Castles of "United States" CASTLE SAN MIGUEL vs CASTLE WARDEN
CASTLE SAN MIGUEL
Castillo de San Miguel is a castle located in Almuñécar, in the province of Granada, Spain. It is bounded by the remains of the original city walls. The castle sits on a small hill, which is difficult to access. The original fortifications date of 1st century B.C. During the Moorish occupation, the castle was enlarged to include 40 towers and three gates. It has a wide moat and a drawbridge. Parts of the building are topped with battlements of pyramid shape. The keep, which was on the inside, is demolished. It was declared a Bien de Interés Cultural monument in 1993. There is a small museum within the castle grounds.
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CASTLE WARDEN
The Castle Warden was first built as a winter home for William Warden and his family. Built in 1887, this moorish castle style home was renovated into a hotel in the 1940s by Pulitzer prize winning writer Majorie Kinnan Rawlings and her husband Norton Baskin. By 1950 the hotel was transformed once again into America's first odditorium. Robert S. Ripley stayed at the Castle Warden Hotel and wanted to buy it to house his collection of oddities. In 1950 Ripley's family purchased the Castle Warden and opened the first Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum. The museum is open to visitors, still displaying Ripley's original collection.