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⚔️ Plassenburg Fortress

⚔️ Plassenburg Fortress

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⚔️ Plassenburg Fortress

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Location: Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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Wolly

May 21, 2015

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The Plassenburg is a hilltop castle surrounded by fortifications from the Renaissance period above the Upper Franconian town of Kulmbach. As one of the most imposing and largest Renaissance buildings in Germany, it has long been a model in fortress construction and is now the city's landmark.

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Andrea und Huskys 🐺

June 6, 2024

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In the "Schöner Hof" with its richly decorated arcades, the atmosphere of a German princely court of the Renaissance comes to life.

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Andrea und Huskys 🐺

June 6, 2024

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The magnificent complex is characterized by the redesign that Margrave Georg Friedrich had carried out by the architect Caspar Vischer after the destruction in the Second Margrave War in 1557. …

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