The top 100 of medieval castles

Sum of the original top 100 derived from references used by topcastles.com and the visitors top 100 until January 1st, 2009.

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The list

Position	Score	Thumbnail	Castle	Country	Place	Region
1	1275		Krak des Chevaliers (Kalat el Hösn)	Syria	Homs
2	1261		Cité de Carcassonne	France	Carcassonne	Languedoc-Roussillon
3	1244		Zamek Malborku (Marienborg)	Poland	Malbork
4	1232		Tower of London	England	London	London
5	1113		Château de Chillon	Switserland	Montreux
6	1045		Dover Castle	England	Dover (Kent)	South East
7	1043		Harlech Castle	Wales	Harlech	Gwynedd
8	1040		Caernarfon Castle	Wales	Caernarfon	Gwynedd
9	1025		Castel del Monte	Italy	Aquila 32 km	Apulië (Puglia)
10	1020		Château Gaillard des Andelys	France	Les Andeleys	Normandie
11	1004		Festung Hohensalzburg	Austria	Salzburg	Salzburg
12	986		Karlštejn Hrad	Czechia	Praag 32 km	Bohemen
13	983		Gravensteen	Belgium	Gent	Oost Vlaanderen
14	980		Bodiam Castle	England	Robertsbridge (Sussex)	South East
15	974		Vianden	Luxemburg	Vianden
16	968		Conwy Castle	Wales	Conwy	Gwynedd
17	951		Alcazar de Segovia	Spain	Segovia	Castilla y León
18	919		Alhambra de Granada	Spain	Granada	Andalucia
19	912		Château d'Haut-Koeningsbourg	France	Haut-Koeningsbourg	Elzas (Alsace)
20	893		Beaumaris Castle	Wales	Anglesey	Gwynedd
21	878		Burg Eltz	Germany	Münstermaifeld	Rheinland-Pfalz
22	854		Château de Vincennes	France	Paris	Ile-de-France
23	853		Château de Loches	France	Loches	Centre
24	848		Muiderslot	Netherlands	Muiden	Noord Holland
25	847		Château de Pierrefonds	France	Pierrefonds	Picardie
26	841		Château de Saumur	France	Saumur-Tours	Pays-de-Loire
27	830		Kasteel Beersel	Belgium	Beersel	Brabant
28	829		Coucy-Le-Château	France	Coucy-Le-Château	Picardie
29	821		Kaiserburg Nürnberg	Germany	Nürnberg	Bayern
30	820		Avignon (Palais des Papes)	France	Avignon	Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur
31	808		Rochester Castle	England	Rochester (Kent)	South East
32	806		Castello di Fenis	Italy	Piemont	Valle d'Aosta
33	802		Windsor Castle	England	Windsor (Birkshire)	South East
34	801		Schloß Tarasp	Switserland
35	800		Die Wartburg	Germany	Eisenach	Thüringen
36	798		Château de Langeais	France	Langeais	Centre
37	795		Schloß Tirol	Italy	Meran	Trento (Zuid-Tirol, Trentino)
38	793		Castillo de Coca (Castile Causa)	Spain	Segovia	Castilla y León
39	789		Caerphilly Castle	Wales	Mid Glamorgan	Glamorgan
40	786		Runkelstein	Italy	Bolzano	Trento (Zuid-Tirol, Trentino)
41	774		Castelul Hunedoara (Vajdahunyad)	Rumania	Hunedoara	Transylvanië
42	773		Pfalzgrafenstein	Germany	Kaub (Koblenz 35 km)	Rheinland-Pfalz
43	768		Visegrád (Plintenburg)	Hungary
44	764		Marksburg	Germany	Braubach	Rheinland-Pfalz
45	761		Castillo de la Mota	Spain	Medina del Campo (Valladolid)	Castilla y León
46	758		Castillo de Peñafiel	Spain	Peñafiel (Valladolid)	Castilla y León
