Cave castle
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A cave castle or grotto castle is a residential or refuge castle that has been built into a natural cave. It falls within the category of hill castles. Unlike other types, such castles can only be ass
Predjama grotto castle near Postojna (Adelsberg), Slovenia
Kropfenstein Castle near Waltensburg/Vuorz, Graubünden, Switzerland
Rappenstein Castle near Untervaz, Graubünden, Switzerland
Balm Castle near Balm, Solothurn, Switzerland
Stein Castle (Bavaria)
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Stein Castle in Stein an der Traun is the most important cave castle in Germany.
Cave castle
…and divided internally by stone or wooden partitions, however several were later turned into representative seats and expanded accordingly: for example Stein Castle and Predjama Castle. From an engineering perspective the cave castle is closely related to the rock castle; here too natural or artificially widened…
Aerial view of Schloss Stein an der Traun
The castle site in Stein an der Traun
The cave castle seen from Stein