1835 I've seen videos of him early on , he knows,

He’s got to be joking. I live in the US and we learned about that in school

@@thehapagirl92 he knows all about he UK he's reacted to videos in the past

​@@DeanMoxley87yes he's done so many videos in the past but pretends to be surprised in every new one.

Bamburgh is stunning. The list is bizarre, highclere isn't a castle 😂.

No it was the capital of Bernicia a part of Northumbria (northern part), York was the capital of Deira the southern part of formally as such The Anglian Kingdom of Northumbria.

How about War wick or Down Town?😂

@@jeremysmith54565 I suggest you research that again. St Aiden was instructed to found Lindisfarne by the King Oswald of Northumbria living next door at his capitol at Bamborough Castle. Aidan (died 651) was the founder and first bishop of the Lindisfarne island monastery in England. He is credited with restoring Christianity to Northumbria; not Bernicia. Whatever came later post Viking has nothing to do with that.

@@vicibox It (Deira) merged with Bernicia in 654, so no its you who needs to research that again evidently.

ide say apart from Warwick you are 100% correct.

Edinburgh is in another league.

@@paulwild3676 yes it is!

You'd need FAR more time for all of them!

Agree. The Welsh castles are amazing

Inhabited has the same definition in the US. The main difference is that we enunciate the h, while London's East Enders say "In-abited".

Half the country doesnt pronounce the letter H

Oh bless you, you would be allowed into most castles you see.

@@indianastones6032 There is a lot of H dropping, but it still depends on the accent. The traditional "BBC accent" (Received Pronunciation) still uses it with most words, although nowadays not all BBC presenters are forced to adopt RP.

Inhabited must obviously mean a different thing where Tyler lives And he is nuts if he thinks the interior’s are the same as they were 1000’s of years ago 🙈🙈

My nans niece used to live there when her husband was a beefeater in the 90s

yes as its pronounced An - ick

They also have a Deadly Garden where ALL the Plants are TOXIC either to touch or eat.

They still have St Cloud State University courses running from the Castle too. I remember when they were filming the quidditch scenes because you could see the floodlights on from my flats living room window at the time, local school children were used for extras too.

Not to mention it was used as Hogwarts in many Harry Potter films and if you venture into the White Swan Hotel in town, you can see panelling etc. from Titanic’s sister ship Olympic.

What a shame you cannot understand the meaning of uninhabited.

As kids we went there so often we memorised the maze, and ran through it - and thought ourselves so clever. 😂 Hands up if you were that kid too.

@tumbleweed860 When i was a lecturer in London, i commuted from Hampton Court Station into Waterloo. We often walked through the grounds of the palace along the River Thames to Kingston to do some shopping.

It's a great castle isn't it. Joust is this week coming btw. Fun fact Arundel Castle joust is the only legitimate actual joust, the rest round the country are re-enactments. That's why the jousters have to wear real full on suits of armour, otherwise they'd get severely hurt!! It's a full on proper tournament. 😃

@@abigailporter2933 Oh wow, I didn't realise it was the only real joust! No wonder it's so spectacular! I won't be able to attend the event this year, sadly. Although it will likely continue to be something I attend each year after! I also really liked the fire-eater they had in 2022. He was so much fun!

​@laiky4373 it's always a good tournament for sure. Glad you enjoyed the 2022 one and the fire eater. Yes, the fact it's a real tournament is pretty awesome, because of the Dukes premier position as Earl Marshall, it's why he can hold a legitimate tournament. It's certainly going to be hot weather this year, so I'm sure it'll draw in the crowds (I'm not a fan of really hot weather so will be hiding indoors whilst the tournament battles on!!) Lovely speaking to you. 🕊

Dover castle is not built on a river.

There a lot of great medieval castles in UK and many are in a quite good state and in Spain/Portugal too, i still have preference for french ones but many have been destroyed by the King central power, religion wars, revolution or used as stone quarry etc... Germany many ones but they have "gothic" style, in general prefer early medieval castles when it was all about war!!! English have fantastic websites with great drawings about UK castles recronstruction (often at different times in history), i wish France had same kind of website.

@@TC2290-wh5cb Nop, but with a water course underneath . A castle had to have a water supply close by .

