Branik Castle
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Branik Castle, also known as Rihemberk Castle, is a 13th-century castle above the village of Branik, near the city of Nova Gorica in southwestern Slovenia.
Branik (Rihemberk) Castle viewed from the road to Pedrovo
Branik Castle, main gate
Branik Castle, keep
Branik Castle, panorama
Castra
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Castra is a Latin term used during the Roman Republic and Roman Empire for a military 'camp', and castrum for a 'fort'.
Branik Castle
…Fortified settlements have been present on the hill above what is now the village of Branik since prehistoric times; the site was once occupied by a Roman castrum. The date of the founding of the castle is unclear, but the noble house of Rihemberk (Slovene: Rihemberžani) is first recorded in 1230, originating…
A lidar view of Cawthorne Camp and forts in North Yorkshire.
Reconstruction of the specula or vigilarium (Germanic burgus), "watchtower", a type of castrum, at Rainau-Buch, Germany. An ancient watchtower would have been surrounded by wall and ditch.
A lidar view of Richborough Castle Roman fort and amphitheatre at the site of Rutupiae and part of Richborough port (HER 1916–1945) in Kent.
Reconstructed east gate of a castrum stativum, a more permanent base, at Welzheim, Germany