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Franzensburg is a medieval style castle in
File:Franzensburg - Laxenburg.jpg, Tower gate
File:Franzensburg Schlosspark Laxenburg Uhrturm DSC 4449w.jpg, Clock tower
File:Franzensburg tower 02 - Laxenburg.jpg, Tower
File:Franzensburg 8909.jpg, Castle and pond
File:Franzensburg 8905.jpg, Castle view
File:Laxenburg - Franzensburg (6).JPG, West view
Schloss Laxenburg
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Laxenburg __NOTOC__
Laxenburg (Central Bavarian: ''Laxnbuag'') is a market town in the district of Mödling, in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. Located about south of the Austrian capital Vienna, it is chiefly known for the Laxenburg castles, which, be ...
, Lower Austria
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, Austria
Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...
.
Built between 1801 and 1836, it was named in memory of the last Holy Roman Emperor
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, Francis II Francis II may refer to:
* Francis II, Duke of Brittany (1433–1488)
* Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua (1466–1519), ruler of the Italian city of Mantua
* Francis II of France (1544–1560), king of France
* Francis II, Duke of Lorraine ...
, who died in 1835.
History
The Franzensburg castle is the best-known building in the Laxenburg Castles Park. The castle is named after EmperorFrancis II Francis II may refer to:
* Francis II, Duke of Brittany (1433–1488)
* Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua (1466–1519), ruler of the Italian city of Mantua
* Francis II of France (1544–1560), king of France
* Francis II, Duke of Lorraine ...
, who erected this in 1798–1801. Francis II was responsible for the construction of this reproduction of a medieval knights castle on an artificial island in the middle of the castles pond. The equipment of these premises is considered to be the Austrian treasure-house. Franzensburg Castle is a masterpiece of romantic classicism in the Neo-gothic style
Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic or neo-Gothic) is an architectural movement that after a gradual build-up beginning in the second half of the 17th century became a widespread movement in the first half of the 19th century ...
. Several magnificent extensions were carried out up until the year 1835, including the outer courtyard or the castle with the imaginative ancestors gallery in the form of sandstone busts. Thanks to a variety of purchases and donations, inside there are magnificent ranging from coffered ceilings and marble flooring to leather hangings and much more besides.
Today the castle is a museum.
Views of the Castle
See also
*List of castles in Austria
This page is a list of castles and castle ruins in Austria, arranged by States of Austria, state. A ''Burgruine'' is a ruined castle, a “castle ruin”.
Burgenland
* Bernstein Castle, Burg Bernstein
* Forchtenstein Castle, Burg Forchtenstein ...
References
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Schloss Laxenburg
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Laxenburg castles
Laxenburg castles are imperial palaces and castles outside Vienna, in the town of Laxenburg owned in equal parts by Vienna and Lower Austria.Castles in Lower Austria
Museums in Lower Austria
Historic house museums in Austria
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