A magnificent palace always has magnificent palace gardens. I strolled through such gardens during my visit to the Baroque palace in Bruchsal. These beautiful palace gardens were laid out over 300 yea...
In the north of the Netherlands, south-west of the village of Santpoort Zuid, in the middle of a huge forest area, lies the picturesque ruins of Brederode Castle on a coastal dune whose foothills lead...
Hesse’s most beautiful baroque palace with a magnificent 100-hectare landscape park is Schloss Fasanerie, located around 7 kilometres from Fulda in Eichenzell. This Baroque gem was built in 1710...
Schloss Hof is a Baroque masterpiece characterised by three main areas: the magnificent palace, the splendid seven-terrace Baroque garden and the idyllic estate with its orangery and two stables. Duri...
During my visit to the magnificent Eckartsau hunting lodge, nestled in the Danube Floodplains National Park and close to the two cities of Vienna and Bratislava, I immersed myself in Austrian history ...
One of the most important neo-Gothic buildings in North Rhine-Westphalia is Moyland Castle, whose name is derived from the Dutch word ‘mooi land’, which means ‘beautiful land’ in English. The pictures...
One of the largest castles in the Netherlands was Montfort Castle, which was built in 1260 on behalf of the Prince-Bishop of Liège, Hendrik III van Gelre, on a ridge in the Vlootbeek Valley not far fr...
A true witness to the Middle Ages is the high medieval ruins of the lowland castle of Hayn, also known as Dreieichenhain Castle, which lies at the end of the northern old town, nestled in a picturesqu...