Tag:castle_type=defensive
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Defensive castle. Fortified, defensible dwelling or military stronghold. ![]() |
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Group: historic |
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Status: de facto |
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A castle is fortified residence of a nobleman in the Middle Ages or comparable medieval defense building.
How to map
Set a node at the center of the feature or draw an area
along its outline.
Add the tags historic=castle
and castle_type=defensive
.
Common combinations
name=*
- name of the castestart_date=*
- year when it was builtruins=yes
- is it in ruins?wikimedia_commons=File:name
- File name of a photo from Wikimedia Commonswikipedia=*
- a link to Wikipedia's articlewikidata=*
- an ID of the specific Wikidata item
Similar tags
castle_type=stately
- stately home (château)castle_type=fortress
- military fortress