castle

Summary

castle is a type of building^[1]. castle has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• castle's instance of is recorded as type of building^[3].
• castle is a type of fortification^[4].
• castle's Commons category is recorded as Castles^[5].
• castle's Unicode character is recorded as 🏰^[6].
• castle comprises castle courtyard^[7].
• castle comprises keep^[8].
• castle comprises defensive wall^[9].
• castle's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Castles^[10].
• castle's Commons gallery is recorded as Castle^[11].
• castle's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Castles and châteaus^[12].
• castle's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as historic=castle^[13].
• castle's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia^[14].
• castle's described by source is recorded as Vlastenský slovník historický^[15].
• castle's described by source is recorded as Sytin Military Encyclopedia^[16].
• castle's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[17].
• castle's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[18].
• castle's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary^[19].
• castle's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[20].
• castle's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[21].
• castle's partially coincident with is recorded as château^[22].
• castle's partially coincident with is recorded as alcázar^[23].
• castle's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox castle^[24].
• castle's equivalent class is recorded as http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Castle^[25].
• castle's different from is recorded as château^[26].
• castle's different from is recorded as palace^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

castle's instance of is recorded as type of building^[3]. castle is a type of fortification^[4].

Use and Application

Components include castle courtyard^[7], an architectural element^[28]; keep^[8], a type of building^[29]; and defensive wall^[9].

Influence

Things named for castle include Kingdom of Castile^[30], a historical country^[31], in Kingdom of Castile^[32], founded in 1065^[33]; Jēkabpils^[34], a state city of Latvia^[35], in Latvia^[36], founded in 1670^[37]; Castle-class corvette^[38], a ship class^[39], founded in 1943^[40]; Castle-class naval trawler^[41], a ship class^[42], founded in 1916^[43]; Ventspils^[44], a state city of Latvia^[45], in Latvia^[46], founded in 1290^[47]; Ki Castle^[48], a kōgoishi^[49], in Japan^[50], founded in 0700^[51]; Daugavpils^[52], a state city of Latvia^[53], in Latvia^[54], founded in 1275^[55]; and Castile^[56], a historical region^[57], in Spain^[58].

Why It Matters

castle has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] castle is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[59]

Entities named for castle include Kingdom of Castile^[30], a historical country^[31], in Kingdom of Castile^[32], founded in 1065^[33]; Jēkabpils^[34], a state city of Latvia^[35], in Latvia^[36], founded in 1670^[37]; Castle-class corvette^[38], a ship class^[39], founded in 1943^[40]; Castle-class naval trawler^[41], a ship class^[42], founded in 1916^[43]; Ventspils^[44], a state city of Latvia^[45], in Latvia^[46], founded in 1290^[47]; and Ki Castle^[48], a kōgoishi^[49], in Japan^[50], founded in 0700^[51].