The top 100 of medieval castles

Sum of the original top 100 derived from references used by topcastles.com and the visitors top 100 of January 1st, 2007.

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The list

Position	Score	Thumbnail	Castle	Country	Place	Region
1	1254		Krak des Chevaliers (Kalat el Hösn)	Syria	Homs
2	1243		Tower of London	England	London	London
3	1219		Cité de Carcassonne	France	Carcassonne	Languedoc-Roussillon
4	1201		Zamek Malborku (Marienborg)	Poland	Malbork
5	1041		Château Gaillard des Andelys	France	Les Andeleys	Normandie
6	1038		Château de Chillon	Switserland	Montreux
7	1036		Caernarfon Castle	Wales	Caernarfon	Gwynedd
8	1033		Dover Castle	England	Dover (Kent)	South East
9	1033		Bodiam Castle	England	Robertsbridge (Sussex)	South East
10	1015		Harlech Castle	Wales	Harlech	Gwynedd
11	964		Castel del Monte	Italy	Aquila 32 km	Apulië (Puglia)
12	923		Château de Loches	France	Loches	Centre
13	909		Alcazar de Segovia	Spain	Segovia	Castilla y León
14	878		Château de Saumur	France	Saumur-Tours	Pays-de-Loire
15	876		Conwy Castle	Wales	Conwy	Gwynedd
16	866		Alhambra de Granada	Spain	Granada	Andalucia
17	856		Festung Hohensalzburg	Austria	Salzburg	Salzburg
18	851		Gravensteen	Belgium	Gent	Oost Vlaanderen
19	827		Karlštejn Hrad	Czechia	Praag 32 km	Bohemen
20	827		Château d'Haut-Koeningsbourg	France	Haut-Koeningsbourg	Elzas (Alsace)
21	823		Caerphilly Castle	Wales	Mid Glamorgan	Glamorgan
22	818		Burg Eltz	Germany	Münstermaifeld	Rheinland-Pfalz
23	814		Warwick Castle	England	Warwick (Warwickshire)	West Midlands
24	814		Coucy-Le-Château	France	Coucy-Le-Château	Picardie
25	803		Château de Pierrefonds	France	Pierrefonds	Picardie
26	792		Château de Langeais	France	Langeais	Centre
27	788		Windsor Castle	England	Windsor (Birkshire)	South East
28	781		Avignon (Palais des Papes)	France	Avignon	Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur
29	776		Vianden	Luxemburg	Vianden
30	761		Château de Vincennes	France	Paris	Ile-de-France
31	754		Castillo de Coca (Castile Causa)	Spain	Segovia	Castilla y León
32	732		Kalmar Slott	Sweden
33	729		Zamek Marienwerder (Kwidzyn)	Poland	Marienwerder	Oost Pruisen
34	723		Château d'Angers	France	Angers	Pays-de-Loire
35	716		Castelul Bran (Toerzburg)	Rumania	Brasov	Transylvanië
36	708		Castello di Fenis	Italy	Piemont	Valle d'Aosta
37	700		Die Wartburg	Germany	Eisenach	Thüringen
38	696		Castillo de la Mota	Spain	Medina del Campo (Valladolid)	Castilla y León
39	693		Castelo de Guimarães	Portugal
40	692		Marksburg	Germany	Braubach	Rheinland-Pfalz
41	691		Spišský Hrad	Slovakia	Žehra	Spiš
42	690		Castelul Hunedoara (Vajdahunyad)	Rumania	Hunedoara	Transylvanië
43	685		Rochester Castle	England	Rochester (Kent)	South East
44	676		Beaumaris Castle	Wales	Anglesey	Gwynedd
45	666		Edinburgh Castle	Scotland	Edinburgh (Lothian)	Edinburg and Lothian
46	665		Château de Gisors	France	Beauvais 30 km	Normandie
47	663		Muiderslot	Netherlands	Muiden	Noord Holland
