But he lives like a king in his 9, 000-square-foot keep on the edge of the Rocky Mountains--one of hundreds of Americans who have bought or built a castle.
The children built a castle, of course, but castle-building is rather poor fun when you have no hope of the swishing tide ever coming in to fill up the moat and wash away the drawbridge, and, at the happy last, to wet everybody up to the waist at least.
King John built Odiham Castle as a stopping place where he could pursue his passion for hunting in its Royal Deer Park.
And it was seized from the French in 1798 by Ali Pasha, an Albanian who entertained such intrepid visitors as Lord Byron and Edward Lear and built himself a fine triangular castle nearby.
It was also the site of a Norman castle built in the 13th Century, before being destroyed by Owain Glyndwr's forces.
It is widely visible thanks to its three church towers and the ruins of a crusader castle built by the Boniface de Montferrat from Italy.
For overnight lodging, choose between the Rivendell Guest House, which is quiet, affordable and has a swimming pool, or the upmarket Hotel Heinitzburg, a former castle built in 1914.
The idea is to turn the home into a private movie theater like the ones that once were enjoyed only by such well-heeled tycoons as William Randolph Hearst , who famously had a cinema built into his castle at San Simeon.
The Cappella Palatina, or Palatine Chapel, is an extraordinary blend of Norman, Byzantine and Arab art, and a few streets away is the castle of La Zisa, built for a Norman king by Arab craftsmen.
In creating his "fungus accretion" vases, Simon brushed the rough surface of a ceramic vase with a clay-and-water solution until it built upon itself like a hand-dripped sand castle.
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The digs: A 9, 655-square-foot castle with 6 bedrooms and 90-foot pool built atop a 99-foot lot.
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More than one million historical objects reflecting Cumbria's history have been moved from Carlisle Castle to a purpose-built base at Petteril Bank.
About 40 minutes away is Himeji Castle, a World Heritage Site built from the 14th to 17th centuries.
During the Middle Ages, a castle was specifically a fortified structure, largely built to defend nobles against hostile intrusions.
Sir James Tillie, who built Pentillie Castle in 1698, instructed his staff to place him in a chair with his pipe when he died.
The few men that he still controlled were encamped at several different bases around the city, but his real power emanated from the Bala Hissar, or Castle Greyskull as we called it, a massive fortification built by the British in the nineteenth century in the middle of Gardez.
The last castle to be built in England has reopened to visitors while undergoing a major refurbishment.
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The site, alongside the Floating Harbour and between Castle Street and Victoria Street, was named after a Victorian sugar importer who built a factory there.
Quseir Amra is a well-preserved desert castle which acted as both a fortress with a garrison and a residence of the Umayyad caliphs, built in the early 8th century.
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