HISTORICAL
PLACES AND BUILDINGS
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Vaduz (4975 inhabitants)   | Vaduz
Castle (not open to the public), a building whose origins
date back to the twelfth century. The keep and the buildings on the east side
are the oldest surviving parts. The ground-plan of the tower measures approx. 36 ft. by 39 ft., on the ground floor the walls are in places up to 12 ft. thick. The original entrance was on the courtyard side, at a height of 33 ft. The foundations of the chapel were probably built at the height of the middle ages. During the Swabian War of 1499 the castle, was burned down by the troops of the Swiss Confederacy. The two round bastions to the north-east and the south-west were built at the beginning of the sixteenth century. The north-eastern round tower has a wall thickness of 15 ft. The west side was given its present form in all essentials under the rule of the Counts of Hohenems (1613-1712). Rotes Haus - Parish Church/Cathedral St. Florin, built 1868-1873 - Rheinberger`s birthplace with the Liechtenstein Music School (behind the Rheinberger memorial) - Gasthof Löwen (1380) - Fürstlicher Torkel (restaurant with wine press from 17th. century) - government building (built 1903-05) - National Museum (temporarily closed) - Verweserhaus (house of former administrator of the country). |
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Balzers | Gutenberg
Castle - Haus Gutenberg (educational institution) - Mariahilf Chapel - St. Peter`s
Chapel with belfry - Parish Church - old church tower. |
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Triesen (4062 inhabitants) | Old
part of village in the Oberdorf - St. Mamertus and Maria chapels - Kosthaus -
shrine of St. Wolfgang - old factory building. |
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Triesenberg (2469 inhabitants) | Old
Valaisan-style houses - elegant town hall - Parish Church - local museum Walser
- Chapels of Masescha, Steg and Malbun. |
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