Bath, United Kingdom
Celtic
Newport, United Kingdom
90 AD
Newport, United Kingdom
75 AD
Holyhead, United Kingdom
3rd century AD
Brading, United Kingdom
1st century AD
Pumsaint, United Kingdom
c. 74 AD
Caernarfon, United Kingdom
77-78 AD
North Lanarkshire, United Kingdom
142-162 AD
Alderney, United Kingdom
4th century AD
Twechar, United Kingdom
142-144 AD
Newport, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
280 AD
Powys, United Kingdom
75 AD
Falkirk, United Kingdom
142 AD
Carmarthen, United Kingdom
75 AD
Bearsden, United Kingdom
142-144 AD
Falkirk, United Kingdom
142 AD
Braco, United Kingdom
1st century AD
North Lanarkshire, United Kingdom
100-200 AD
Bonnybridge, United Kingdom
142 AD
Castlecary, United Kingdom
80 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.