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These Family Strongholds: The baronial castles of Skdne, many still inhabited by families of the wedish nobility, are probably the most numerous and concentrated group f chateaux in Europe. Castle Torup, some 12 miles east of Malmo, is one f the best preserved of these family strongholds and when you see its ivy-on-old-brick, its perfect lawns, its purple beeches and its haught black swans, you will see why the place is so much sought. To find ou what castles may be visited, and how and when, you would do well to get in touch with the Swedish Tourist Traffic Association.
Further Reading: Mosley, Leonard, Hirohito: Emperor of Japan (Englewood Cliffs, N. J., 1966).
HIROSAKI, he-ro-sa-ke, a city in Japan, is situated in Aomori prefecture, northern Honshu, 21 miles (35 km) southwest of the city of Aomori. Originally a fortified town, Hirosaki has ruins of one of the great strongholds of feudal Japan, the castle completed by the Tsugaru family in 1611. The white central tower and other parts of the structure remain standing in a park bright with cherry blossoms in the spring. Another center of interest is the Saishoin Buddhist temple, with a 5-story pagoda dating from 1668. The city is also the site of Hirosaki University (founded in 1949) and is noted for a lacquerware called tsugaru-nuri.
Some 60,000 men were involved on either side. Through Marlborough's following up the victory by pursuing the French as they fled, the French lost some 15,000 men and the Allies only 4,000. As a result of the battle the French evacuated the chief strongholds in the Spanish Netherlands. |
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