Oviedo, Spain
9th century AD
Puente la Reina, Spain
11th century
Salamanca, Spain
0-100 AD
Gernika-Lumo, Spain
14th century
Cangas de Onís, Spain
8th century AD
Málaga, Spain
1855
Alcántara, Spain
104 AD
Toledo, Spain
1541-1603
Jaén, Spain
11th century
Monforte de Lemos, Spain
1593
Ourense, Spain
1230
Ibiza, Spain
6th century AD
Cap d'Artrutx, Spain
1859
Osuna, Spain
1548
Tarifa, Spain
Roman
Oñati, Spain
1540
Lugo, Spain
1st century AD
Las Médulas, Spain
0-100 AD
Soria, Spain
12th century
Olivenza, Spain
1520-1521
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.