Paterna, Spain
1800-1300 BCE
Viana, Spain
3rd millennium BC
Logroño, Spain
2nd century AD
Zalamea de la Serena, Spain
550 BCE
Mendigorría, Spain
1st century BCE
Mahón, Spain
1000-750 BCE
Córdoba, Spain
3000-2000 BCE
A Coruña, Spain
300-200 BCE
Mahón, Spain
1000 BCE
Santacara, Spain
1st century BCE
Marbella, Spain
2nd century AD
Laguardia, Spain
1400-300 BCE
Guardamar del Segura, Spain
10th century AD
Las Cuevas de Soria, Spain
4th century AD
Totana, Spain
2000 BCE
Casares, Spain
2nd century BCE
Jerez de los Caballeros, Spain
3500-2000 BCE
Rionansa, Spain
18000 BCE
Peraleda de la Mata, Spain
3000-2000 BCE
Nules, Spain
1st century 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.