Pierrefonds Castel Jigsaw Puzzle Game

Peles Castle

In today's jigsaw we feature the Peles Castle is a Neo-Renaissance castle in the Carpathian Mountains, near Sinaia, in Prahova County, Romania.It was built between 1873 and 1914. Its inauguration was held in 1883. Its architectural style is a romantically inspired blend Neo-Renaissance and Gothic Revival similar to Schloss Neuschwanstein in Bavaria. A towering statue of King Carol I by Raffaello Romanelli overlooks the main entrance. Many other statues are present on the seven Italian neo-Renaissance terrace gardens, mostly of Carrara marble executed by the Italian sculptor Romanelli. The gardens also host fountains, urns, stairways, guarding lions, marble paths, and other decorative pieces.

Castle Limargue In Autoire

This castle was built by Lafon, who was knighted by Charles VIII in recognition of his bravery during the wars of Italy, in the late fifteenth century . It is located in Autoire - one of the most beautiful villages in the Lot department in southwestern France. The village of Autoire is nestled in an impressive cirque formed by high limestone cliffs. Known as "Limargue Castle" the manor house, featured in today's new jigsaw puzzle, revolves around the tower with a spiral staircase. The main entrance to the house at the bottom of the tower is decorated with intricately carved arch, characteristic of the customs of the last quarter of the 15th century and the beginning of the 16th century.

Jerusalem Gate

The stone gate in this puzzle, called the Jerusalem Gate or "lower gate", is one of the entrances to the medieval stronghold in Büdingen (a town in the Wetteraukreis, in Hesse, Germany). Since 1442 the masters of Büdingen have been known as Grafen of Isenburg-Büdingen. After a local war, Graf Ludwig II built an enormous new defensive wall with 22 towers around the old stronghold between 1480 and 1510. These walls are still nearly complete and they are one of the most important medieval strongholds in Germany.

The Castle Of Schloss Ort

Schloss Ort is an Austrian castle situated in the Traunsee lake, in Gmunden. It was built around 1080 by Hartnidus of Ort, and improvements continued to be made into the thirteenth century. From 1484 to 1491, the castle was governed by Gotthard von Starhenberg, the Governor of Upper Austria. In 1492, Bernhard of Starhenberg and later his descendants ruled the castle until 1584. In 1876, the castle was acquired by Archduke John Salvator of Austria (John of Tuscany). The castle was later acquired by Franz Joseph I of Austria (in 1914). On January 5, 1995, the castle was officially acquired by the city of Gmunden. At present the castle is being used for a study center of the Federal Ministry for Land and Forestry. Now that you know a bit more about this castle in the middle of a lake, click start and put it back together piece by piece as fast as you can and get your time on our game leaderboards. Have fun!

New City Hall in Hanover

The New City Hall (German: Neues Rathaus) or New Town Hall in Hanover, Germany, is a city hall and was opened on July 20, 1913, after having been under construction for 12 years. It is a magnificent, castle-like building of the era of William II in eclectic style at the southern edge of the inner city.

Donaustauf Castle

The castle is built on the site of a Celtic fort dating to around 500 BC. Between 914 and 930 AD, Bishop Tuto of Regensburg had a castle built here to defend the area from Hungarian invasion. The ruined hill castle is located on a hill spur overlooking the River Danube by the market village of Donaustauf in the Upper Palatine county of Regensburg in the south German state of Bavaria.

Kamianets-Podilskyi Castle

Kamianets-Podilskyi is a city on the Smotrych River in western Ukraine, to the north-east of Chernivtsi. Modern Kamianets-Podilskyi was first mentioned in 1062 as a town of the Kievan Rus' state. In 1352, it was annexed by the Polish King Casimir III. The ancient castle, featured in his fun jigsaw puzzles, was reconstructed and substantially expanded by the Polish kings to defend Poland from the southwest against Ottoman and Tatar invasions, thus it was called the gateway to Poland.

Inveraray Castle

Inveraray Castle is a country house near Inveraray in the county of Argyll, in western Scotland, on the shore of Loch Fyne. This castle, built in the Gothic Revival style, replaced an earlier 15th-century castle. Work on the current building began in 1743. In 1975 a devastating fire struck Inveraray and for some time the 12th Duke and his family lived in the castle's basement, while restorations requiring a worldwide fundraising drive were carried out. he 13th Duke and his family live in private apartments occupying two floors and set between two of the four crenellated circular towers. Parts of the castle are open to visitors.

Highcliffe Castle

Situated on the cliffs at Highcliffe, Dorset, the castle featured in today's jigsaw was built between 1831 and 1835 by Charles Stuart. The Highcliffe Castle was built in aGothic Revival style on the site of High Cliff house, a Georgian Mansion designed for the 3rd Earl of Bute. The design incorporates large quantities of carved Medieval stonework salvaged from the Norman Benedictine Abbey of St Peter at Jumieges and the Grande Maison des Andelys.

The Krakow Barbican

The Kraków Barbican is a barbican (a fortified outpost or gateway, such as an outer defence to a city or castle, or any tower situated over a gate or bridge) once connected to the city walls. The Gothic-style barbican, built around 1498, is one of only three such fortified outposts still surviving in Europe. It is a moated cylindrical brick structure with an inner courtyard 24.4 meters in diameter, and seven turrets. The Poles built the barbican fearing an attack by the Ottoman Empire.

Balmoral Castle

In this fun new jigsaw puzzle we feature Balmoral Castle - a large estate house in Royal Deeside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Balmoral has been one of the residences of the British Royal Family since 1852, when it was purchased by Prince Albert, consort to Queen Victoria. . The castle is an example of Scots Baronial architecture. The architect was William Smith of Aberdeen.

Egeskov Castle

Located near Kværndrup, in the south of the island of Funen, Denmark, Egeskov Castle is Europe's best preserved Renaissance water castle (a castle or stately home whose site is entirely surrounded by water-filled moats). The castle structure was erected by Frands Brockenhuus in 1554. The castle consists of two long buildings connected by a thick double wall, allowing defenders to abandon one house and continue fighting from the other. The architecture includes depressed and round-arched windows, round-arched blank arcading within the gables, and a double string course between the high cellar and the ground floor. Surrounding the castle is an old park divided into a number of gardens featuring fountains, a gravel path and topiary figures.