The castle, like much of Ione, looks like it was plucked out of a time long past. Even when it was conceived, the Romanesque architecture gave off an air unusual for a home for incarcerated youths.

The look was inspired by 11th- and 12th-century medieval European castles with their arched windows and ... The first work of Romanesque Revival architecture in the United States is actually right ...

Romanesque architecture dominated Europe from the collapse ... buildings in Europe – more than 1,900 churches, and about 200 castles and fortresses. Many also have some Gothic features ...

It evolved from its heavier, rounder predecessor, Romanesque architecture ... when St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle, where Queen Elizabeth is buried, was finished. That particular style ...

Plenty of real castles could pass for fantasy ... has never been abandoned or destroyed. Its architecture includes elements from the Romanesque through the Baroque periods. You’ll find armories ...

One such example of that cultural "reimportation" is the Romanesque architecture of Henry Hobson ... gleaned from the medieval churches and castles seen on his European sojourns.