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Burghausen Castle in Burghausen, Upper Bavaria, is the longest castle complex in the world (1051 m), confirmed by the Guinness World Record company, [1] and the third largest. [2] The castle is therefore also among the largest palaces in the world .
For a variety of reasons, not least of which is that many castles have no recorded history, there is no firm number of castles built in the medieval period. However, it has been estimated that between 75,000 and 100,000 were built in western Europe; [120] of these around 1,700 were in England and Wales [121] and around 14,000 in German-speaking ...
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After the War of the Sixth Coalition, the castle became a symbol of Prussian history and national consciousness. In 1816, Theodor von Schön, governor of West Prussia, began the restoration of the castle. [23] In 1910, the Naval Academy Mürwik in Flensburg was built, and the Marienburg was used as a model for this new Red Castle. [24]
Hohensalzburg Fortress was refurbished from the late 19th century onwards and became a major tourist attraction with the Festungsbahn funicular railway, opened in 1892, [5] leading up from the town to the Hasengrabenbastei; It stands today as one of the best preserved castles in Europe.
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Europe: 3700 BCE House Oldest preserved stone house in north west Europe. [16] [17] [18] Naveta d'Es Tudons: Spain: Europe: 1200–750 BCE Ossuary: The most famous megalithic chamber tomb in Menorca. [111] The King's Grave: Sweden: Europe: 1000 BCE Tomb Near Kivik is the remains of an unusually grand Nordic Bronze Age double burial. [133 ...