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Schloss Ambras- Innsbruck, Austria - VirtualTourist.com
Schloss Ambras is a short bus trip outside of Innsbruck's inner town. Built in the 16th century, it was intended from the onset to house art collections. Its patron, Archduke Ferdinand II (1529-1595), founded the chamber of wonders, the armoury and the antiques collection that are visited today in t...
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Schloss Ambras - Innsbruck Travel Guide - VirtualTourist.com
This reinassance castle was built by archduke Ferdinand II in the 16th century. It is divided into lower and upper castle. This was built on the remains of a medieval fortress. Ambras Castle has a very large room called Spanish Hall; a paintings gallery, a collections of armours and weapons and a ro...
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Schloss Ambras, Innsbruck, Austria : Reviews of Schloss Ambras - Yahoo! Travel
This palace was turned into a museum by Archduke Ferdinand II. The Wunderkammer (Gallery of Wonders) contains a display of exotic objects like coral, ivory, a rhino...
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Schloss Ambras Sights & Attractions, Stans - Reviews of Schloss Ambras Sights & Attractions - IgoUgo
A large display of weaponry and knight harnesses is exhibited in the hall specially built for this purpose by Ferdinand II. It includes not only smaller items of weaponry but also a huge number of knight harnesses both for combat and tournament purposes. Several child harnesses are on display includ...
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Schloss Ambras, as it is to be seen today, goes back to the times of Archduke Ferdinand II, the second son of Emperor Ferdinand I. When he was made sovereign of the Tyrol in 1563, he ordered two Italian architects to turn the existing medieval fortress into a Renaissance castle for his untitled wife...
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