Special castles
The Château Vodou is a unique museum, which houses the world's largest private collection of West African vodou artefacts. Every exhibt has been used as part of religious practices: ancestor worship...
One of Vauban’s masterpieces registered as a UNESCO world heritage site, remarkable example of the 17th century military architecture covering nearly 12 hectares, the Citadel of Besançon is considered...
At the bend of the first hills of the Northern Vosges, one can see the monumental, even charming silhouette of the Citadel of Bitche. Whether it is a terrible stone guardian or a mysterious ship...
THE LION OF BELFORT & its panoramic views terrace This monumental art work designed by Bartholdi (who also signed his name on th Statue of Liberty), not only symbolizes the Belfortains' Resistance and...
In the heart of the town of Montbéliard, the castle stands on a rocky spur overlooking the confluence of the Lizaine and Allan rivers. Consisting of two large round towers (1424 and 1590) and a main...
The 'Residenzschloss Rastatt' was built by Margrave Ludwig Wilhelm and Margravine Sibylla Augusta of Baden-Baden according to the French example of Versailles. Italian artists provided the rooms with...
Favorite Palace in Rastatt-Förch is the oldest and the only German "Porzellanschloss" (China Palace) to be preserved in its original form today. Margravine Sibylla Augusta of Baden-Baden had her...
Heidelberg Castle is one of the Germany's most important cultural monuments. It experienced a grand and eventful history as the royal seat of the Electors of the Palatinate from the 13th to the 18th...
The Ludwigsburg ensemble consisting of the Residential Palace, palace gardens and the pleasure palaces Favorite* and Monrepos is one of the most outstanding artistic achievements of the 18th century...
Mächtig und erhaben thront das unverwechselbare Zähringerschloss über der Stadt Thun. Der grösste erhaltene Festsaal des Hochmittelalters in der Schweiz lässt diese Epoche wiederaufleben. In den...
The origins of Schwetzingen Palace lie in a small knightly water palace and extend over an eventful history up to its greatest period of courtly splendor under the government of Elector Carl Theodor...