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Must See
Heraldic The Grand Ducal Hall
Hall has chequered walls
and a 15th-century
wooden ceiling.

The Ducal Chamber,
also known as the
Camera Domini, has
a wooden beamed
ceiling and contains
Gothic furniture.

The chapel, dedicated to
St George, is in the early
Gothic style, with a
rib-vaulted ceiling. The
The vaulted walls and ceiling are
underground covered with frescoes.
chambers were
once used as
a prison.
1 Built on a rocky island,
the castle was also defended
by thick walls and three
semicircular turrets.
2 Soft light pours out upon
one of the castle’s four
cobblestoned courtyards.
3 This bedroom, named the
Bergfrieg, the tower
that was the castle’s Bernese Chamber, features
final defence, is one of wall paintings and period-
its oldest elements. appropriate furnishings.
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