CastleMemory: Vaxholms Fästning
Let's have a walk down memory lane to
a Swedish holiday of my teenage years
and Vaxholms Fästning near Stockholm.
Rebuilding Destroyed Castles: New Purposes for Old Buildings
We have covered hundreds and hundreds of castles here on Castleholic, most of them in Germany. With their history even more diverse than their architecture, there is, however, one decisive time period that comes up in almost any castle's history: World War II and its consequences for the (former) royal or noble residences. Especially the urban palaces and castles suffered heavily during the days of the war, be it air raids or shelling towards the end of the war. While many palaces were heavily damaged and later rebuilt, others were razed to the ground to make room for more functional buildings, car parks or something more suitable with post-war life in Germany.
However, the 21st first century has seen the resurrection of a number of palaces leveled to the ground in the years and decades after the war after initial damage, be it the city residences of Potsdam, Brunswick and Berlin or the Baroque palace of Herrenhausen in Hanover. Naturally, rebuilding monuments to Germany's p…
However, the 21st first century has seen the resurrection of a number of palaces leveled to the ground in the years and decades after the war after initial damage, be it the city residences of Potsdam, Brunswick and Berlin or the Baroque palace of Herrenhausen in Hanover. Naturally, rebuilding monuments to Germany's p…
