Finally some Syrian castles are coming your way. This time a citadel, a tower and a castle were added: Bosra Citadel, the Boy's Tower and Najim Castle.

February 23, 2010

Two German castles were added: Ingenhoven and Kempen.

February 22, 2010

Two new forts on the island of Curaçao in the Dutch Antilles were added; Beekenburg and Piscadera. And a Cuban fort was added: La Punta.

February 13, 2010

Here are already 5 new fortifications in Cuba: Chorrera, Cojímar, Jagua, El Morillo and San Severino.

February 11, 2010

And again, it has been a while but as you can probably see the whole site has changed. Here are some of the changes and updates:
- the name changed from Mot's Castle Page to Castles.nl.
- the two separate parts (Mot's Castle Page and Mot's European Castle Page) were combined.
- several new sections were added with fortifications in Syria, Ghana, the Dutch Antilles and Cuba.

So now this revamping is done, I will finally have time to add more new castles and other fortifications!

October 13, 2009

Two French castles were added: Droizy and Plessis-de-Roye.

October 5, 2009

Two French castles and a tower were added: Saponay, Septmonts and Vic-sur-Aisne.

October 4, 2009

Two German castles have been added; Tüschenbroich and Wassenberg and two French towers and a castle; Ambleny, Armentières and Beauregard.

September 17, 2009

Another single German castle, from the same day trip to Germany has been added; Bocholtz Castle.

September 9, 2009

A single German castle, from a day trip to Germany has been added; Uda Castle.

August 29, 2009

Again I have been on a trip to northern France on a wide-spread castle-hunt. So here are the first additions from that trip: Berzy-le-Sec, Boulogne-la-Grasse, Broyon, Cramaille, Gandelu, Hardelot, Pernant and finally Plessis-Brion.

July 11, 2009

The last Austrian castle which had been lying around has been added: Eibenstein.

July 10, 2009

The last French castle from my recent trip to northern France to be added is Folleville. Also an older Austrian castle was added; Schauenstein.

June 25, 2009

And again four new French castles; Fressin, Liettres, Lucheux and Picquigny. Just one more to go!

June 19, 2009

One new French castle; Steene was added together with two Spanish castles; Chinchón and Puñoenrostro.

May 25, 2009

Four more new French castles; Eaucourt, Esquelbecq, Renescure and Zuthove.

May 6, 2009

Three more new French castles; Boves, La Buissière and Créminil.

April 22, 2009

A set of French castles has been added from a trip to northern France I took recently; Airaines, Auxi-le-Château, Bailleulmont, Bernâtre, Bours and Lianne. And there are more to come!

February 25, 2009

A new Belgian castle has been added which had been lying around for almost 2 years; Opprebais.

February 24, 2009

Yes! Here are the last 3 Irish castles; Carrickfergus, Caulfield and Donegal. All the Irish castles which I've visited are now online.

February 23, 2009

And again a large Irish update; Enniskillen Castle, Green Castle, Monea Castle, Narrow Water Castle, Portora Castle and Castle Roche. Just 3 more to go and then they are all online.

February 13, 2009

Another update of a fort and 2 castles in Ireland; Belleek, Benburb and Caldwell.

February 10, 2009

Well what can I say... It's been a very long time! But here I am again and hopefully a little bit more regularly than the last few months. So sit back and take a look at the updates: 10 Irish castles; Clough, Dundrum, Dunluce, Dunseverick, Jordan's, Kilclief, Mountjoy, Moyry, Raw and Roughan. Furthermore: 1 Italian castle; Rio Pusteria Close, 1 lost Dutch castle; Zevenbergen, and 2 Dutch castles whose pages I revised with new pictures; Hellenburg Castle and Nijenbeek Castle.

September 17, 2008

Guess what; again an update of 2 Irish castles; Audley's and Old Castle Ward.

September 12, 2008

This time an update of 2 Irish castles; Salterstown and Sketrick.

September 7, 2008

And yet again an update of 3 Irish castles; Carra, Kilwaughter and Red Bay.

