http://katfrance.wordpress.com/2007/02/23/castles/ a useful source of info Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:06:20 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://katfrance.wordpress.com/2007/02/23/castles/#comment-12 katfrance Wed, 28 Feb 2007 02:01:34 +0000 http://katfrance.wordpress.com/2007/02/23/castles/#comment-12 One of the castles we saw had been vandalised by a local king! Heads chopped off statues..amazing what people will do to art in the name of power! One of the castles we saw had been vandalised by a local king! Heads chopped off statues..amazing what people will do to art in the name of power!

]]> http://katfrance.wordpress.com/2007/02/23/castles/#comment-11 Sonja Sat, 24 Feb 2007 09:07:48 +0000 http://katfrance.wordpress.com/2007/02/23/castles/#comment-11 Since the US is such a "new" country, I am always in awe when I see old structures like this. In England I saw a church smack dab in the middle of London that was built in the 1200's! Makes me wonder how much maintenance is required to keep these lovely things standing upright (although in England old buildings often are NOT quite upright!) Since the US is such a “new” country, I am always in awe when I see old structures like this. In England I saw a church smack dab in the middle of London that was built in the 1200’s! Makes me wonder how much maintenance is required to keep these lovely things standing upright (although in England old buildings often are NOT quite upright!)

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