Bath, United Kingdom
Celtic
Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom
3000-2500 BC
Orkney, United Kingdom
Orkney, United Kingdom
2500-2000 BC
Newport, United Kingdom
90 AD
Burghead, United Kingdom
3rd century AD
Orkney, United Kingdom
500-200 BC
Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom
3000-2500 BC
Orkney, United Kingdom
3100 BC
Holyhead, United Kingdom
3rd century AD
Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom
0-100 AD
Orkney, United Kingdom
500-200 BC
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
140 AD
Brading, United Kingdom
1st century AD
St Cleer, United Kingdom
3500-2000 BCE
Shetland, United Kingdom
2500 BC
Llanddaniel Fab, United Kingdom
3000 BCE
Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom
3000-2500 BC
Newport, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom
3500 BCE
Penwith, United Kingdom
100 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.