Medieval Information

When castles were built, a good landscape had to be found. This was a very dificult task as medieval architects had to take many variables into account.

A castle's surroundings on the outside had to be as free of any obstacles as possible. This was made to prevent attackers to take shelter in trees or any other buildings outside of a castle as that could mean a castle's defeat due to the archers inneffectivity against hidden targets.

Additionally, many castles had rivers passing near for water replenishment purposes - a lake was much better, of course!

Inside, things were very different. Castle architects didn't pay much attention to the commodity of the lower classes. In terms of interior landscape, everything was as plain as possible. Of course, this was very difficult to achieve and many stairs passing through the castle were very common.

Castles would very frequently have farming land in the interior in case an invading army besieged it. Wells were also very frequent and so were parks and other social establishments.

Outside, farming was a rule. Farmers would live outside of the castle and during war, they would retreat inside of the castle's safety.