Dürnstein

Austria

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geography of Niederösterreich

  • Dürnstein, on the Danube River in the Danube Gorge, Niederösterreich, Austria; ruins of a 12th-century castle stand above the town.
    In Niederösterreich

    The small town of Dürnstein, known as the “pearl of the Wachau,” possesses perfectly preserved medieval and Baroque buildings and the ruins of a fortified castle that once held Richard I of England as a prisoner (1192–93).

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