castle

Summary

castle is a type of building^[1]. castle ranks in the top 0.99% of type_of_building entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,892 views/month, #1 of 101).^[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]; Daugavpils^[34], a state city of Latvia^[35], in Latvia^[36], founded in 1275^[37]; Castile^[38], a historical region^[39], in Spain^[40]; Ventspils^[41], a state city of Latvia^[42], in Latvia^[43], founded in 1290^[44]; Castle-class corvette^[45], a ship class^[46], founded in 1943^[47]; Jēkabpils^[48], a state city of Latvia^[49], in Latvia^[50], founded in 1670^[51]; Castle-class patrol vessel^[52], a watercraft class^[53], founded in 1982^[54]; and Ki Castle^[55], a kōgoishi^[56], in Japan^[57], founded in 0700^[58].

Why It Matters

castle ranks in the top 0.99% of type_of_building entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,892 views/month, #1 of 101).^[2] castle has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[59] castle is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[60]

Entities named for castle include Kingdom of Castile^[30], a historical country^[31], in Kingdom of Castile^[32], founded in 1065^[33]; Daugavpils^[34], a state city of Latvia^[35], in Latvia^[36], founded in 1275^[37]; Castile^[38], a historical region^[39], in Spain^[40]; Ventspils^[41], a state city of Latvia^[42], in Latvia^[43], founded in 1290^[44]; Castle-class corvette^[45], a ship class^[46], founded in 1943^[47]; and Jēkabpils^[48], a state city of Latvia^[49], in Latvia^[50], founded in 1670^[51].