The World's Most Mysterious CastlesDundurn, 16.10.2005 г. - 304 страници Castles are among the most mysterious buildings on earth. Their grimly silent stones are signposts to a past filled with high adventure, grim tragedies, and glorious victories. Ghosts, hauntings, and other paranormal phenomena are frequently reported from castles. Do strange paranormal powers lurk among their ancient ruins? The World's Most Mysterious Castles takes you on a journey through hidden chambers and subterranean tunnels of castles all over the world. Their walls served the sinister needs of spies, traitors, and assassins. Do the spirits of attackers and defenders who died in long-forgotten sieges still linger where they fell? Screams of unbearable pain and despair were muffled within their deepest, darkest torture dungeons. Do they echo there still? |
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... Canada CHAPTER FIVE: The Alamo and Other Strongholds in the U.S.A. CHAPTER SIX: Mysterious Ruins in Mesoamerica and South America CHAPTER SEVEN: The Castles of Wales 149 229 259 281 295 301 CHAPTER EIGHT: English Castles.
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... south.” The indomitable Roman leader was right: although outnumbered six to one, the Romans achieved a historic victory over Vercingetorix's fearless attackers. The strategic advantages of the hill-fortress were put to the test at ...
... south to invade France, and French kings and nobles had responded by building castles, known as castellums. The common denominators of these simple, early, defensible places were a mound (the motte) with a fortification on top of it and ...
... south and from the Ardennes to Switzerland in the north. This amazing fortification, sometimes called the Great Wall of France, was named after gallant war hero André Maginot, the deservedly popular Minister of Veterans Affairs and ...