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One of the most beautiful castles in Europe and likely the most recognizable in the world, Neuschwanstein served as the inspiration for Disneyland's Sleeping Beauty Castle and it's easy to see why.

For centuries, medieval castles – hulking, isolated triumphs of masonry – have held a special place in the Western imagination, evoking at once a sense of history, fantasy, war and romance.

Fortified settlements, the precursors to the castles we know today, first appeared some 6,000 years ago, in Central and Eastern Europe and the Middle East. ... Edinburgh Castle.

How medieval Muslim migrants helped build Europe's castles, ... They were made between 1093 and 1133 by Muslim masons, who had been captured by a Norman crusader knight in the Middle East.