Antequera, Spain
3000 BCE
Illes Balears, Spain
11th century BCE
Toledo, Spain
11th century
Bohonal de Ibor, Spain
2nd century AD
Mérida, Spain
3000 BCE
Mahón, Spain
850 BCE
Coaña, Spain
400-300 BCE
Ourense, Spain
c. 75 AD
Toledo, Spain
0-100 AD
Castro de Rei, Spain
2nd century AD
Córdoba, Spain
3rd century AD
Algeciras, Spain
0-100 AD
San Amaro, Spain
2nd century BCE
Ibiza, Spain
650 BCE
Antequera, Spain
1800 BCE
Casas de Reina, Spain
1st century AD
Campoo de Enmedio, Spain
29 BCE - 19 BC
Bóveda de Mera, Spain
3rd century AD
Garray, Spain
6th century BC
Arellano, Spain
1st 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.