King John's Castle on the Shannon and the Milk Market, in the city of Angela's Ashes.
Kronborg, Hamlet's Elsinore, guarding the narrowest point of the Oresund opposite Sweden.
A castle on a crag above the battlefields of Wallace and Bruce — Scotland's history in one town.
Edward I's ring of eight towers and the most complete medieval walls in Britain, on the Snowdonia coast.
Cafe-lined riverside old town.
Fairytale medieval walled city, UNESCO-listed.
One of the oldest continuously inhabited sites.
Medieval capital on the Yantra gorge.
Belarus’s best-preserved historic centre, with two castles above the Neman.
Red-sandstone castle ruin above the old town of Heidelberg and the Neckar valley.
Explore Carcassonne, a fortified medieval city in southern France. Walk the double ring of ramparts of the Cité de Carcassonne (a UNESCO World Heritage site with 52 towers), admire the Basilica of Saints Nazarius and Celsus (known for its 12th-century stained glass and Gothic choir), and cross the Pont Vieux (a 14th-century stone bridge offering panoramic views of the city).
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