Mérida, Spain
2nd century AD
A Guarda, Spain
100 BCE
Alcúdia, Spain
123 BC
Vigo, Spain
0-300 AD
Cartagena, Spain
3rd century BCE
Iruña de Oca, Spain
1st century AD
Mérida, Spain
1st century AD
Alaior, Spain
1400 BCE
Medellín, Spain
1st century BCE
Seville, Spain
68-65 BCE
Toledo, Spain
10th century
Murcia, Spain
11th century
Alicante, Spain
3rd century BCE
Mérida, Spain
c. 20 BCE
Alcántara, Spain
103 AD
Pedrosa de la Vega, Spain
350-400 AD
Ibiza, Spain
7th century BCE
Torrox, Spain
2nd century BCE
A Lanzada, Spain
800-200 BCE
Alange, Spain
2nd century AD
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.