There is less and less to halloweenthe night of the witches and the spirits. An event in which great horror lovers can enjoy a wide variety of events before the celebration of the All Hallows. The cities of Spain and the rest of the world prepare their sets for the celebration of the dead. However, there are other places that carry it as standard, with castles that keep mysteries or legendsand also ghosts.
There are many tourists who come every year to see these old fortificationseager to experience that chilling atmosphere in first person. We review seven iconic movie monuments that you should visit at least once in your life.
Edinburgh Castle and its ghost Lone Piper (Scotland)
One of the most emblematic places in Edinburgh is its imposing castle. This is erected in the old city and is made with stones of volcanic origin from the same hill where it is located: an ancient volcano of around 350 million years, which today is known as castle rock hill. According to legends, a ghost known as Lone Pipera piper who entered to investigate some supposed secret tunnels, but never left there.
Muiderslot Castle and the murdered count (Netherlands)
He Muiderslot Castle was built in the 13th centuryand still preserves all its structures and facilities, as if it had remained stuck in the Middle Ages. It was the Count Floris V who ordered its construction, but soon his enemies imprisoned him in his own fortress and then murdered him. Following this fateful event, it is said that his ghost stayed there wandering the corridors.
Predjama Castle (Slovenia) and the betrayal of a servant
For 800 years, a huge cave in a rock face in southwestern Slovenia has housed the spectacular Predjama Castle. Behind the fortress opens a network of intertwined galleries that the knight walked through. Erasmus of Predjamathe Slovenian Robin Hood, while resisting the siege of the Austrian Empire troops. A servant of Erasmus himself betrayed him and the army managed to defeat him. Since then, legends say that his ghost haunts the place in search of revenge.
The Larnach Castle massacre (New Zealand)
Located on the picturesque Otago Peninsula, the Larnach Castle It is the only one in all of New Zealand and one of the country’s main tourist attractions. In addition to visiting the fortress, those interested can see its gardens and even eat and stay there. The castle was built between 1871 and 1887 by William Larnach and two of his wives and his daughter died there, while he committed suicide. According to him, the spirits of his first wife and his daughter are still in the building.
Ghostly experiences in Castello di Montebello (Italy)
On one of the many hills outside the city of Rimini, at 436 meters high, stands the Montebello Castlea powerful fortress that was scene of numerous battles. Its many mysteries and legends that have lasted to this day, and visitors claim that they have experienced all kinds of ghostly experiences on the spot.
Leap Castle, one of the most mysterious in Ireland
He Leap Castle It is one of the most mysterious in Ireland. Its exact date of construction is not well known, since researchers estimate it from the 13th to the 15th century. It is said that the ghost of a young girl lives here, daughter of the lord of the fortress, who fell in love with a humble farmer. When her father found out, he killed the boy and she did the same with her own father. One day, when the young woman was at the top of the castle, a hand, supposedly the spirit of the father, He pushed her and made her fall into the void.
Enchanted Castle of Santa Catalina (Spain)
In Spain, we also have enchanted castles, as demonstrated by the one in Saint Catherine (Jaén), today a Parador. This has an incredible walled enclosure defended by six towers. Some of the clients claim to have felt the presence of someone crying, as well as electrical anomalies, drops in temperatures, people running through the hallways, doors and drawers that open and close by themselves or the appearance of a woman dressed in Arabic clothing.
Other guests complained that throughout the night the guest in the superior room had not stopped moving furniture, screaming and crying. However, there is not a room on the upper floor, but rather the roof.
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