Kreuzenstein Die mittelalterliche Burg als Konstruktion der Moderne

• Main Author: Nierhaus, Andreas (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Architecture; Medieval Castle; Historicism; Reconstruction; Architektur; Mittelalterliche Burg; Historismus; Rekonstruktion; Burg Kreuzenstein; Ritter; Spolie; Wien
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Kreuzenstein Castle was built between 1874 and 1906 on the ruins of a medieval fortress. It was conceived as a family mausoleum and venue for preserving and displaying the owner's collection of medieval art, but it can also be interpreted as the idealized vision of a medieval castle from the pe...