08-10-2005, 14:10
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Re: castles and palaces
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Originally Posted by SPUGGIE J
A castle is a fortified building with a least 2 sets of walls and an inner keepand ancillery buildings. A palace is a luxury residence with little or no defencive features. Best examples Windsor Castle and Bukingham Palace.
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Now that's interesting because I know of at least one Scottish castle which doesn't fit that description, and several in Germany.
The Scottish castle I'm thinking of has only the one set of walls (the actual building itself) and has from time to time served as a royal rsidence and been referred to as a palace.  |
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