Scenic Relaxation on MSN

Why was this castle built on a hill?

This video shows the ruins of an old stone castle on a raised hill at Rock of Dunamase, County Laois, Ireland, surrounded by ...
Sometimes it takes a village to raise a window. Between 2015 and 2017, skilled masons meticulously carved and beveled arches and four-lobed flourishes for a Gothic-style stone window frame in Guédelon ...
Castles were a common sight in the Middle Ages, which lasted from roughly 500 to 1500. Most castles were built to be the fortified residences of local nobility during this politically tumultuous ...