Santillana del Mar, Spain
36,000 BCE
Villanueva del Río y Minas, Spain
1st century BCE
Grandas, Spain
800 BCE
Ronda, Spain
45 BCE
Mahón, Spain
1000 BCE
Ribeira, Spain
4000-3600 BCE
Marbella, Spain
0-100 AD
Artà, Spain
900-800 BCE
Oliva de Plasencia, Spain
1st century AD
Es Migjorn Gran, Spain
1000-700 BCE
Atapuerca, Spain
800000 BCE
Chelva, Spain
1st century AD
Alaior, Spain
1700-1400 BCE
Mérida, Spain
1st century AD
Eslava, Spain
1st century BCE
Portomarín, Spain
4th century BCE
Llucmajor, Spain
1100 BC
Garrovillas de Alconétar, Spain
2nd century AD
Ribadesella, Spain
33000-10000 BCE
Mérida, 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.