How can a castle be built in the middle of a rock mountain?

Depends on the mountain i'd say. You either get a spur castle like Stirling or a hill castle or perhaps even a hilltop castle. read more

One brick at a time. Transportation of raw materials can be hard work and economically expensive, but for the most part it's been a technologically solved problem for thousands of years. read more

If you built it on a spur you get a Spur castle, if you built it on the side of a hill it becomes Hillside castle, if you get creative and place one of a ridge you get a Ridge castle and if you decide to built it at the summit or top of a hill you get a hilltop castle. read more

2. Aragonese Castle, Italy. Looking at the grand Aragonese Castle in the volcanic island of Ischia, at the northern end of the Gulf of Naples, Italy, can take you back to medieval times. read more