!Once the castle stood 60 m above the river. Today, due to dam which was build underneath, the Eagle nest resemblance is gone.
The royal castle above Vltava River got its name from resembling an Eagle nest.
Castle Lednice
Lednice
Country: Czech Republic
Date: 2022
Place: Lednice
The 1222 is the earliest historical record of a Gothic water stronghold on the site
Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, English Neo-Gothic style
Designed by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach (Baroque), Josef Kornhäusel (19th century) and Georg Wingelmüller (English Neo-Gothic)
!UNESCO World Heritage List because of its unique mix architecture styles and its history as a cultural landscape designed intentionally by a single family.
Liechtenstein acquired Valtice (German name: Feldsberg) Castle in 1249. It remained as a principal Liechtenstein residence for 700 years, until 1939 and World War II.
Chateau Detenice
Château Detenice with large park
Country: Czech Republic
Date: 2024
Place: Detenice
Originated as a 13th-century Gothic wooden and stone fortress
Late Baroque, built over earlier Gothic and Renaissance foundations, featuring Rococo and Classical stucco details style
Designed by Zachariáš Fiegert (late-Baroque)
Château in the late Baroque style from 16th century. First fortified manor house is recorded here in 1404.
Middelburg Bastion
Fortification remains in Melaka
Country: Malaysia
Date: 2026
Place: Melaka
Built in 1660
Dutch colonial military architecture style
Designed by and built by Dutch East India Company
!Part of Melaka’s historic fortress landscape connected with Portuguese and Dutch colonial rule.
Old cannons set into the brick fortification walls of Melaka, recalling the city’s Portuguese and Dutch colonial military history. The weathered brickwork and cannon barrels preserve the defensive character of the old fortress area.
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Castle Greinburg
Renaissance castle overlooking Grein
Country: Austria
Date: 2025
Place: Grein
Construction began between 1488 and 1493
Late Gothic, Renaissance and early Baroque style
Designed by or respectively re-designed by Johann Leble (1533), Count Leonhard Helfrich von Meggau (1621)
!Greinburg is regarded as one of Austria’s earliest residential castles and is noted for its historic ceremonial rooms.
Schloss Greinburg rises above the town of Grein with a broad roof and corner towers, overlooking the Danube.
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Castle Schönbühel
Riverside castle on a rocky promontory
Country: Austria
Date: 2025
Place: Schönbühel an der Donau
Built between 1100 and 1135
Romanesque and Gothic, Neo-Gothic style
!The present appearance largely reflects nineteenth-century rebuilding on the site of a much older medieval stronghold.
Schönbühel Castle occupies a dramatic rocky site immediately beside the Danube at the entrance to the Wachau landscape.
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Mikulov Castle
Baroque château above the historic town
Country: Czech Republic
Date: 2022
Place: Mikulov
Origin dates back to 11th century
Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque style
Designed by or re-designed by Christian Alexander Oedtl (1719), Franz Antonín Grimm, Otakar Oplatek
!A medieval castle was transformed into a Renaissance and later Baroque residence; it was badly damaged in 1945 and subsequently reconstructed.
Mikulov Castle dominates the town from a rocky hill, with pale façades, red roofs and a distinctive tower.
Designed by Jean Nicolas Jadot & Nicolò Pacassi (18th century) - Baroque layout, Franz Anton Hillebrandt - Rococo, Miklós Ybl (19th century) - Neo-Baroque, Alajos Hauszmann
!Continuously built and reconstructed from the 14th century through the 20th century.The royal complex has medieval origins but its present appearance reflects extensive rebuilding; the Buda Castle Quarter forms part of Budapest’s UNESCO World Heritage listing.
The historical castle and palace complex of the Hungarian kings in Budapest.
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Bratislava Castle
Four-towered castle above the Slovak capital
Country: Slovakia
Date: 2025
Place: Bratislava
First major Slavic fortress in 9th Century
Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque style
Designed by King Sigismund of Luxembourg - medieval Gothic expansions, Giovanni Battista Carlone - early 17th-century Baroque reconstruction
!The site has a long history of settlement; the castle was rebuilt after a devastating fire in 1811 and is closely associated with the history of the Kingdom of Hungary.
Bratislava Castle stands above the Danube, its white rectangular palace and four corner towers dominating the city.
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Fisherman’s Bastion and Matthias Church
Neo-Romanesque terraces and Gothic church
Country: Hungary
Date: 2025
Place: Budapest
Constructed between 1895 and 1902
Neo-Romanesque style
Designed by Frigyes Schulek
!Fisherman’s Bastion was built as a panoramic architectural monument; its seven towers symbolise the seven Magyar tribes and celebrates the 1000th anniversary of Hungarian state.
The ornate spires and patterned roof of Matthias Church rise above the picturesque Fisherman’s Bastion terraces on Buda Castle Hill.
