Historic and architectural sites in Austria

Historic & Architectural Treasures

This collection showcases Austria’s historic castles, ruins, palaces, and architectural monuments spanning medieval fortifications to neoclassical garden pavilions. Many sites highlight regional history and heritage, featuring accessible ruins, preserved castles, and notable architectural styles across Tyrol, Vorarlberg, and beyond.

Historic & Architectural Treasures — Map

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Salvator-Apotheke

A protected heritage pharmacy located in Bruck an der Mur, listed among 63 immovable historic monuments.

Duke of W4 / CC BY-SA 3.0 at

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Teufelskirche

A tower-like garden pavilion built in early classical style during the late 18th century.

Reinhard Müller / CC BY-SA 4.0

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Burgruine Alt-Montfort

Ruins of a hill castle situated between Weiler and Fraxern in the Vorarlberg Rhine Valley.

message / CC BY-SA 3.0 at

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Schloss Amberg

Located north of Feldkirch railway station on a low elevation in Levis district.

böhringer friedrich / CC BY-SA 2.5

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Burgruine Jagdberg

Ruins of a medieval hill castle near Schlins, likely constructed in the 12th century.

böhringer friedrich / CC BY-SA 2.5

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Ruine Tosters

Ruins of a hill castle on a north-facing rocky ridge of Schellenberg.

Asurnipal / CC BY-SA 4.0

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Burg Rosenegg

Medieval hill castle complex also known as Schloss Rosenegg or Schloss Rosenberg, located at 623 m altitude.

Thyes / Public domain

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Burg Hohenbregenz

Ruins of a high medieval hill castle near Bregenz in Vorarlberg.

böhringer friedrich / CC BY-SA 2.5

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Schloss Wolfurt

Former ancestral seat of the Lords of Wolfurt in the Bregenz district.

Clemenspicture / CC BY 3.0

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Kaunertal

The Kaunertal is a municipality and alpine valley in the Landeck district in the Austrian state of Tyrol.

Michael Kranewitter, Vienna / CC BY-SA 2.5

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Burgruine Rabenstein

Ruins of a 12th-century hill castle in the municipality of Virgen, East Tyrol.

böhringer friedrich / CC BY-SA 2.5

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Kufstein fortress

The Kufstein Fortress is the main landmark of Kufstein, a town in Tyrol, Austria. It is sometimes wrongly referred to as Geroldseck Fortress.

Steve J. Morgan / CC BY-SA 3.0

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Itter Castle

Itter Castle is a 19th-century castle in Itter, a village in Tyrol, Austria.

Glg / CC BY 3.0

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Heinfels Castle

Burg Heinfels is a castle in Heinfels, Tyrol, Austria.

Tony Grubhofer / Public domain

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Schloss Landeck

Castle situated on a rocky outcrop south of Landeck, between eastern slopes and a deep valley.

Luckyprof / CC BY-SA 3.0 at

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Schloss Fernstein

Hill castle located in the Fernstein district of Nassereith, Tyrol.

Emolenz / CC BY 3.0

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Burg Bideneck

Burg Bideneck is a castle in Tyrol, Austria. Burg Bideneck is 198 metres above sea level.

Schinderhannes7 / CC BY-SA 3.0

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Schloss Petersberg

Hill castle located on a hill above the Inn Valley west of Silz, Tyrol.

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Tunnelportal der Reschenbahn

Heritage-listed railway tunnel portal from the Reschenbahn line.

Ralf Roletschek / CC BY-SA 3.0

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St. Anne's Column

St. Anne's Column stands in the city centre of Innsbruck on Maria-Theresien-Straße.It was given its name when, in 1703, the last Bavarian…

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