Towering Delusions – A photo series exploring the wonderful ruins of castles chateau fortifications and abandoned palaces. 10,000 years ago the rulers of Jericho built a defensive tower, the first known example. Since then successive civilisations and their elites have built fortifications and castles as protection and great palaces and chateau to demonstrate their wealth. Most of these buildings either lay in ruins or were abandoned by their wealthy elites. This photo gallery explores the wonderfully picturesque towers that delusional builders believed would last forever.
