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The 50 Greatest Castles And Palaces Of The World
United Kingdom
England
Alnwick Castle, Northumberland 18
Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire 23
Buckingham Palace, London 28
Chillingham Castle, Northumberland 33
Corfe Castle, Dorset 38
Hampton Court Palace, Surrey 42
Leeds Castle, Kent 47
Palace of Westminster (Houses of Parliament), London 52
Tower of London, London 57
Warwick Castle, Warwickshire 62
Windsor Castle, Berkshire 67
Ireland
Blarney Castle, County Cork 72
Malahide Castle, County Dublin 76
Northern Ireland
Hillsborough Castle, County Down 82
Scotland
Balmoral Castle, Aberdeenshire 87
Dunvegan Castle, Skye 92
Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh 97
Eilean Donan Castle, Kyle of Lochalsh 102
Glamis Castle, Angus 106
Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh 111
Stirling Castle, Stirling 116
Wales
Caernarfon Castle, Caernarfon 122
Conwy Castle, Conwy 126
Europe
Austria
Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna 130
Belgium
Royal Palace of Brussels, Brussels 135
Channel Islands
Castle Cornet, Guernsey 140
Czech Republic
Prague Castle, Prague 144
Denmark
Kronborg Castle, Helsingør 148
France
Château de Fontainebleau, Fontainebleau 154
Chateau de Pierrefonds, Picardy 158
Palace of Versailles, Versailles 162
Germany
Neuschwanstein Castle, Schwangau 167
Hungary
Buda Castle, Budapest 172
Italy
Doge's Palace, Venice 177
Poland
Malbork Castle, Malbork 182
Portugal
Mateus Palace, Vila Real 186
Romania
Bran Castle, Bran 190
Russia
Peterhof Palace, St Petersburg 194
Slovenia
Predjama Castle, Predjama 199
Spain
Royal Palace of Madrid, Madrid 203
Sweden
Stockholm Palace, Stockholm 207
Switzerland
Chateau de Chillon, Veytaux 212
Turkey
Topkapi Palace, Istanbul 217
ASIA
China
The Forbidden City Beijing 222
India
Mysore Palace, Karnataka 227
Japan
Himeji Castle, Hyogo 232
Thailand
Grand Palace, Bangkok 236
AFRICA
South Africa
Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town 241
North America
Canada
Craigdarroch Castle, British Columbia 245
United States of America
'Iolani Palace, Hawaii 249