Schloss Gmünd
Czechia
Schloss Gmünd does not sit apart from the town on a hilltop; it is tucked into the south-western corner of the old town square block of Gmünd, in Lower Austria. That position is the key to the whole building. It began as a town castle anchoring one corner of the town's fortifications, so as you approach you are walking the line where the walls once turned. Today it is a listed monument, and the first thing to grasp is that the castle and the town were designed as one defensive idea.
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