September 5, 2008

And again an update of Irish castles; Carlingford, Lugg, Portaferry and Strangford.

September 4, 2008

Another update of 3 Irish castles; Ogilby's, Taaffe's and Trillick.

August 27, 2008

An update of 3 Irish castles; Antrim, Bright and Tully.

August 9, 2008

A new small update of 2 Irish castles; Harry Avery's and Newtownstewart.

August 7, 2008

Well, it's been a while but here's a large update with Dutch and Irish castles from a trip to Northern Ireland I took recently. The Dutch castles are: Doorn Castle, Heemstede Castle, Lunenburg Castle and Wageningen Castle. The Irish castles are: Ballygally, Kinbane, Olderfleet and Quoile. More Dutch and Irish castles will follow shortly!

May 21, 2008

A single new Slovenian castle was added: Rihemberk.

May 20, 2008

A new Dutch tower was added: Schierstins Tower and the pages about Huis Dever Castle and Teylingen Castle were redone with new pictures.

April 10, 2008

A single new Austrian castle was added: Karlstein and new pictures were added to the page about Kollmitz.

February 22, 2008

Again two new Luxembourg castles were added; Dudelange and Larochette. The page about Bourscheid was completely redone with new pictures and revised text.

February 15, 2008

Two new Luxembourg castles were added; Hesperange and Pettingen.

December 21, 2007

And yet another update, probably the last for 2007. Four Luxembourg castles were added: Berg, Bourglinster, Hollenfels and Koerich.

November 30, 2007

It has been quiet for some time but that was for a reason. So here is a mega-update!! There's one new Spanish castle that had been lying around for 5 years; La Mota. And then there are 2 new German castles from earlier this year: Bettingen Castle and Hamm Castle. There even is a new Austrian castle from 2 years ago; Dobra Castle. And finally there are 11 (!) new French castles from a trip to Normandy I took, 2 months back.

August 18, 2007

Again a single new Luxembourg castle was added: Useldange.

August 15, 2007

A single new Luxembourg castle was added: Septfontaines.

August 3, 2007

Again a new castle from Luxembourg; Meysembourg, was added. Also the pages about two other Luxembourg castles; Beaufort and Clervaux were redone with better text and new pictures.

July 30, 2007

Ok, it's been a while but here is a large update! Three new Dutch castles: Blankenburg, Oude loo and Poelwijk. Also several European castles were added; two new Italian castles; Sigmundskron and Duino. A Slovenian one; Vipava. Two German castles: Dasburg and Prüm. And finally four castles from Luxembourg: Ansembourg, Schoenfels, Schorels and Schuttbourg. More castles from Luxembourg will follow shortly!

May 8, 2007

A new Austrian castle was added; Grub Castle. Also the page of Heidenreichstein Castle was redone with better text and other pictures.

May 7, 2007

Two new Italian castles were added; Maretsch Castle and Gorizia Castle.

April 16, 2007

One new Belgian tower was added; Villeret Tower.

April 11, 2007

I have added two new Belgian castles; Piétrebais and Sombreffe.

April 10, 2007

Two new Belgian castles were added; Aische-en-Refail and Bailli. And two new Belgian towers; Gollard and Griffon du Bois. All on the European part of the site.

February 9, 2007

Two new castles were added to the European part of the site. A Belgian one; Reinhardstein, and a Slovenian one; Predjama.

February 5, 2007

Another new Dutch castle was added; Heeswijk Castle.

January 29, 2007

Four new Dutch castles were added; Tongelaar, Wychen, Eijsden and Batestein.

January 24, 2007

A single new Dutch castle was added; Bleijenbeek.

January 11, 2007

Four new Italian castles; Cormons, Monfalcone, Rafenstein and Treuenstein on the European part of the site.

December 19, 2006

Again it's been some time since the last update so here's a fairly large one. Even with two new Dutch castles: Kuinre Castle and Toutenburg Castle. And also some new pictures here and there.

Furthermore one new German castle; Hülsede Castle, and two new Slovenian castles; Hrastovlje and Socerb on the European part of the site.

