Riegersburg Castle
★★☆☆☆
Attribution: By Steindy 00:14, 24. Jul. 2008 (CEST). - Photo by Steindy, CC BY-SA 2.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7976678
Riegersburg Castle is a medieval castle situated on a dormant volcano above the town of Riegersburg in the Austrian state of Styria. The castle is owned by the Princely Family of Liechtenstein and contains a museum with changing exhibitions. 25 out of the 108 rooms are opened for visiting. Sixteen of the rooms show the history of Riegersburg Castle and nine deal with witches and sorcerers.
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Reviews and impressions
Maymay
It is just an average castle compared to others, but it charges to much money
Jay
Went in a group, good, but not that impressive as publicized