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Preliminary studies and designs for the redevelopment of the whole promontory of Hengistbury Head, Dorset, for H. Gordon Selfridge: perspective of sea wall viewed from sea level, showing towers and balconies
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NOTES: Tilden produced a number of designs for the redevelopment of the whole promontory of Hengistbury Head, Dorset, for H. Gordon Selfridge. The scheme included a grandiose castle with an additional smaller castle surrounded by ramparts, but was never built.
Preliminary studies and designs for the redevelopment of the whole promontory of Hengistbury Head, Dorset, for H. Gordon Selfridge: perspective of a flight of steps from the large castle to a quay
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NOTES: Tilden produced a number of designs for the redevelopment of the whole promontory of Hengistbury Head, Dorset, for H. Gordon Selfridge. The scheme included a grandiose castle with an additional smaller castle surrounded by ramparts, but was never built.
Alcazar of Segovia, Segovia
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NOTES: The castle dates back to the beginning of the 13th century, but received much of its present form in the 16th century.
Alcazar of Segovia, Segovia
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NOTES: The castle dates back to the beginning of the 13th century, but received much of its present form in the 16th century.
Alcazar of Toledo, seen from the Roman bridge (Puente de Alcantara)
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NOTES: The Alcazar of Toledo is a castle located in the highest part of the city. Once used as a Roman palace in the 3rd century, it was restored under Charles I (Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor) and his son Philip II of Spain in the 1540s. Most of the castle was rebuilt or restored, between 1939 and 1957 after seige of the castle in the Spanish Civil War.