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Tel Yokneam ( Caymont or Cain Mons) southeast of Haifa, ca. 1262–1265. Yalo ( Castrum Arnaldi) southeast of Ramla, 1179–1187. A fortress in nearby Latrun, 12th century. Safed, 1168–1188 and 1240–1266. Chastellet du Gué de Jacob [ fr] near Safed, 1178–1179. Tour de la Quarantaine [ fr], east of Jerusalem.
Visit of George IV to Scotland. David Wilkie 's flattering portrait of the kilted King George IV, with lighting chosen to tone down the brightness of his kilt and his knees shown bare, without the pink tights he actually wore at the event. George IV 's visit to Scotland in 1822 was the first visit of a reigning monarch to Scotland in nearly two ...
The history of the modern kilt stretches back to at least the end of the 16th century. The kilt first appeared as the belted plaid or great kilt, a full-length garment whose upper half could be worn as a cloak draped over the shoulder, or brought up over the head as a hood. The small kilt or walking kilt (similar to the modern or military kilt ...
Detail from a painting showing 42nd Regiment of Foot (Black Watch) recruits being reviewed on Glasgow Green, c. 1758 42nd Regiment of Foot at Fontenoy, 1745 A Sentry at Ease, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), 1892 Major General Andrew Wauchope c.1899 The Black Watch in the Battle of Magersfontein, Second Boer War, 1899 Black Watch firing rifle grenade in 1917
Château de Largoët. Coordinates: 47°43′31″N 2°37′7″W. The keep and Round Tower from the lake. The Château de Largoët ( French pronunciation: [ʃɑtod laʁɡoɛt] ), also known as the Tours d’Elven (Elven Towers), is a medieval castle in Elven, in the Morbihan département of France, 13 km from Vannes .
King Charles III Karwai Tang/WireImage A piece of royal history has been made public for the first time. King Charles III is opening the doors to Scotland’s Balmoral Castle, a storied estate ...
Europe and North America. The Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes, also known as the Kastello ( Greek: Καστέλο, from Italian: Castello, "castle"), is a medieval castle in the city of Rhodes, on the island of Rhodes in Greece. It is one of the few examples of Gothic architecture in Greece. The site was previously a citadel ...
The estate began in 1185, when Richard Talbot, a knight who accompanied Henry II to Ireland in 1174, was granted the "lands and harbour of Malahide." The oldest parts of the castle date back to the 12th century and it was home to the Talbot family for 791 years, from 1185 until 1976, the only exception being the period from 1649 to 1660, when Oliver Cromwell granted it to Miles Corbet after ...