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middle baileys, the two
known bergfrieds have
survived at
least in remnants.
Smaller castles sometimes had two
bergfrieds too: the
Kohren Castle in Kohren-Sahlis...
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favoured this style. A
common form is an
octagonal tower, used in some
bergfrieds and at
Castel del
Monte in Italy.
There are also
hybrid shapes. For instance...
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French soldiers finally destro**** the place. The
surviving keep, or
bergfried, was
initially used as a prison, but was no
longer fit for that purpose...
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concentric walls built in the 16th
century and oval in shape, and the
bergfried which is of
Romanesque origin. Its
character is
still that of a fortress...
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strongest point of the castle. The
bergfrieds at Münzenberg are both round, the
taller one
being 29
meters high. The two
bergfrieds stand at
opposite ends of the...
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Bischofstein Castle (German: Burg Bischofstein) is a
castle by the
Moselle in Germany. It sits
between Moselkern and Hatzenport;
these and the
castle face...
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designed as a butter-churn tower. It is also one of the
oldest surviving bergfrieds,
dating to 1193. It
measures 24
metres (79 ft) to the
platform and has...
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state of Thuringia. Its 54-metre-high
bergfried is the
third highest and one of the
oldest surviving bergfrieds in Germany.
Above its
second array of...
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Valley in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. In the
nineteenth century, the
bergfried (similar to a keep) from the
original medieval fortified castle was restored...
- high ground, but this is
usually regarded as unlikely. In many cases,
bergfrieds were
converted into
motte and
bailey designs by
burying existing castle...