I've still got to find the time to make pages about several other castles from The Netherlands, Austria, Italy, Germany, Slovenia and even Syria! So please be patient; it may take a while but it'll certainly be worth it.

July 18, 2006

A long wait it has been but finally there are some new castles again. All again on the European part of the site; Ter Heide Tower in Belgium and Gars am Kamp Castle and Kamegg Castle in Austria. And my website also recieved another award. This time from Studysphere. Thanks!

January 27, 2006

A new Belgian castle; Zellaer, was added to the European part of the site.

January 20, 2006

After having spent the holidays in snowy Austria, two new Austrian castles were added to Mot's European Castle Page; Kreuzenstein and Krumau. Several more will follow shortly.

September 18, 2005

Again three new Belgian castle ruins; Herbeumont, Montquintin and Seraing added to Mot's European Castle Page.

September 6, 2005

Another new Belgian castle; Fallais added to Mot's European Castle Page.

September 5, 2005

Two more new Belgian castles; Abée and Amblève added to Mot's European Castle Page.

September 1, 2005

It's been a long time since the last update but there a lot of new castles going online in the next couple of weeks, so please be patient. But first there are five new Belgian castles; Hollogne Castle, Autelbas Castle, Limont Tower, Omal Tower and Waroux Castle. Also the page about the Belgian Franchimont Castle was redone with new pictures. All can be found at Mot's European Castle Page.

April 28, 2005

Four new Belgian castle were added to Mot's European Castle Page; Bossenstein Castle, Herzele Castle, Male Castle and Westmalle Castle.

March 7, 2005

Three new Dutch castles were added; IJsselstein Castle, Schagen Castle and Stein Castle.

February 28, 2005

One new Dutch castle was added; Mheer Castle. And a new Belgium castle; Colmont Castle, was added to Mot's European Castle Page.

January 15, 2005

A minor update; just two castles were added. A Scottish castle, Craigmillar Castle, added to Mot's European Castle Page, and a lost castle, Oud Herlaer Castle.

December 5, 2004

Well, this is another huge Dutch update. Five new Dutch castles were added; Heukelum Castle, Leerdam Castle, Rivieren Castle, Schaloen Castle and Wittem Castle. And also 2 new lost castles were added; Mierlo Castle and Valckestein Castle.

November 8, 2004

Three new Dutch castles were added; d'Erp Castle, Genhoes Castle and Hedel Castle.

October 24, 2004

A new Dutch castle was added; Born Castle. And the page about Radboud Castle was redesigned with lots of new pictures. Also a new lost castle was added; Spangen Castle

September 27, 2004

An European update again; Gangelt Castle, Haus Heyden Castle and Wilhelmstein Castle in Germany and Beusdael Castle in Belgium.

September 8, 2004

Finally; a large update again! And even with 4 new Dutch castles: Bokhoven Castle, Deurne Castle, Keenenburg Castle and Hoensbroek Castle.

Also 3 pages of already featured castles were redesigned with new pictures: Huis te Woude Castle, Huis ten Berghe Castle and Oostvoorne Castle.

And 2 new Portuguese and 5 new Belgian castles were added to Mot's European Castle Page; Castro Marim Castle, Silves Castle, Boechout Castle, Borrekens Castle, Grimbergen Castle, Ham Castle and Rupelmonde Castle.

July 1, 2004

A large update of 7 new Belgian castles at Mot's European Castle Page; Bergkelder Castle, Crèvecoeur Castle, Lavaux Sainte Anne Castle, Mulken Tower, Rochefort Castle, Saive Castle and Vêves Castle.

June 19, 2004

Three new Portuguese fortifications added to Mot's European Castle Page; Mértola Castle, Fort Cacela a Velha and Fort da Ponta da Bandeira.

June 15, 2004

Again three new castles were added to Mot's European Castle Page. Two Portuguese ones; Alcoutim and Tavira, and a Belgian one; Aynechon.

June 13, 2004

Well, I've returned from a holiday in Portugal where I've also visited several castles. They will appear on my European castles site in the coming weeks but here are the first two: Loulé and Paderne Castle.
And there are also still some Belgian ones to come like Millen Castle.