47	757		Caerlaverock Castle	Scotland	Dumfries 11 km (Dumfries and Galloway)	South
48	752		Edinburgh Castle	Scotland	Edinburgh (Lothian)	Edinburg and Lothian
49	751		Kalmar Slott	Sweden
50	748		Spišský Hrad	Slovakia	Žehra	Spiš
51	746		Castel Sant'Angelo (Lungotevere Castello, Engelenburcht)	Italy	Rome	Lazio
52	744		Warwick Castle	England	Warwick (Warwickshire)	West Midlands
53	742		Château d'Angers	France	Angers	Pays-de-Loire
54	733		Krivoklát Hrad (Pürglitz)	Czechia	Krivoklát	Rakovník
55	731		Hochosterwitz	Austria	St. Veith an der Glan	Steiermark
56	731		Rocca Scaligera	Italy	Sirmione	Lombardije (Lombardia)
57	727		Château de Gisors	France	Beauvais 30 km	Normandie
58	722		Castelul Bran (Toerzburg)	Rumania	Brasov	Transylvanië
59	718		Castelvecchio	Italy	Verona	Venetië (Venetia)
60	713		Zamek Marienwerder (Kwidzyn)	Poland	Marienwerder	Oost Pruisen
61	712		Kaiserburg Trifels	Germany	Annweiler	Rheinland-Pfalz
62	711		El Real de Manzanares	Spain	Madrid	Madrid
63	710		Diósgyõr	Hungary
64	704		Remparts d'Aigues-Mortes	France	Aigues Mortes	Languedoc-Roussillon
65	702		Castel Grande (Bellinzona, Castello d'Unterwalden)	Switserland	Bellinzone
66	698		Schloß Heidelberg	Germany	Heidelberg	Baden-Würtenberg
67	694		Château d'Aigle	Switserland	Aigle	Kanton Waadt (Vaud)
68	694		Himeji-Jo (Shirasagi-Witte Reiger)	Japan	Himeji
69	689		Castel Nuovo (Maschio Angioino)	Italy	Naples	Campanië
70	689		Pernštejn Hrad	Czechia	Nedvedice
71	685		Feste Coburg	Germany	Coburg	Bayern
72	684		Roumeli Hissar	Turkey	Rumeli Hisari
73	680		Enceinte de Provins (Tour de César)	France	Provins	Ile-de-France
74	678		Schloß Aggstein	Austria	Melk 13 km	Niederöstenreich
75	675		Kasteel de Haar	Netherlands	Haarzuilen	Utrecht
76	672		Pembroke Castle	Wales	Pembroke	Dyfed
77	666		Saone (Qalaat Sahyun, Saladin's Burcht)	Syria	Qalaat Salah ad-Din
78	662		Château de Chinon	France	Chinon	Centre
79	662		Kaiserburg Salzburg	Germany	Bad Neuhaus an der Saale	Bayern
80	660		Sümeg	Hungary
81	658		Sárospatak	Hungary	Tokaj
82	653		Château de Falaise	France	Caen 35 km	Normandie
83	652		Bürghausen an den Salzach	Germany	Bürghausen	Bayern
84	651		Glimmingehus	Sweden	Helsingborg	Skåne
85	651		Doornenburg	Netherlands	Doornenburg	Gelderland
86	649		Bamburgh Castle	England	(Northumberland)	North East
87	648		Trim Castle	Ireland	Dublin 43 km	Meath
88	647		Münzenberg	Germany	Münzenberg	Hessen
89	644		Château medieval de Louvre	France	Paris	Ile-de-France
90	643		Gripsholm	Sweden
91	643		Schloss Thun	Switserland	Thun	Berner Oberland
92	643		Castillo de Fuensaldaña	Spain	Fuensaldaña (Valladolid)	Castilla y León
93	642		Portchester Castle	England	Portsmouth (Hampshire)	South East
94	641		Hammershus	Denmark	Sandvig	Bornholm
95	640		St. Nicola	Greece	Rhodes
96	639		Blarney Castle	Ireland	Cork City 9 km	Cork
97	639		Castillo de Loarre	Spain	Huesca	Aragón
98	637		Zvikov Hrad	Czechia
99	636		Bunratty Castle	Ireland		Clare
100	632		Sidon	Lebanon	Saida