Tanstein Castle
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Tanstein Castle is the ruin of a rock castle in the southern Palatine Forest, the German part of the Wasgau region. It lies just under a kilometre east of the small town of Dahn in the state of Rhinel
The castles of Dahn
View from south
View from Tanstein over Grafendahn to Altdahn
View from the lower ward to the south.
Rock castle
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A rock castle is a type of medieval castle that directly incorporates natural rock outcrops into its defences to such an extent that the rock formations define the structure of the castle. Topographic
Castello di Mussomeli in Sicily
Castello della Pietra in Vobbia, Liguria
The gateway to Rotenhan Castle, which was entirely hewn out of the sandstone
Spangenberg Castle (Palatinate Forest), with the upper ward on the rock and the lower ward in front of it