19 American Castle Homes You Can Buy

For sale: This six bedroom home featuring 12 bathrooms, two pools and two exercise courts in Hillsborough, California is currently on the market for $38,500,000

Want To Live Like A King? The 19 American Castle Homes You Can Buy -- Daily Mail

As the saying goes a man's home is his castle but in this case, it really is true. A spellbinding collection of real-life castle homes from nine states across the U.S. have been uncovered with each fairy-tale pad currently listed for sale.

Ranging in price from $38.5million in Hillsborough, California to $787,000 in Lewisville, Texas, these 19 homes feature everything from multiple swimming pools, wine cellars, elevators and movie theatres.

Among the most boastful in luxury seen, The House of Josephine - gifted from a husband to his wife in 1920 - features 10 bedrooms, 6.5 bathrooms and 18 acres of green in sunny Lake Wales, Florida.

For those especially desiring the fortified, castle-like feel, a white stoned home in Oak Brook, Illinois offers 18-inch thick walls, a full-size elevator and 12 skylights.

Aside from the price, the gorgeous collection appears to offer something for everyone.

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My Comment: The Hillsborough 'castle' is beautiful. It's listing is here.

Modern-Day Castles For Sale

Arkansas Dromborg Castle Castles In Need Of A Lord -- Time

With season two of PBS’s blockbuster “Downton Abbey” reaching its climactic conclusion Sunday night, we may have just the cure for your period-piece hangover.

You might not think it, but there are a number of majestic residences, much like Downton’s Highclere Castle, right here in the U.S. And many are actually for sale.

TopTenRealEstateDeals.com found five castles, built over the last 200 years for various reasons, that are all for sale.

Each has a history and beauty that are as intriguing as the estates themselves.

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My Comment: Some nice castles here.

One Extraordinary Medieval Castle For Sale

From Sotheby's International:

About This Property

The Castle (3700 sqm / 39826 sq.ft) is one of Italy’s most beautiful monuments and it is considered one of the most scenic and extraordinary castles in the world. Its marvelous Noble Courtyard with the suggestive Fountain of the Mysteries, is surrounded by impressive, historical walls (built between the 9th and 14th century). All the rooms and the halls are of an incommensurable beauty and the luxuriant medieval park (35.000 sqm), able to accommodate up to 300 guests within its perfectly well tended gardens. It features also a Romanic chapel (850 A.C.). The property rises majestically on the top of the village offering a panorama of great beauty. This castle was owned and ruled by different important families, such as the houses of King Arduino, of the Bishop of Ivrea, the Holy Roman Emperor Otto I and the Savoia. At the end of 1800 the castle has been skillfully restored by the famous architect Alfredo D’Andrade. In 1992 the works of restoration continued and the castle regained its antique magnificence and it offers the highest comforts and the most modern technologies to satisfy the most demanding customers. 30 bedrooms all with A/C + 47 bathrooms and the castle is heated throughout. Energy class: G

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