Usually, the drawbridges are what you step on before entering any castle, but why do so many forts have them? The Castles had to have a drawbridge when they were surrounded by a dip trench or a moat giving daily access to the fortress and worked as a crucial defence feature during a castle siege. … Read more
The hilltop castles are incredibly gorgeous, but why did the ancestors build these fortresses so high? Due to the high altitude, building castles on a hill offered a significant defence advantage during the sieges and easy control of the surrounding lands in peaceful times. Of course, there were some other reasons for constructing them as … Read more
A usual question when someone arrives in front of a castle, what’s inside? Most frequently, an interior of a Medieval Castle contains a complex of rooms like; The Great Hall Gatehouses Bed Chambers Solars Bathrooms & Lavatories Kitchens, Pantries, Larders Butteries Chapels Cabinets Boudoirs Storerooms, Undercrofts & Cellars Ice Houses Dovecotes The Well Some of … Read more