Riegersburg Castle
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Riegersburg Castle is a medieval castle
situated on a dormant volcano
hill above the town of Riegersburg
in the Austrian
state of Styria. The castle is owned by the Princely Family of Liechtenstein
and contains a museum with changing exhibitions.
Castle
A castle is a type of fortified structure built in Europe and the Middle East during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars debate the scope of the word castle, but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble...
situated on a dormant volcano
Volcano
2. Bedrock3. Conduit 4. Base5. Sill6. Dike7. Layers of ash emitted by the volcano8. Flank| 9. Layers of lava emitted by the volcano10. Throat11. Parasitic cone12. Lava flow13. Vent14. Crater15...
hill above the town of Riegersburg
Riegersburg
Riegersburg is a municipality in the district of Feldbach in Styria, Austria. Riegersburg Castle is situated on a hill above the town.-References:...
in the Austrian
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
state of Styria. The castle is owned by the Princely Family of Liechtenstein
Princely Family of Liechtenstein
The Liechtenstein dynasty, from which the principality takes its name, is the family which reigns by constitutional, hereditary right over the nation of Liechtenstein...
and contains a museum with changing exhibitions.