VMs: Could "the castle" exist out there, away from Europe?

[mesinik@xxxxxx]

Could "the castle" exist out there, away from Europe?
If so, it's probably an early Portuguese one, because
it has such a medieval-European look & feel...
If searching for Portuguese colonial fortifications, the problem is, most of
these seem to be in ruins. The medieval silhouette could be changed over times,
too ... (if remained unchanged, the castle could be destroyed too easily by rivals)

http://www.interlog.com/~wwhite/malaysia.html
scroll down, there comes 
"The Portuguese Fort on St. Paul's hill"
probably one of the oldest, built 1511, almost nothing left
(same situation in Malacca)

http://www.colonialvoyage.com/solor.html
looks bad, too (the fort I mean ... btw, did the forest destroy it?)

this one is less destroyed:
http://www.capurromrc.it/mappe/!0166diu.html
http://www.saudades.org/honoring_ancestors.html
Diu ... there was also a big lighthouse ...
there it probably comes, as in AD1572:
http://historic-cities.huji.ac.il/india/diu/diu.html
more of the same:
http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1500_1599/goa/earlygoa/earlygoa.html

So, could a lighthouse be the tower of "the castle" ? Probably a better option,
than a church? Well, maybe Diu is not "the castle". But could a typical view of
a very early Portuguese colonial fort be much the same elsewhere?

Quoting mesinik@xxxxxx:
> in short, such a castle is a strong European connection, almost an argument
> against any "non-European" origin. This is, how the illuminator understands
> a
> castle. Where did he get this understanding?
> 
> If there were none of such towers about 1500-1550 outside of Europe, then
> it
> looks like an European argument. If there were some (or even better, just
> one
> piece), it should maybe checked out...
> 
> Quoting mesinik@xxxxxx:
> > no doubt, one of the key pages is
> > http://highway55.library.yale.edu/VOYNICHIMG/size4/D0025/1006231.jpg
> 
> -cut-
> > 
> > in the ?southwest? (upright) there is an European-looking castle.
> > We have quite a tall, medieval tower there. It means, the builder is not
> > afraid
> > of stronger artillery.
> > 
> > When did they desist from building such towers?
> > 1) In Europe?
> > 2) Out there, somewhere far from home?
> > 
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