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Magical castles in Europe

Natália Hakulinová, Zuzana Šošková-(primary school Hôrky)

NEUSCHWANSTEIN

Neuschwanstein is a castle in bavorian Schwangau . This castle lies next to city Fussen.Neuschwanstein is one of the most favourite tourist places in Germany. It is visited by 1,4milion visitors by year. Castle is from 19. century. There is also some modern things like third and fourth floor has a telephone and in the kitchen is warm water. This castle was designed by Christian Jank.

Does the curse hang over the castle?

On the site where the castle stands today was the ruins of a castle. According to an old legend, a woman lived here with a former monk who robbed the coffers of a monastery. But their conscience was so heavy that they eventually plunged into the almost 100-meter gorge of the Pollätschlucht. Since then, according to legend, a white-clad figure jumps into the depths at midnight with a shout. Mark Richter, who was a castellan and guide at the castle for many years and even lived here for four years, was a direct witness to suicide in the very spirit of this old legend: he saw a woman in white rushing into the abyss from the Marian Bridge. He is said to never forget this horrible experience, especially when he later helped to rescue the body of this unfortunate woman from the depths of the gorge.

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Rigny-Ussé (castle)

The magic castle with many turrets is located about 10 km northeast of the village Chinon. At the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries, Charles VII's son-in-law had it rebuilt from the original medieval fortress. The local unmistakable fairytale atmosphere also enchanted the French writer Charles Perrault.Chateau d'Ussé even inspired him to write a fairy tale about Sleeping Beauty, which appeared in his successful book Tales of My Mother Goose from 1697.

mont st. Michael

This charming castle is located in Lower Normandy, France. The whole Island is inscribed in UNESCO. Acording to legend, in 704 AD Archangel Michael appeared to bishop Aubert and commissioned him to build this place.The Wales webe built in 15th century to protect castle in wars. Today is Mont st. Michael most beautiful and most visited castle in the world Aproximately 2,5 milion people come here every yearThe Wales webe built in 15th century to protect castle in wars.

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BRAN CASTLE-ROMANIA

As castles go, Bran is probably one of the spookiest. The medieval fortress in Transylvania became known as Dracula castle, despite Bram Stoker, author of Dracula, never having visited Romania. Today the castle, with its eerie turrets and stunning hilltop location, remains synonymous with the legendary vampire. Legend vs. History: All historic evidence indicates that Bran Castle was never Dracula’s castle. Count Dracula, the sadistic prince condemned to live off the blood of the living people for eternity, was the creation of Bram Stoker, a 19th century Irish novelist.

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