Wikipedia:Picture peer review/Castle

Castle


A Commons picture I came across in Castle, put there by an anon, but originally taken by Dario sanz.

It depicts the imposing Castillo de la Mota in Medina del Campo, and its name refers to the motte or artificial mound common in a castle's early stages. This would be replaced by Late Medieval fortification, and this picture illustrates the major features of a castle superbly - turrets, gatehouse, moat, heavy curtain walls, machicolation and crenellation, etc. - thus making it a good picture for a core topic. Cesare Borgia was imprisoned there, and it was the first monumental building in Medina designated as a Heritage Site (Bien de interés cultural). It is especially appropriate for representing the castle article as an FP because it is in what was once the Kingdom of Castile (whose very name means "castle").

As a photograph, I was impressed by the striking image of snow on a Spanish castle - evocative of both Spanish castle architecture and the Meseta Central.

Comments: Seconder:
 * Nominate and support. - Grimhelm 19:09, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
 * It wouldn't pass probably. Mainly because of composition, sharpness and tilt. Nice otherwise. Try getting more of the building next time. -Fcb981 01:04, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
 * That's a lot of tilt. Was he trying keep his balance on the slope he standing on or something? vlad§inger  tlk  19:46, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

