After the English-led invasion of Ireland, between 1169 and 1172, the country was run by Anglo-Irish lords—English and Welsh men gifted with Irish land and titles for their service to the English King. Of these families, the Butlers were one of the three most powerful i...

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The attic of Häme Castle has many undefined shapes because of structural deformation or weathering which is very difficult or impossible to represent accurately using parametric BIM objects. The historic styles of Häme Castle include organic shapes, which again can be m...

Cet article a été rédigé à la fin de l’année 2013, en vue de la publication des actes du colloque « Les résidences aristocratiques de l’an mille dans la Francia Media (Lyon, 2012), à laquelle les organisateurs du colloque ont finalement renoncé. Il témoigne donc de l’ét...

European settlements, trans-Atlantic trade in commodities and slaves, and colonization are indispensable components of Ghana’s political history, heritage, and tourism industry. European forts and castles built as far back as 1482 still characterize the Atlantic coast o...

There are approximately 300 castles in Slovakia, 109 of which have the status of nationally cultural monument (NKP) and as of today, 55 of these have been restored or are currently undergoing restoration. In this paper, we highlight the differences in past approach to c...

This article assesses the location factors involved in the construction of Slovak castles and chateaux, because the location is not coincidental but associated with anthropogenically created or altered land units. We primarily concentrated on assessing the natural facto...

The site of Château Rocher (Saint-Rémy-de-Blot, Puy-de-Dôme), was the object of a brief rescue excavation in the autumn of 2008, on the north-east corner of the building. Observations on the structure and the archaeological surveys carried out at the heart of this study...