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Today, castles.
This is the Castello di Pavone, in Pavone, Italy. We attended a wedding there in 2005; it was magical and amazing to sleep, eat, and celebrate where crusaders slept, though our accommodations were just a bit nicer, but not luxurious.
Today, pictures from valued commenter otmar.
This summer we criss-crossed Austria a few times, mainly for shuttling the kids to the grandmas. In order to have something for “on the road”, I took pictures of the various castles we passed by. This is by no means exhaustive, but as I declined to take pictures while I drove, you’re missing Werfen, Goldeck and a few others.
Former drawbridge at Riegersburg
Inside the Riegersburg.
A newer room at Riegersburg.
Passing castle Hochosterwitz on the train to Carinthia.
Not all castles are that spectacular, some are rather mundane and not as well preserved. This one is on the border between Styria and Carinthia. Wikipedia link: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burgruine_D%C3%BCrnstein_(Steiermark)
This one is Austria’s largest, fully preserved castle: Festung Hohensalzburg. I grew up in Salzburg, but this time I was just passing through.
Thank you so much otmar, do send us more when you can.
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raven
Great pics!
cosima
Those are amazing castles. Wish that some of the local ‘aristocracy’ could get a load of that and gain a bit of perspective… There are some seriously snobby new-title folk here with their castles who are unbearable to be around, and their ‘castles’ aren’t much to write home about. When we first moved to Scotland we visited castle after castle (could walk to one from our house, about 10 minutes) — there are Z plan castles all over the place. Within about 3 months Big C (our oldest, Little C was incubating) and I were waiting in the car while Mr C did the tours & took hundreds of boring ‘arty’ photos on his own.
When we went to Wales we were all ‘wow! THAT’S a castle!’ When we go away we rarely visit castles due to our castle fatigue, but I might make an exception for some like the ones in these photos. We visited one up north (Scotland) this spring, Dunrobin, that had a ‘museum’ on its grounds that was horrifying: hundreds & hundreds of dead animals from their annual African hunting trips, pictish stones and other local antiquities that should have been in a proper museum. Of course now that family needs the public to keep them afloat through visits to their altar of excess. I have mixed feelings about castles, the excess, what they represent, and that goes for the grand family homes too (we visited Chatsworth/Pride-and-Prejudice-Pemberley last summer).
Amir Khalid
I saw that first castle photo and straightaway the quote came to me: “Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelt of elderberries!”
/Sorry.
Origuy
@Amir Khalid: That scene was shot at Castle Stalker, on the west coast of the Scottish mainland. It’s on an island north of Oban. There’s one boat a day for tourists; it’s still privately owned. I stopped by on my way to Glencoe, but I didn’t have time for the tour, so I just saw it from the coast.
?BillinGlendaleCA
Nice pic of Festung Hohensalzburg, I spent 2 weeks in Salzburg during the summer between my freshman and sophomore years of college taking German. It brings back memories.
OzarkHillbilly
Everybody likes castles.
Quinerly
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debbie
Is it my inner princess that makes me love castles so? Thanks for the great photos!
StringOnAStick
The thing about castles is realizing they are evidence of such everyday danger that something like that had to be built in order to keep what was already obtained, and them it grew from there to stores of excess. We watch the Tour deFrance each year and they talk up the various château’s on the way for tourismno doubt, but you notice that a lot were built during the Dark Ages, and one suspects there’s a reason for that!
rikyrah
Those pictures are beautiful ?