Moosham Castle, the witch's castle

The ancients medieval castles They seem to be the eternal home of spirits and ghosts all over the world, don't they? Well, Austria has its castles and there is one that, they say, is haunted. Its about Moosham Castle, a stone fortress dating back to the XNUMXth century and which was built by the prince archbishops of Salzburg.

Moosham Castle was the seat of the district court that, in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, acquired fame for the summary of its trials and executions of witches, wizards and else. Accused of those things, of course, who knows how much truth there was. Could it be that the souls of all of them are the ones that return to the castle so spooky? It is said that yes.

Today the castle houses a collection of antique furniture and folk art from around the vast world. This collection is that of Count Nepomuk Wilzek, an explorer from the poles who bought the castle and made it his home. The huge lounges on the lower floors that once housed the region's tithe collection today house an astonishing and historic collection of cars.


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