Schloss Maissau
Austria
Schloss Maissau shows you two different faces, depending on where you stand. Look up from the town and the south wing wears the Romantic, neo-Gothic dress it was given in a rebuild towards the end of the 19th century. Walk round towards the woods and the castle grows older and plainer, with early Gothic work most visible in the watch and defence tower. The sources disagree slightly on dates: one passage puts this forest-side part in the 15th century, while another dates the oldest section of the great keep to the 13th. Either way, the castle is privately owned and cannot be visited, so everything here is seen from the outside.
- Written with AI from the Wikipedia article Burg Maissau (de.wikipedia.org); facts only from there
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