Castles: from mighty fortresses to fantastical palaces
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Castles in the 20th Century
The castle is nearly always represented as a living thing, and it has quite a dark side to it. It's about power and usually about imprisonment and control. I think many of us to day see only thehathe sort of film version of these buildings or we see them as ruins and visitor attractions. Those are different. So how do you think we should see the castle? In your opinion? Is there could we say there is a definition, or at least some level of a definition, that we could go with?
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