Castillo
Orford Castle
ENG Inglaterra · siglo XII
Orford Castle is a castle in Orford in the English county of Suffolk, 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Ipswich, with views over Orford Ness. It was built between 1165 and 1173 by Henry II of England to consolidate royal power in the region. The well-preserved keep, described by historian R. Allen Brown as "one of the most remarkable keeps in England", is of a unique design and probably based on Byzantine architecture. The keep stands within the earth-bank remains of the castle's outer fortifications.
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Orford Castle ranks #1179 of 5793 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #101 of the 182 mapped in Inglaterra. Fundado en 1165, más antiguo que el 84% de los monumentos datados del atlas — one of 303 atlas entries founded in the siglo XII. Compara el dato en las estadísticas de castillos.
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