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Burgruine Gallenstein

🇦🇹 Austria · 13th century

Burgruine Gallenstein in Austria
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Burgruine Gallenstein is a castle in Styria, Austria. The partially ruined Gallenstein Castle hosts many concerts and exhibitions as well as the annual Festival St. Gallen.

The noble family von Gallenstein resided at the castle at one point.

Text adapted from “Burgruine Gallenstein” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Burgruine Gallenstein ranks #4,135 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #123 of the 182 mapped in Austria. Founded 1278, it is older than 72% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 478 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. See how Austria compares in the castle statistics.

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