@@welshpete12 Dover Castle uses a well.

There’s even more in Germany (think 22,000)

Sounds like Monmouthshire

Me too. I live within 5 minutes walk from Chester Castle and often go Castle viewing [ including some of the forgotten ones like Ewlow and Hawarden]

Yes, they were built to keep the uppety welsh down ;)

@@BlackLiger788 and the castles in england were built to keep down the uppity english.

I live in Scotland. Truro minutes from Edinburgh Castle to the East, Stirling Castle to the West and 15 minutes to Blackness Castle and Linlithgow Palace. We are so lucky and do enjoy visiting them. I have had great pleasure in visiting them, with our American friends over many years

As a Brit, I find this so patronising and rude.

​@iBettyScientologyCritic he's not wrong though

Amen to that - its quite shocking

I thought he said downtown abbey

This has been endlessly pointed out to him in earlier reactions. More proof that he never reads the comments he invites.

Not to mention mangling the names of places immediately after he hears the narrator say them!! 🤪 ED It got too painful at 17:00 - War-wick castle, he seems to have almost zero verbal memory. [ often signs of a fool ]

Very frustrating… doesn’t help that Alnwick is mispronounced by the narrator :/

I wonder why Uptown Abbey didn't make the list. 🤔😂

interesting little historical fact is that the castle moat has a plug and the type of moat at Bodiam is made to be exceptionally wide but relatively shallow with the original outline border of the moat was designed to keep the water in the mud after the top water was drained so that anyone approaching would be at least waist deep in mud, it was a type of moat design that is rarely remembered by people that do not look to deeply into medieval history but is one of my favorites.

It’s more of a theme Park

Runned?

@@eddisstreet Could be run 🧐

Tyler is in awe of everything which is why lots of people probably assume he's a troll

Dude is a huge troll lol, he reacts to everything the same way and never interacts with his viewers. Its probably why his sub count is doing poorly. I unsubbed ages ago but his videos pop up every now and again.

@@_Professor_Oak ... I don't think he even bothers to read the comments.

@@_Professor_Oak he'll probably have to start on another country soon as his Japan channel isn't doing too well

I agree up to a point. Some reactors create a narrative, a journey into a subject and build a relationship with viewers as they take them on their journey. Tyler, rightly or wrongly, seems to take the approach that he's constantly appealing to new viewers and kind of presents a naiveté where everything is awesome and amazing. But that aside, on some videos it's more apparent he's genuinely enjoying the content he's reacting too rather than being in competition with his brother, clinically harvesting likes and views. To me, this was one of those reactions. 🤷🏼‍♂️

My home town. Nottingham castle was on my doorstep ❤

As a Hucknall born lad, I approve of this post!

How sad that you live in a modern country the other side of the world and have never seen the places which connect you to your ancestry. You must come here and explore.

​@@valeriedavidson2785yes..funny thing is my cousin lives in Oxford but she has never been to Birdingbury (Warwickshire) either! She said if I come over, we will go together. 😊

I'm impressed you know who your third cousins are. I don't even know who my second cousins are, never mind third. I could walk past them in the street and not know.

Did he? Did he eventually get to have a brand new home? That's the American dream!😉

I love Dover castle

Same here less than a mile from the castle plus my daughter in law works there

My son has a good view of Dover Castle from his kitchen window, I’m only a few miles away myself but I think my favourite is Walmer Castle as I love the gardens there.

@@belindawallace5203 I am ashamed to say i have never been to walmer or deal castles but i think it will be on the cards this summer

@@devdebz1 my son and I joined English Heritage when he was about four years old and used to visit Deal Castle a lot when he was younger, he used to love to explore the “rounds” - I don’t know if they still let people borrow a torch as it’s quite dark down there! We used to live walking distance from Walmer Castle and would spend time in the gardens in good weather. I think we’re so lucky to have so much history on our doorstep! I can highly recommend Walmer Castle 👍

Totaly agree. ❤

I like Carew

Two beautiful castles.

Love Warwick Castle.

