!!!Gozzoburg

Gozzoburg Castle, medieval castle in the town of Krems an der Donau. 
Castle developed out of a simple but solid house with courtyard from 
the 12%%sup th/%  century. In 1267 Gozzo, a burgher of Krems and 
municipal judge from 1249 until 1282 ("Kammergraf" during the reign of 
Otakar II and Rudolf I) founded a chapel consecrated to St. John 
(Johanneskapelle). Otakar converted and extended the castle in a style 
reminiscent of a "palazzo comunali": large hall with loggia 
(restored in 1957), arcades (pointed arches), rooms with frescoes 
(1470/80) on the first floor.


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