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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... head to toe, his visor closed, every inch of his body protected from sword, lance, or arrow. On the right of the cartoon, he drew a similar figure but equipped for modern warfare. He, too, was covered from head to toe but now with anti ...
... head in shame when the secrets of Auschwitz and Belsen were finally exposed. We can't escape the painful fact that once, on a lesser scale, a castle's oubliette took the place of a gas chamber. Its floor opened, and the individuals ...
... darkest of its cells was next to the River Thames and flooded under Victims' heads on spikes outside castle gates. certain tidal and climatic conditions. Prisoners confined in it at. Dungeons, Darkness, and Secret Passages 31.
... head start. The Dalle des Chevaliers may, therefore, be evidence that Dagobert II's son survived. Whoever is really featured on the enigmatic Dalle des Chevaliers, there can be little doubt that it is linked to the ancient castle at ...
... head is a stoop filled with water; then there are salamanders (fire lizards), and, finally, at the top are four angels (denizens of air or spirit) making the sign of the cross. The whole group, therefore, can be shown to represent earth ...