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Prösels Castle

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Prösels Castle is a Gothic style castle standing on the high plain below the Schlern mountain, in the municipality of Völs am Schlern in South Tyrol, Italy. It was first built around the year 1200 by the lords of Völs, feudal tenants of the Bishopric of Brixen, and is first documented by name, as castrum Presil, in 1279. Leonhard of Völs, born in 1458 and later governor of the County of Tyrol, rebuilt it in its present Gothic form. The castle stayed with the Völs family until 1810, then changed owners fourteen times before a dedicated curatorship restored it between 1981 and 1982, and it now operates as a museum with military, historical and religious exhibits. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Castle 1
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
Völs am Schlern, Italy 2
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Standing 1
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Castle 1
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Gothic Architecture, Styles and Movements
Source Prösels Castle (Wikidata)
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Source Prösels Castle (Wikipedia)
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1. Prösels Castle (Wikipedia)
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prösels_Castle, lead definition
    Prösels Castle (German: Schloss Prösels; Italian: Castello di Presule) is a castle in the Gothic style which stands on the high plain below the Schlern mountain, in South Tyrol.
  • standing status determination
    The castle stayed with the Völs family until 1810, then changed owners fourteen times before a dedicated curatorship restored it between 1981 and 1982, and it now operates as a museum with military, historical and religious exhibits.
  • Wikipedia infobox building_type field (castle)
    Prösels Castle (German: Schloss Prösels; Italian: Castello di Presule) is a castle in the Gothic style which stands on the high plain below the Schlern mountain, in South Tyrol. Prösels is a location within the municipal boundaries of the commune of Völs am Schlern (Fiè allo Sciliar).
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2. Prösels Castle (Wikidata)
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  • Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Völs am Schlern, Italy
    Wikidata item Q738951, property P131/P17 (location): Völs am Schlern, Italy
  • In Style: Gothic Architecture, Wikipedia lead
    Prösels Castle (German: Schloss Prösels; Italian: Castello di Presule) is a castle in the Gothic style which stands on the high plain below the Schlern mountain, in South Tyrol.
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Wikidata: Prösels Castle
Wikidata Q738951, class allow-list match (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926 resolve_missing)View the Source
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