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On y vient autant pour le souffle de l\u2019histoire que pour l\u2019\u00e9motion du paysage.","location":"Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, \u00c9cosse, Royaume-Uni.","continent":"Europe","country":"Royaume-Uni","historical_era":"Ch\u00e2teaux M\u00e9di\u00e9vaux","function":"Forteresses Militaires et Bastions","construction_period":"Du haut Moyen \u00c2ge au XVIIe si\u00e8cle, avec des vestiges majeurs des XIIIe au XVIIe si\u00e8cles.","architectural_style":"Architecture militaire m\u00e9di\u00e9vale \u00e9cossaise, remani\u00e9e \u00e0 la Renaissance.","notable_residents":"William Wallace, Charles II, Oliver Cromwell, les comtes Marischal de la famille Keith, saint Ninian.","unesco_status":"Non.","best_time":"Avril, mai, fin septembre et octobre.","official_website":"https:\/\/www.dunnottarcastle.co.uk\/","famous_for":"Son implantation spectaculaire sur une falaise, sa tour-ma\u00eetresse du XIVe si\u00e8cle, la chapelle m\u00e9di\u00e9vale, la cache des Honours of Scotland face aux troupes de Cromwell, l\u2019attaque attribu\u00e9e \u00e0 William Wallace en 1297 et le Whigs\u2019 Vault o\u00f9 furent enferm\u00e9s des Covenanters en 1685.","estimated_visit_duration":"Pr\u00e9voyez de passer 1 h 30 \u00e0 3 heures \u00e0 explorer le ch\u00e2teau et ses environs.","location_perks":"La c\u00f4te de l\u2019Aberdeenshire offre de superbes panoramas marins, des oiseaux de mer et une lumi\u00e8re changeante magnifique pour la photographie. Profitez-en pour d\u00e9couvrir Stonehaven, agr\u00e9able ville c\u00f4ti\u00e8re toute proche.","visiting_tips":"Le sentier d\u2019acc\u00e8s est raide et le terrain irr\u00e9gulier, mieux vaut porter de bonnes chaussures. Choisissez si possible une journ\u00e9e d\u00e9gag\u00e9e, tout en pr\u00e9voyant une veste coupe-vent car le site est tr\u00e8s expos\u00e9.","historical_context":"Le site de Dunnottar est occup\u00e9 depuis plus de quinze si\u00e8cles et son nom viendrait d\u2019un ancien terme picte signifiant \u00ab fort de la pente \u00bb. Place forte tr\u00e8s ancienne, il surveillait un littoral strat\u00e9gique face aux raids venus de la mer du Nord. \u00c0 partir du XIVe si\u00e8cle, il devint le si\u00e8ge des Keith, comtes Marischal. Le ch\u00e2teau entra dans l\u2019histoire \u00e9cossaise \u00e0 plusieurs reprises : reprise du site lors des guerres d\u2019ind\u00e9pendance, refuge des joyaux de la Couronne \u00e9cossaise au si\u00e8ge de 1651-1652, puis prison tristement c\u00e9l\u00e8bre en 1685 avec l\u2019enfermement de Covenanters dans le Whigs\u2019 Vault. Apr\u00e8s l\u2019\u00e9chec de la r\u00e9bellion jacobite de 1715, le dernier comte perdit ses titres et le ch\u00e2teau d\u00e9clina. 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