[{SlideShowNav}]

!!!Hohensalzburg Castle, Salzburg

[{Image src='810au.jpg' width='800' alt='Hohensalzburg Castle, Salzburg' class='image_left' height='469'}]
[{SET customtitle='Hohensalzburg Castle, Salzburg'}]
\\
Hohensalzburg Castle [{GoogleMap location='Hohensalzburg, Mönchsberg, Salzburg' zoom='14'}] overlooks the city of Salzburg. Roughly 250 m long and 150 m wide, it is one of the largest - and best preserved - medieval castles in Europe. 

Originally built as a wooden fortress in 1077, it was rebuilt and expanded many times in subsequent centuries.