ROFLMAO 🤣.

years ago my family was involved in battles, uncle made armor, chainmail, swords all the stuff you see he made, he getting on now but he just finished helmet as realistic as possible for a castle display, sadly think that his last one. years ago my uncle , mum traveled around wales and England not so much England but few i remember that Warwick castle, mum uncle took parts in the fights on top of birds of prey display me my brother walked around dressed in costume with real bow arrows custom made by specialist with a bird prey. not done events for 15 years ish now but growing up was great fun but my uncle did not stop making weapons in his home for these events, had a eagle owl till only very recent. played a good role in lots events over the years,at night we all camp up in field huge camp fire everyone getting very drunk. lots fun times and great memory's, still got painted image at my mums with event i hold the kestrel, mum in battle, still got bow and arrow in loft, it a real weapon, and sure lots other stuff hidden away. funny thing only 4 miles from Warwick castle now, just over a mile from Kenilworth castle my home town and my driving test past Warwick castle

To be honest, he didn’t even have to listen, he just had to actually read the title of the video he selected to watch…Top 10 Castles to Visit in England.

I was visiting Arundel Castle with my parents in the early 1960's, I must have spent ages looking at a portrait of the 1st Duke of Bedford and my parents had wandered off, a man's voice from behind started to describe the portrait, I turned round to thank him and introduce myself to him, he thanked me and introduced himself, the then Duke of Bedford. That still occurs today if the family still reside in a Castle or House, who better than a family member.

Comments are more the result of the standard of education in the US and their insular society 🇦🇺🦘

Its doontoon Abbey in Newcastle

@@freddibna4976 🤣🤣🤣

You can visit many castles . Including Windsor castle which was the late Queen’s favourite . Arundel castle built in the 11th century near me you can visit . The Duke of Norfolk lives there

Take it from me there are a lot of lived in castles. Revenues from tourists helps maintain these castles. Parts are partitioned off to tourists, you have to look on a set course, you can’t wander around willy nilly.

@@christinehoughton8591 you seem to be confused, the American is Tyler and I quoted him exactly and I simply highlighted that it's kind of weird of him to be surprised when the White house , which is inhabited by the US president has tours.

Alnwick is pronounced Annick!

@@jedworthy why is it everyone seems to be replying to other comments on mine? I haven't mentioned pronunciation at all and I know the pronunciation because I am English and am quite used to place names not being pronounced phonetically.

Fascinating bit of family history. Could it have been a different battle, as Wiki says Percy missed Bunker Hill?

@peterellis1307 you could well be correct but George Kirk, my GG was at that battle and Percy rewarded him. George's medal is on display in the museum.

@martinsmith1573 I reckon your 4th GG was probably in a few battles over there, Martin. It looks like Percy was a capable commander and forward-thinking when it came to taking care of his men. I'm not surprised he looked after your GG in civilian life. He also it seems did not get on very well with the, General in charge of the British forces. The last time I was at Alnwick Castle, I missed out on the Fusileers Regitmental museum. Too much time spent looking at crockery and flying broomsticks, I'm afraid. When I'm next there, i must rectify that, and I'll look out for your GGs medal. Thanks to your post, I've had a pleasant hour or so reading about Hugh Percy and about the 5th Regiment of Foot. Cheers Martin 🍻

Thanks Peter. I haven't seen George's medal either and will rectify this. It's my duty! Best, Martin

Alnwick, pronounced Annik.

Leg position on horse statues is a myth. Some conform...others do not...and there are enough that do not for it not to be a very good rule, same as i before e except after c where there are tons and tons of exceptions that break that 'rule'. Albert, Prince Consort (Holborn). One hoof up. Victoria’s husband was an intellectual, not a warrior, and never sustained a battle wound. ❌ Charles I (Charing Cross). One hoof up. Never wounded in battle. ❌ Edward VII (Waterloo Place). One hoof up. Died in old age. ❌ Earl Haig (Whitehall). One hoof up. The first world war commander evaded serious injury, despite presiding over the Western Front. Died of a heart attack in later life. ❌ George III (Pall Mall). One hoof up. He never fought a battle. ❌ William III (St James’s Square). Two hooves up. Did not die in battle, but after falling from his horse. ❌ That's 6 of about 15 in London alone that don't follow the rule i.e. 40%...elsewhere around the world it's pretty much the same story. Cool story, but false unfortunately.