May 18, 2004

Two new Belgian castles were added to Mot's European Castle Page; Fagnolles and Haute Roche.

May 16, 2004

One new Belgian castle was added to Mot's European Castle Page; Oupeye Castle.

May 10, 2004

Six new Belgian and one new French castle were added to Mot's European Castle Page; Alvau Tower, Carondelet Castle, La Distillerie Castle, Faulx les Tombes Castle, Thierry Castle, Walhain Castle and Hierges Castle. I've been on a castle hunt in Belgium last weekend so there are still more to come in the coming days.

March 12, 2004

Eight new castles were added to Mot's European Castle Page; four Spanish ones; Maqueda, Fuensaldaña, Consuegra and Escalona, two Scottish ones; Dirleton and Hailes and two Austrian ones; Litschau and Kollmitz. More to follow!

December 22, 2003

Five new Belgian castles were added to Mot's European Castle Page; Burbant, César, Gravenwezel, Royère and Ooidonk.

November 25, 2003

Again two new castles in Belgium; Het Steen and Ter Elst, were added to Mot's European Castle Page.

November 10, 2003

Two new Spanish castles, Loarre and Fuente el Sol, were added to Mot's European Castle Page.

October 22, 2003

I added 2 new Belgian castles, Horst and Laarne, to Mot's European Castle Page.

September 22, 2003

I added a new Spanish castle to Mot's European Castle Page.

September 1, 2003

Well, it's been a long time since I've made some updates. A lot has happened so I won't bore you with the details, only that I had to change my ISP, among other things. I guarantee there will be some more updates in the Dutch ánd European sections in the near future. But for now I've only added 1 Austrian castle to Mot's European Castle Page.

January 2, 2003

A happy New Year to you all! A milestone has been reached; there are now over 50(!) Dutch castles on this site! Because in this update, finally some new Dutch castles are added; Kessel Castle, Nijenborgh Castle and Schaesberg Castle.

I also opened a new section called Lost Castles. This is about castles of which no traces have been left, apart from images made by contemporary artists. There are now pages about 2 "lost" castles; Saeftinge Castle and Sluis Castle.

November 24, 2002

I have again added 6 new Spanish castles to Mot's European Castle Page.

November 14, 2002

Found new webspace, so I've added the other 7 Spanish castles to Mot's European Castle Page.

November 8, 2002

Added 4 new Spanish castles on Mot's European Castle Page. I have another 7 new Spanish castles ready but I have to find some new webspace first.

September 26, 2002

I have returned from Spain and am very busy scanning the pics and creating the pages. It may take some time before all of them are finished because I visited over 30 castles and I'm also busy to revamp the European section. But there are 9 new castles that are already finished. To see them go to Mot's European Castle Page.

Also a new page has been taken into use; a small page about me!

July 7, 2002

Well, this ia a real mega update; 5 new castles in the Dutch section and 14(!) in the European section, after a long weekend in which I visited the Alsace region in France. Also this'll probably be the last update for a couple of months due to the fact that, in August, I'm going on a month long motorbike holiday to inner Spain for some serious castle hunting! So the new Dutch castles are: Montfoort Castle, Ravesteyn Castle, Kinkelenburg Castle, Doornenburg Castle and Bergh Castle.

For the French castles go to Mot's European Castle Page.

May 24, 2002

A new castle was added; Horn Castle.

April 14, 2002

Another update. This time 3 more castles were added; Huis ter Kleef Castle, Millen Castle and Woerden Castle.

April 6, 2002

A new castle ruin was added; Swanenburg Castle

January 22, 2002.

The launch of the all new, revamped start page of this website ! Also the country map page and the alphabetical list page were taken into use together with this update page and the separate rings and awards page.

Furthermore I've removed all the entrance fees on the castle pages. They were all still in the old Dutch currency; the guilder instead of the euro. I couldn't convert them because most prices have been raised and were rounded up by most institutions together with the introduction of the euro on January 1, 2002.

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