Situated in the heart of the Maine-et-Loire region, the Château de Doué-la-Fontaine is home to Europe's oldest stone keep ...

Yet its grandeur is undimmed: Cadw's website proudly proclaims that it is 'recognised around the world as one of the greatest buildings of the Middle Ages,' and they're entirely right to do so.

Holmes: Well, by our standards, cleanliness in the Middle Ages was pretty poor ... you still can see castle walls stained with the results. And medieval men didn't really bathe terribly often.

But it was during the Middle Ages, and in response to the evolution ... Beyond the moat stood the outer walls of the castle complex. Sometimes several walls were erected around the main enclosure ...

Following the Middle Ages, the castle was home to Polish kings ... and many claim there's an inscription on its wall that reads: "You may have water, but you have no soul." Before the Italian ...

Perhaps the island had only been lightly defended with timber fortifications or a simple stone wall in the High Middle Ages (A.D. 1000–1200). Perhaps all the high medieval castles in Ireland ...

The trebuchet was one of the most devastating weapons of the Middle Ages. During medieval sieges, this destruction machine crushed castle walls. Using trial and error, medieval engineers adjusted ...

A garden grows plants indigenous to the area in the Middle Ages. "We grow only medieval ... of wood and stone needed to finish the castle's outer walls, two men walk inside a contraption that ...

A mysterious castle is located in the middle of a frozen lake in Poland ... and it features tall towers, stone walls and grand turrets. In total, the property is around 230 feet high, and 656 ...