Schloss Feldegg, Renaissance château and museum in Pram, Austria.
Schloss Feldegg is a three-story Renaissance château in Pram featuring a square plan, a characteristic tower, and a steeply pitched roof positioned at the highest point of a sloping park. The building offers views of the surrounding garden and demonstrates the architectural style typical of that era.
The château was built between 1589 and 1594 by Christoph Abraham von Retschan and replaced an earlier fortress that stood on an island in the pond. This new construction marked a shift from medieval to Renaissance architecture in the region.
The chapel in front of the château bears two columns with the letters C A V R, and nearby stand a stone basin dated 1797 and a small crowned coat of arms with the initials M. P. The wooden shutters of the building are painted in the red-white-red of the Austrian flag.
The outdoor areas are freely accessible year-round, while guided tours of the ground floor require advance arrangements. The park is best explored during warmer months when the vegetation is at its fullest.
The pond below the château holds the foundations of an earlier moated house, and the old duck house by the water was replaced by the upper floor of the barn from the former Schönmühle in Gstöcket. The brick chimneys rise about 10 m above the attic, and the wooden shutters are painted red-white-red.
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