48	663		Pembroke Castle	Wales	Pembroke	Dyfed
49	660		Château de Chinon	France	Chinon	Centre
50	658		Hochosterwitz	Austria	St. Veith an der Glan	Steiermark
51	656		Castelo de Beja	Portugal
52	655		Caerlaverock Castle	Scotland	Dumfries 11 km (Dumfries and Galloway)	South
53	652		Castillo de Peñafiel	Spain	Peñafiel (Valladolid)	Castilla y León
54	642		Remparts d'Aigues-Mortes	France	Aigues Mortes	Languedoc-Roussillon
55	642		Château medieval de Louvre	France	Paris	Ile-de-France
56	641		Kaiserburg Nürnberg	Germany	Nürnberg	Bayern
57	621		El Real de Manzanares	Spain	Madrid	Madrid
58	619		Rocca Scaligera	Italy	Sirmione	Lombardije (Lombardia)
59	619		Visegrád (Plintenburg)	Hungary
60	615		Roumeli Hissar	Turkey	Rumeli Hisari
61	613		Castelo de Almourol	Portugal
62	612		Trencianský hrad (Trencsén, Trencín)	Slovakia	Trencín	Trenciansko
63	605		Reichsburg Cochem	Germany	Cochem	Rheinland-Pfalz
64	602		Himeji-Jo (Shirasagi-Witte Reiger)	Japan	Himeji
65	600		Castel Sant'Angelo (Lungotevere Castello, Engelenburcht)	Italy	Rome	Lazio
66	599		Schloß Aggstein	Austria	Melk 13 km	Niederöstenreich
67	599		Feste Coburg	Germany	Coburg	Bayern
68	597		Saone (Qalaat Sahyun, Saladin's Burcht)	Syria	Qalaat Salah ad-Din
69	597		Château de Bouillon	Belgium	Bouillon sur Semois	Luxemburg
70	596		Château de Falaise	France	Caen 35 km	Normandie
71	595		Castelvecchio	Italy	Verona	Venetië (Venetia)
72	595		Château de Tarascon	France	Tarascon	Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur
73	590		Castillo de Olite	Spain		Navarra
74	589		Herstmonceux Castle	England	(Surrey)	South East
75	585		Château d'Aigle	Switserland	Aigle	Kanton Waadt (Vaud)
76	584		Schloß Heidelberg	Germany	Heidelberg	Baden-Würtenberg
77	579		Castelo de Leiria	Portugal
78	574		Sidon	Lebanon	Saida
79	573		Burg Rheinstein	Germany	Assmannshausen	Rheinland-Pfalz
80	571		Castillo de Fuensaldaña	Spain	Fuensaldaña (Valladolid)	Castilla y León
81	569		Gripsholm	Sweden
82	567		Schloß Tarasp	Switserland
83	563		Pernštejn Hrad	Czechia	Nedvedice
84	558		Margat (Marqab)	Syria	Qalaat Marqab, Banyas 4 km
85	558		Kenilworth Castle	England	(Warwickshire)	West Midlands
86	552		Castillo de Bellver	Spain	Mallorca	Baleares
87	550		Devín (Theben, Dévény)	Slovakia	Bratislava	Bratislavsko
88	549		Burg Kufstein	Austria		Tirol
89	548		Rothenburg ob der Tauber	Germany	Rothenburg ob der Tauber	Bayern
90	546		Zamek Nidzica	Poland
91	545		Tattershall Castle	England	Tattershall (Lincolnshire)	East Midlands
92	544		Bamburgh Castle	England	(Northumberland)	North East
93	543		Visborg (Visby Slott)	Sweden	Gotland
94	540		Oravský hrad (Árva)	Slovakia	Oravský Podzámok	Orava
95	539		Clifford's Tower	England	York	Yorkshire and Humber
96	536		Arundel Castle	England	Arundel (Sussex)	South East
97	535		Läckö Slott	Sweden	Kållandsö	Skåne
98	533		Castelo de Sao Jorge	Portugal	Lissabon
99	531		Enceinte de Provins (Tour de César)	France	Provins	Ile-de-France
100	529		Sárospatak	Hungary	Tokaj