Córdoba, Spain
0-100 AD
Salvatierra, Spain
2500 BCE
Islas Baleares, Spain
1200 - 750 BCE
Elvillar, Spain
3000-2000 BCE
Alcoy, Spain
1885
San Fernando, Spain
1786
Arroyo de la Luz, Spain
4th century AD
Trigueros, Spain
3000-2500 BCE
Tarifa, Spain
300-200 BCE
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.