Castles

 -What is England's largest castle?

Dover Castle, built in the 12th century by Henry ll 

-What is the oldest castle?

Citadel of Aleppo, located in syria. Built around 3000BC

-Why were castles built?

for rulers to demonstrate their wealth and power to the local populace 

-Who lived in castles?

Kings and Lords lived in castles as well as there lady (wife) and their family. There were lots of staff

-Does New Zealand have any castles?

Larnach castle, situated on the Otago peninsula in Dunedin. You can visit the castle, it was built in 1871 by william larnach. It took 200 workmen 3 years to build the castles shell and a further 12 years for the interior.

-Name 6 castles and were are they located.

1. Himeji castle, in Japan

2. Neuschwanstein castle, Germany

3. Caernarfon castle, Wales

4. Warwick castle, England 

5.Castle Tioram, England

6. Bran castle, Romania

Fun Facts about castles.

1.The oldest inhabited castle in europe is also 1 of the most famous castles in the world. Windsor castle, built by william l, the queens home for over 900 years.

2. the average time it took to build a castle is 10 years.

3. in the 10th century the average cost of a castle was 100 pounds built by timber. in the 14th century the price rose to 100,000 pounds and made with stone.

4. one very famous castle Alnwick castle in Northumberland was used for filming harry potter.

5.Germany has the most castles in the world, a total off 25,000

6. Chillingham castle is known to be the most haunted castle in england

7. castles did not have toilets

8. the first castles were built by the Normans

9. there are 100s of castles up for sale to this day

10. it could cost you between $10,000-100,000 a month to run a castle

I would like to visit a castle when i grow up. i had fun learning about castles.