Castles & Palaces
Schönbrunn Palace gardens with Vienna skyline in the background

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Castles in Austria

The former seat of the Habsburg Empire, Austria contains some of Europe's grandest palaces. Vienna alone has three imper…

Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna from the Gloriette, with formal gardens stretching toward the ochre Baroque facade
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austria · Vienna

Schönbrunn Palace

Vienna's imperial summer palace, where Mozart played and Sisi reigned

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Dürnstein Castle ruins on the limestone crag above the Wachau Danube valley in Austria
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austria · Lower Austria, Wachau

Dürnstein Castle

The prison of Richard the Lionheart, high above the Danube vineyards of the Wachau

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Hohensalzburg Fortress rising above Salzburg's Baroque old town, with the Alps in the background
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austria · Salzburg

Hohensalzburg Fortress

Europe's largest and best-preserved medieval fortress, looming above Mozart's Salzburg

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