That's good news ... I'll just check my piggy bank. Ah great, I have my first door hinge purchased!!

Yup. Henry the VIII & Oliver Cromwell have a lot to answer for vis a vis Monastries, Cathedrals & Churches. Sigh.

As a Brit, I can't get enough of castles! We have English Heritage membership and really make the most of it, as it includes Welsh (CADW) and Scottish (Historic Environment Scotland) properties.

@@jeanrobinson705 Oh that's really handy to know - thank you! It's good to know that the orgs are all working together, England does tend to hog the limelight, and anything that encourages people to explore more widely is a definite plus!

Highclere Castle is a castle in name only. Originally a bishop's Palace, it was rebuilt as a house and altered many times. It now appears to be in a Jacobean style, but was actually made to look that way in Victorian times.

Don't forget the lovely Hever Castle, childhood home of Anne Boleyn ❤️

@@PsychicPsal1742 Yes, I have been there too! Lovely castle.

The famous frontage (of state rooms) was added just before WW1. The old house is still there, hidden away at the back.

😠 If you had paid attention to what Tyler actually said, you would not have posted such a critical comment. Note that the narrator said that the Tower of London was once a palace, and a castle in turn.

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nope, most were Slighted to stop rebels using them again after the English Civil War.. of course people took the stones then.

@@niallrussell7184 but also farmers

If you ARE English then your poor spelling does not reflect that. If in doubt, please use a dictionary.

@@angharaddenby3389 :|, I can try just don't be like that please?

our local castle stones were pillaged by the church, to build village churches around our county

Wait till Tyler finds out which Tube station you use to visit The Tower of London, his mind will be blown.

There are some who think the White Tower was actually a renovated Roman building.

@@lat1419 It might well be, or at least built on Roman foundations. It was quite common to reuse foundations/cellars/dungeons etc of older structures.

@dfuher968 look at the white tower- the fenestration is clearly roman

The castle everyone sees is 18th & 19th century. The Norman castle is tucked away behind it.

You can visit Inside Arundel castle but not cheap

Thanks, that was very informative, never knew that was how London zoo was started!

People live in the Tower of London, not just the Beefeaters. It even has its own postcode C1. Apparently, it's very hard to get pizzas delivered there since they assume its a prank half the time so they often get it delivered to the Starbuck next door to pick up.

Technically, that wasn't how London Zoo got started, as that opened in 1828, but it did pick up a lot of animals as a result of the Royal Menagerie closing (there were nearly 300 animals in the Menagerie in 1831, up from 17 in 1805, as the last Keeper of the Menagerie was big on acquisitions)@@marioniopionio

Yes Dover Castle is one of the best. --- Last summer 2023 had Many warm sunny days!

Very surprised he has not heard of Dover..really? I think the white cliffs of Dover are very famous..and I am not British.

@@nolajoy7759 I went on the cliffs and it was pretty cool, you can see France from them lol. I wanted to go into the castle but it took half the day to even walk around most of the cliffs lmao.

@@jlwkss Im a born and bred Dovorian, and when you can see France on a clear day you are really looking at Mainland Europe, Dover is the gateway too Europe

Also all those on the Rhine in Germany.

