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Bethlen Magna Curia castle (Deva, Transylvania)

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The Bethlen castle is located in a beautiful park at the bottom of the citadel hill, across the street from the beautiful turn-of-the-century Administrative Palace (Prefecture). Since 1882, the castle houses the history department of the County Museum, with artifacts and displays from Antiquity, Middle Ages and up to the present. Currently the castle is undergoing restoration and the museum is being temporarily housed in the Administrative Palace.

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Grounds of Ilam Hall

Ilam Hall Hostel

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Ilam, Staffordshire. The site of Casterne Hall, generaly known as Ilam Hostel, has been a dwelling since time immemorial and the present owners, the Hurts, came here in the late… Read More »Ilam Hall Hostel

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Bowhill House

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Selkirk, Borders, Scotland; the estate was granted to the Douglas family in 1322 and reverted to the Crown in 1450 as a favourite hunting ground; in 1550 the Scott family… Read More »Bowhill House

Coughton Court

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Alcester, Warwickshire, has been the home of the Throckmortons since the 15th century and still is – the present Tudor house was built in the 16th century. There are lots… Read More »Coughton Court

Corfe Castle

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Dorset, impressive ruins of a castle which was built 1000 years ago, and had its best period in the 13th and 14th centuries. In 1635 the castle was bought by… Read More »Corfe Castle

Clandon Park House

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Photo from Old Buildings. Surrey, a fine Palladian country house built in early 18th century, park designed by Lancelot Brown; The Queen’s Royal Surrey Regiment Museum

Burleigh House

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Fife, Scotland, ruins of a 15th century keep with a courtyard wall with a gate and a corner tower; once a stronghold of the Balfours of Burleigh, and visited several… Read More »Burleigh House

Bishops Waltham Hampshire

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Hampshire, remains of the moated medieval house of the Bishops of Winchester, destroyed during the Civil War.

Belton House (Lincolnshire)

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Lincolnshire, was the home of the Brownlow Cust family since it was built in 1685-88. In 1984 the house was given to the National Trust, but the principal family collections like silver, paintings, the complete library and the outstanding items of furniture remain in Belton. There are paintings by Titian, Reynolds, Romney, Lord Leighton, Boucher.

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