It was a dark and stormy night... A detail shot of a tower from the Franzensburg Castle (yesterday POTD), plus deteriorating weather and 'a bit' of pp. [A thought about adding a raven, but decided that was too much.]
The Franzensburg Castle This 'castle' is located just south of Vienna in the small town of Laxenburg, in the middle of a large park. It was built between 1801 and 1836 on an artificial island, to be used as a museum. It was never a residence.
Schloss Riegersburg The Baroque palace built in the 1700s replaced a medieval fortification. I've heard that it was used by the Soviet occupation troops between 1945 and 1954. It certainly has in poor shape and has now been fixed up somewhat. It is barely used now.
