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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... fire. Castle walls — whether of wood or stone — could easily be undermined. Stone walls were an improvement, and they were very fire-resistant compared to wooden walls, but they could still be undermined, and the weight of the stone ...
... fire in any direction around the full 360-degree range. Some Martello towers had the additional protection of a moat. With a slight change of name from the original Corsican location of Mortella — a change that was almost certainly ...
... fires, where branding irons glowed and molten lead was prepared. The torturers' instruments that filled these dungeons were designed to inflict maximum pain without causing death until the victim had confessed to whatever the ...
... fire, then it is remotely possible, first, that the Hertford Templar tunnels existed at one time — and may still be there — and, second, that they may contain important religious relics of one kind or another. It is 40 THE WORLD'S MOST ...