Impregnable fortresses, homes of the rich and beautiful, magnificent buildings brimming with power - no other type of building symbolizes an epoch as representative as the castle does for the European Middle Ages. In this two-part ...See moreImpregnable fortresses, homes of the rich and beautiful, magnificent buildings brimming with power - no other type of building symbolizes an epoch as representative as the castle does for the European Middle Ages. In this two-part documentary, we explore its history and get to the bottom of the "myth of the castle". From the small, less luxurious wooden towers of the early Middle Ages to the mighty bastions of the late Middle Ages. It is said that there were more than 40,000 of them in the German-speaking world. Those that have survived the ages still inspire our imagination today and take us back to a time long past. Written by
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