Ambras Castle

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Ambras Castle is a Renaissance castle and palace located in the hills above Innsbruck, Austria. Ambras Castle is 632 metres (2,073 ft) above sea level. Considered one of the most popular tourist attractions of Tyrol, Ambras Castle was built in the 16th century on the spot of an earlier 10th-century castle, which became the seat of power for the Counts of Andechs. The cultural and historical importance of the castle is closely connected with Archduke Ferdinand II (1529–1595) and served as his family's residence from 1567 to 1595. Ferdinand was one of history's most prominent collectors of art. The princely sovereign of Tyrol, son of Emperor Ferdinand I, ordered that the medieval fortress at Ambras be turned into a Renaissance castle as a gift for his wife Philippine Welser. The cultured humanist from the House of Habsburg accommodated his world-famous collections in a museum: the collections, still in the Lower Castle built specifically for that museum's purpose, make Ambras Castle one of the oldest museums in the world.

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Schloss Ambras
military museum, château, art museum

  • Denkmalgeschütztes Objekt page@
  • Statens historiska museers samlingar page@
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Location: 47.2567, 11.4347, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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  • Battle of Innsbruck
    1809 battle
  • First Battle of Bergisel
    1809 battle
  • Second Battle of Bergisel
    1809 battle
  • Third Battle of Bergisel
    1809 battle
  • Fourth Battle of Bergisel
    1809 part of Tyrolean rebellion
  • Battles of Bergisel
    1809 battles of the Tyrolean Rebellion
  • Ambras Castle
    castle in Innsbruck, Austria
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eventarmed conflict1809Battle of InnsbruckbattleWikidata
eventarmed conflict1809First Battle of BergiselbattleWikidata
eventarmed conflict1809Second Battle of BergiselbattleWikidata
eventarmed conflict1809Third Battle of BergiselbattleWikidata
eventarmed conflict1809Fourth Battle of BergiselAndreas Hofer, battle, Jean-Baptiste Drouet, Comte d'ErlonWikidata
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linkpageDenkmalgeschütztes Objekt page@Wikidata
linkpageStatens historiska museers samlingar page@Wikidata
sitemuseumAmbras Castlemilitary museum, château, art museumWikidata
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