Castle Photography: 50 Photos to Trigger your Fantasy

Castles had their origins in the 9th and 10th centuries. Most of them were built as a private fortified residence of a lord or noble.

Some turned into ruins through the ages, others remained in perfect state, or got renovated, and were turned into musea, some are still in use by royalty or other nobility.

Castles can also have a fairy tale image. In story books, beautiful princesses live there, sometimes even cruel queens or ghosts.

But even real castles can trigger our fantasy… A perfect example of this is one of the most beautiful castles in the world, the Bavarian castle Neuschwanstein. It was built by Ludwig II of Bavaria. What’s interesting about Neuschwanstein is that Hans Christian Andersen wrote some of his fairy tales in the castle, and later on, Walt Disney used that castle as inspiration for Disneyworld’s castle…

In the following 50 photos, we’ll give you a taste of some of the most beautiful castles in the world. Enjoy!

Castle

Castle

Castle Hill

Castle Urquhart Mood

Castle Gwynn

Castle Sandenburg during wintertime

Castle

Castle Gwynn

Castle ruins

Castle Eilean Donan

Castle Hohenschwangau

Scotland castle

Castle Stalker

Castle Romrod

Castle Hardenstein

Castle on the hill

Castle // Castillo

Caerlaverock Castle

Castle of Vianden again

Castle Frýdlant

Eilean Donan castle

Alicante Castle

Werfen Castle Austria

Duart Castle

Castle of Chambord

Malbork Castle

Neuswanstein

dundonald castle

Castle Beersel

Edinburgh Castle

Scotland Inveraray castle

Leeds Castle

Arundel Castle

Carisbrooke Castle

Lulworth Castle

Castle window

Castle Island

Corfe Castle in the mist

Castle Mist

Predjama Castle

Neuschwanstein Castle

Dark Castle

Eltz Castle

Bamburgh Castle

Dunluce Castle

Castle Howard With Atlas

Cinderella’s Castle

Dunstanburgh Castle – just after sunrise

Belfast Castle – Cross Processed

Castle In The Mist