Скачать или смотреть GOTHIC CASTLE - Schloss Freudenstein, South Tyrol, Italy

The castle is situated on a flat hill above Eppan, Südtirol, Italy surrounded by a breath taking landscape.

The construction of the castle was raised in the central middle age. The castle is surrounded by a polygonal foursquare circular wall and has numerous gothic elements in it.

Freudenstein Castle was built in the High Middle Ages, at the beginning of the 13th century, presumably by the Eysenbrand von Freudenstein. From the 15th century at the latest, however, the castle was owned by the noble Fuchs von Fuchsberg family. At the end of the 16th century, they expanded the complex, which originally consisted of two small castles, into an extensive castle. The year 1519 is located above the entrance. The St. Andrew's Chapel was also built in 1519 and consecrated in 1532. The Freudenstein line of the Fuchs von Fuchsberg existed until 1550. The family was later elevated to "Barons von Freudenstein" and since 1634 belonged to the counts. The Fuchs von Fuchsberg family died out in 1828.


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