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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... attacked, human beings have built castles and fortifications of every description. As these structures developed with the passing centuries, gloomy dungeons and subterranean torture chambers were added. Secret passages provided escape ...
... attacked their noble Order in 1307. Enthusiasts for the Priory of Sion hypothesis — allegedly a very ancient secret society with pre-Templar roots — maintain that the mysterious priory was financing Saunière for reasons of its own ...
... attacked Rennes repeatedly — and they were followed by the other kind of plague, which caused even greater loss of life. The Count of Trastamarre more or less destroyed the town in 1362, and it was then that the name was changed from ...
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