This 1,141-room Baroque pile was built between 1696 and 1712 at the direction of Emperor Leopold I for his son Joseph I. The goal was to have the 1,441-room castle equal the splendor of Versailles outside Paris.

Read more in Tripatini contributor Victor Block´s post Capitals, Castles & More on a Danube River Cruise.


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