Tuesday, November 14, 2017

Tyrol Castle


Tyrol Castle, less commonly Tirol Castle (Italian: Castel Tirolo, German: Schloss Tirol) is a castle in the municipality of Tirolo / Dorf Tirol near Merano / Meran. It was the ancestral seat of the Counts of Tyrol and gave the whole Tyrol region its name. Font: Wikipedia.




Tyrol Castle and the Brunnenburg (castle) below.

11 comments:

italiafinlandia said...

Colpo d'occhio splendido!
Buona settimana!

Tom said...

...comes with quite a view.

Lowell said...

I have come to the conclusion that you live in some kind of fantastic fairy-tale land that the rest of us mere mortals will never see! Beautiful photos of these gorgeous places. Wondrous colors!

Sharon said...

A perfect perch to see the area around it.

Lois said...

Lovely! It always amazes me how they built these castles so high up there like that.

William Kendall said...

What a beautiful structure!

RedPat said...

How wonderful it would be to visit that castle, Karl!

Bill said...

Such beauty you captured Karl. The views must be incredible from the castle.

PerthDailyPhoto said...

Spectacular views Karl, the vineyards look so pretty falling down the hill 😊

PerthDailyPhoto said...

Spectacular views Karl, the vineyards look wonderful tiered down the hill side!

Dina said...

Wow, that great castle really spreads out!

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