Sister castle

{{Short description|Agreement between castles for the purpose of promoting cultural exchange}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}}

A '''sister castle''' or '''twin castle''' relationship is the castle equivalent of sister city, between two geographically distinct castles, usually by agreement between two local governments famous for castles. Some Japanese castles establish sister relationships with not only domestic castles but also European castles.

== Details == On 26 March 2015, Conwy Castle in Wales was twinned with Himeji Castle. Both castles are World Heritage Sites.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-50339999|title=Conwy and Himeji castles' twinning starts 'beautiful friendship'|language= en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://shirobito.jp/article/963|title=【お城TOPICS】姫路城とコンウィ城が姉妹城に|language= en}}</ref>

The term '''friendship castle alliance''' (友好城郭) is also used, but it is distinguished from sister castle(姉妹城) like the examples of Himeji Castle and Osaka castle.{{citation needed|date= September 2024}}

==List of sister castles and friend castles== {{table alignment}} {| class="wikitable nowrap col1center" style="font-size:90%; height: 5.2em;" |+ | style="background:#fcdce0; width=30px;" | |Sister castle relationship(姉妹城) |- | style="background:#e3eefa; width=30px;" | |Friendship castle alliance(友好城郭) |}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; border:1px #AAAAFF solid" !Date ! !colspan="2" align="center" width="0" |Castle 1 !Distinction ! !colspan="2" align="center" width="0" |Castle 2 !Distinction ! !ref. |- ! style="background:#fcdce0;" |1966, 15 August||||200px||{{flagicon|JPN}} Hikone Castle||National Treasure National Special Historic Site of Japan||||200px||{{flagicon|JPN}} Takamatsu Castle||Important Cultural Property National Historic Site of Japan National Place of Scenic Beauty||||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.city.hikone.lg.jp/kakuka/somubu/7/4/2/4061.html|title=彦根市について|language= ja}}</ref> |- ! style="background:#fcdce0;" |1983, 29 April||||200px||{{flagicon|JPN}} Nagahama Castle||-||||200px||{{flagicon|JPN}} Osaka Castle||Important Cultural Property National Special Historic Site of Japan||||<ref name=Osaka>{{cite web|url=https://osakacastle.net/90/history/|title=大阪城天守閣九十年の歴史 |language= ja}}</ref> |- ! style="background:#fcdce0;" |1985, 2 November||||200px||{{flagicon|JPN}} Osaka Castle||Important Cultural Property National Special Historic Site of Japan||||200px||{{flagicon|JPN}} Wakayama Castle||Important Cultural Property National Historic Site of Japan National Place of Scenic Beauty||||<ref name=Osaka/> |- ! style="background:#fcdce0;" |1989, 2 November||||200px||{{flagicon|GER}} Marksburg||25px World Heritage Site||||200px||{{flagicon|JPN}} Maruoka Castle||Important Cultural Property||||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://crd.ndl.go.jp/reference/entry/index.php?id=1000090931&page=ref_view|title=レファレンス事例詳細 |language= ja}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://awara.info/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/maruokajyo.pdf|title=越前丸岡城 |language= ja}}</ref> |- ! style="background:#fcdce0;" |1989, 11 May||||200px||{{flagicon|FRA}} Château de Chantilly||-||||200px||{{flagicon|JPN}} Himeji Castle||25px World Heritage Site National Treasure National Special Historic Site of Japan||||<ref name=Himeji>{{cite web|url=https://www.city.himeji.lg.jp/shisei/0000007173.html|title=姉妹都市（海外・国内）/姉妹城 |language= ja}}</ref><ref name=Himeji2/> |- ! style="background:#e3eefa" |2006, 10 October||||200px||{{flagicon|JPN}} Osaka Castle||Important Cultural Property National Special Historic Site of Japan||||200px||{{flagicon|JPN}} Ueda Castle||National Historic Site of Japan||||<ref name=Osaka/> |- ! style="background:#e3eefa" |2009, 2 October||||200px||{{flagicon|AUT}} Schloss Eggenberg||25px World Heritage Site||||200px||{{flagicon|JPN}} Osaka Castle||National Historic Site of Japan Special Historic Sites||||<ref name=Osaka/> |- ! style="background:#e3eefa" |2015, 26 March||||200px||{{flagicon|JPN}} Himeji Castle||25px World Heritage Site National Treasure National Special Historic Site of Japan||||200px||{{flagicon|GER}} Neuschwanstein Castle||-||||<ref name=Himeji/><ref name=Himeji2/> |- ! style="background:#e3eefa" |2017, 11 April||||200px||{{flagicon|FRA}} Château des ducs de Bretagne||Monument historique||||200px||{{flagicon|JPN}} Osaka Castle||Important Cultural Property National Special Historic Site of Japan||||<ref name=Osaka/> |- ! style="background:#fcdce0;" |2019, 29 October||||200px||{{flagicon|WAL}} Conwy Castle||25px World Heritage Site Listed building-Grade 1||||200px||{{flagicon|JPN}} Himeji Castle||25px World Heritage Site National Treasure National Special Historic Site of Japan||||<ref name=Himeji2>{{cite web|url=https://www.city.himeji.lg.jp/bousai/0000006312.html|title=姫路市の海外姉妹・友好都市、姉妹城、観光交流城 |language= ja}}</ref> |- ! style="background:#e3eefa" |2022, 3 October||||200px||{{flagicon|JPN}} Osaka Castle||Important Cultural Property National Special Historic Site of Japan||||200px||{{flagicon|ITA}} Castello Sforzesco||-||||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://osakacastle.net/news/detail.html?id=96&lang=ja|title=「姉妹城・友好城郭紹介」パネル展示コーナーに「スフォルツェスコ城」が加わりました |language= ja}}</ref> |}

==See also== * Sister city

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