In Nagano province, the black silhouette of Matsumoto Castle stands out against the snowy horizon of the Japanese Alps. This ...
‘I didn’t know you could actually buy a castle,’ says Simon Hunt, sitting in the stone-walled kitchen nook of his 16th-century Scottish pile with wife Stef Burgon. ‘I thought they were ...
Read the following text, and answer questions 1-9 below: [1] A local government in northern Japan is asking people for blueprints, photos and floor plans of a 16th-century castle. This castle once ...
It’s thought that construction on Chillon Castle began in the 11th century; the first written records of the castle date back to 1150. However, excavations have found that the site itself has ...
KYOTO--Researchers here unearthed the stone foundations of a castle erected by 16th century warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi that earned the moniker “fabled castle” because it was destroyed in an ...