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Discover Austria’s Castles


hi I’m Rebecca Braden and welcome to
watchmojo.com Europe is full of castles
and today we’ll be looking at seven
castles in Austria eastern Austria is
castle country and the schloss to be
tall austrian slicer maybe bird fourth
and son the fortress and burgenland
overlooks the Hungarian Plains from a
position so invincible that the Turks
failed to seize it during their
invasions of 1529 and 1683 the Esterhazy
family acquired the burgh forkin steen
in 1622 and gradually enlarged it
turning it into an armory that now forms
the largest weapons collection in
central europe low cost of its castle is
considered to be one of Austria’s most
impressive medieval castles it is
situated on a 525 foot dolomite rock and
corinthia and can be seen from 20 miles
away on a clear day since the 16th
century no major changes have been made
to the castle some parts of the castle
are open to the public every year from
Easter to the end of October the word
Schlossberg literally means castle
mountain which describes it exactly it
is a hilltop to buy a castle in the
center of the city of graz austria among
grass is most famous tourist attractions
the castle never occupied until its
partial demolition by Napoleonic forces
under the piece of Schoenbrunn of 1809
was once a place of refuge for gross
residents it was turned into a public
park in 1839 festen home salzburg
literally high salzburg fortress in
german is a castle in the austrian city
of salzburg it sits on festin berg hill
with a length of almost 500 feet and a
width of over 800 feet it is one of the
largest medieval castles in Europe
elburn castle is an early baroque castle
or palace near salzburg it was built in
the early 17th century eventually the
castle was renamed schloss mirabell
meaning beautiful view schonbrunn palace
with its surrounding buildings and the
huge park is one of the most significant
cultural monuments in Austria the castle
was built to rival French Versailles and
baroque beauty and importance but House
Habsburg lacked funds to outdo its
rivaling nation France in earlier times
it served as summer residence to various
Habsburg rulers due to this historical
importance it’s beautiful location and
its gardens this palace is one of the
very top sites in Vienna the entire
complex was added to the unesco world
cultural heritage list the Belvedere is
a baroque palace complex built by prince
eugene
boy in the third district of Vienna
southeast of the city center the schloss
belvedere began as a suburban
entertainment villa in 1714 work began
to erect what is now called the lower
belvedere not as a palace but as a
garden villa with an Orangery and
paintings gallery with suitable living
quarters
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