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Klopp Castle

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Attribution: By Peter Weller - Peter Weller, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=607098

Location
Bingen am Rhein, Mainz-Bingen, Germany
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Built
13th century

Klopp Castle is a castle in the Upper Middle Rhine Valley. In the nineteenth century, the keep (or bergfried) from the original medieval fortified castle was restored and a new building added which houses the town's administration. The larger Gothic building has been the seat of government and mayoral residence since 1897.

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