Island castle

• The best-known island castle in Germany is Pfalzgrafenstein Castle near Kaub, Rhineland-Palatinate. • The Château d'If is situated on the southern coast of France. • The English counterpart to Mont-Saint-Michel in Normandy is St Michael's Mount in Cornwall. • Piel Castle was built on Piel Island of the coast of the Furness peninsula in England. • Switzerland's iconic Chillon Castle sits on a small island in the eastern end of Lake Geneva. • The Aragonese Castle is situated in the Gulf of Naples. • The only water castle in Europe that utilizes Gothic architecture is Trakai Castle in Lithuania. • Bohus Fortress on Fästningholmen in Kungälv, Sweden. Mont-Saint-Michel is not, as many people believe, a castle; it is a fortified monastery. ==Island castles in South Asia==

Though not entirely a castle, really consisting of a fort surrounding a palace, Murud-Janjira is a famous island fortress off the Indian coast in the Arabian Sea. The fortress is relatively unique in that the outermost defensive walls of the compound entirely encompass the island's natural land, thwarting any attacks using traditional amphibious landings. ==See also==