10th century castles of Europe
6 European castles and fortresses built mainly in the 10th century — each mapped, dated and ready to explore.
Castle of the Moors
Snaking Moorish ramparts that ride the crags above Sintra
Château de Chinon
France's long ridge fortress on the Loire, linked to Joan of Arc and the Plantagenets
Linhares Castle
Granite eyrie on the flank of the Serra da Estrela
Rocca Calascio
Italy's highest fortress, a mountaintop ruin in the Apennines of Abruzzo
Trancoso Castle
Walled frontier town where King Dinis married Isabel of Aragon
Guimarães Castle
The 'cradle of Portugal', birthplace of the kingdom's first king