ronnyrudeboy: you have forgotten the country with by far most castles in the world: Germany (with over 25000 castles). And if one takes the Holy Roman Empire (with Germany as base but it included masses of now other countries which are now Austria, Switzerland, partly Northern Italy, Luxemburg, Liechtenstein, part of France, Belgium, Netherlands, parts of Poland, Baltics, Bohemia/Czech - many communities in Eastern Europe (technically also Spain etc. - which was just a Habsburg Branch, Portugal, Rome, Sicily and so on) then those Germans created something about 100000-200000 castles, maybe much more. Among them are also the biggest castle in the world (Marlbork castle, created by the German Teutonic Order - now part of Poland) or the longest (Burghausen/Germany), storywise also interesting is the Frankenstein castle in Hessen/Germany (where a real dynasty of Frankensteins lived for centuries, also an Alchemist who really seek for the Elixir of Life with now dubious methods - all that inspired Mary Shelby, who traveled the region for her famous 'Frankenstein' novel ). One of the reasons why there are many castles especially in Germany itself is that the Holy Roman Empire was a very fragmented complex Empire with masses of little states (also the reason why Germany has most cities in Europe) and its geographical position right in the center of Europe (its a kind of interface position - from a greater perspective also together with other Central Europe regions (which are also the birthplace of the all Indo-European subcultures of the more Western branches: Proto-Germanic from Northern Germany, Proto-Celtic from Southern Germany/Austria (Hallstatt), Proto-Slavic from a region between the neighbor and farer East and Proto-Italic in Hungary (before they moved over to Italy). Also all Rainessances happened in exactly this region (from the Germanic Frankish Empire (France is just the remain of the Western part of that) where in Aachen/Germany happened under Karl dem Grossen (Karolus Magnus, wrongly named 'Charlemagne' - no one with that name existed) the Carolingian Rainessances happend, later the Northern Rainessances, the one in Northern Italy and Rome (all of that was directly or indirectly part of the Holy Roman Empire) and so on. The oldest castles are btw. in Germany/Austria and UK. One has to keep furthermore in mind that most castles were already destroyed at medieval times for a couple of more profane smaller conflicts (sometimes just neighboring nobilities - or substitutions, moving toanother spot) not during the world wars (even if the 30 year war really destroyed a lot). Annd castles are not castles, they changed over time. Not every castles which looks like a 'defensive' castle is one, it was already often back then just a superficial defense and the focus more on representation while others have a very complex and real defense construction. Also castles changed over time due to the evolution of weapons: when canons became more and more a thing triangle like fortress structures became more and more a thing. The 'Spandau Citadel' in Berlin is a great example of a more fortress like construction but also castles like Hohentwiel which is a massive multi level castle site (starting from 915 or earlier and changing over time - its more like castles within castles (Matroschka puppets like) bt represents a good combination between older castles structures and later changed/added constructions with more fortress focus) . Now, in detail castles/palaces etc. are often much more different and represent very different environments/epoches and owner focus than it appears on a superficial view, one can find overall in Europe good representations of the historical contexts of that time. It is not just 'ok, old castles are just old castles'. Already just side aspects of castles like 'prisons' changed over time (it was NOT usual that castles had 'dungeon' like prisons. On the contrary, many were quite comfy, nice and overground - just some rooms or in a tower but not 'bad'. Such constructions came later) ... the reason for triangle like extensions for fortresses or fortress castles was btw. that the canon balls could hit less hard with such shapes. and serious constructed ones also had on one hand an earth-wall before that and 'lower' buildings so the entire construction is less vulnerable and more difficult to aim at. There are also different regional differenes between Europe - like some preferred more keeps/towers with certain functions, others not. already a tower in itself is quite different for different purposes and changed over time. Some castles were constructed with another closeby castle in mind - sometimes also some parts (like doorways) were just created to give a good view on the other castle - others with more practical reasons in mind. one also had already at medieval time competion between neighbor dynasties/nobilities etc. (or as said: trying to destruct the other castles. here also laws for knights, fehde etc. plaid a role)

Not sure I believe you, though I would not be surprised if a couple of people did.

@@anncarroll2708 I am guessing your American if you have difficulty believing in facts ! Suppose you'll just have to wait for the movie or maybe that's why you don't believe because it is not Hollywood telling you !

@@anncarroll2708 As a young man I used to go to Glastonbury festival virtually every summer this was usually the week after summer solstice ! So most of my friends and half the festival would go to Stonehenge for the solstice and then go onto the festival ! Every year my friends or people at the festival would talk about having had to stop American tourists from taking souvenirs you will probably be able to find historical documents or old newspaper articles or National Trust comments about it if you really want proof ! But that was the excuse for the Government to crack down on the peace commune ( Hippy like crusty group who used to travel as a community outside normal society ! )

Totally agree. I went to a museum in Hawaii once and it was a museum because it was really old apparently. Nothing there was really old, my house is older than that was.

Hawaii is thought to have been inhabited from approx 940-1140 possibly before.​@@flo6956

Slam a tequila when he says "What"

You’d say goodbye to your liver if you did that 😂

The level of ignorance is mindboggling.

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Perhaps, don’t say they don’t exist. Americans don’t understand irony is in our everyday language.😝😂