Explore the historic highlights of Trier
Trier, Germany
1904
Trier, Germany
c. 1230
Trier, Germany
4th century / 1235
Trier, Germany
1284-1344
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186-200 AD
Trier, Germany
310 AD
Trier, Germany
0-200 AD
Trier, Germany
1877
Trier, Germany
2nd century AD
Trier, Germany
1947
Trier, Germany
100-200 AD
Trier, Germany
100-200 AD
Trier, Germany
1734-1753
Trier, Germany
977 AD
Trier, Germany
100-200 AD
Trier, Germany
1779
Château de Niort is a medieval castle in the French town of Niort. It consists of two square towers, linked by a 15th-century building and dominates the Sèvre Niortaise valley.
The two donjons are the only remaining part of the castle. The castle was started by Henry II Plantagenet in the 12th century and completed by Richard the Lionheart. It was defended by a rectangular curtain wall and was damaged during the Wars of Religion. In the 18th century, the castle served as a prison.
The present keeps were the central point of a massive fortress. The southern keep is 28m tall, reinforced with turrets. The northern tower is slightly shorter at 23m. Both are flanked with circular turrets at the corners as well as semicircular buttresses. Each of the towers has a spiral staircase serving the upper floors. The Romanesque architecture is of a high quality with the dressed stones closely jointed.