Burton Castle, Spain

Butron is a castle located in Gatika   in northern Spain. It dates originally from the Middle Ages, although it owes its present appearance to an almost complete rebuilding begun by Francisco de Cubas in 1878.

The castle has a fairy – tale   look about it inspired by Bavarian castle models. The present building was  created  as a hobby for its then owner and to create something which is visually spectacular rather than to produce something in which people  could actually live.

In fact it would be quite inconvenient as a home as the towers have little useful space and various parts of the castle have exterior connections which are   not   particularly apt for the wet Basque weather. The building is surrounded   by a park   which includes palms and exotic plants. This castle is the largest   existing   medieval castle in the world.

It fell into disuse and was later renovated and opened to the public. This proved to be unsuccessful and the building was closed to visitors although   the grounds remained open.