Burg Kaprun
Austria
Before there was a castle there was a name. Kaprun first appears in writing on 9 February 931, in a register known as the Codex Odalberti, as Chataprunnin, a Celtic name the source glosses as 'wild water'. Keep that in mind as you approach this compact medieval hilltop castle above the village in the Salzburger Land. It is a listed monument now, but the story begins with whatever water gave the place its name, long before anyone raised a wall here.
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