Ruin
Burgruine Finkenstein
🇦🇹 Austria · 12th century
Finkenstein Castle (also called Altfinkenstein) is a ruined medieval castle in the market town of Finkenstein, in the Austrian state of Carinthia. It is situated on a steep cliff at the southern foot of the Karawanks mountain range, high above Lake Faak, at a height of 788 metres (2,585 ft). Today the castle ruin is the backdrop of the Burgarena, an amphitheatre with 1150 seats mainly used for concerts and festivals.
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Burgruine Finkenstein ranks #3,002 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #89 of the 131 mapped in Austria. Founded 1142, it is older than 87% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 194 atlas entries founded in the 12th century. See how Austria compares in the castle statistics.
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