Germany · 18th century
Schloss Altenstein is a schloss (a German term for palace) upon a rocky hill on the south-western slope of the Thuringian Forest, not far from Eisenach, Thuringia, Germany. It was the summer residence of the Dukes of Saxe-Meiningen, and is surrounded by 160 hectares (1.6 square kilometres) of English landscape garden, which contain, among other objects of interest, a cavern 300 metres long, through which flows a large and rapid stream.
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Altenstein Palace ranks #1,795 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #137 of the 711 mapped in Germany. Founded 1736, it is older than 19% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 696 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 2,757 times in the last 60 days, more than 76% of the atlas. 6 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. It is one of the 38 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Thuringia. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.
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