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Porcia Renaissance Castle

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Porcia Renaissance Castle

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Porcia Renaissance Castle

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Location: Carinthia, Austria

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1. Path Along the Drau – Sachsenburg Town Center loop from Markt Sachsenburg

59.3km

03:30

230m

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Spittal an der Drau Old Town – Gmünd Old Town and Castle loop from Spittal-Millstättersee

111km

08:07

2,330m

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Drava Cycle Path – View of the Drava River loop from Stockenboi

66.2km

04:22

730m

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Alwin R 🚲

October 5, 2023

This palazzo is one of the most beautiful Renaissance buildings south of the Alps and is rightly the pride of the population.

Commissioned by Gabriel of Salamanca and his descendants, Italian masters created a unique Renaissance work of art here. For a long time, the palace also served as the residence of the Princes of Porcia (1662-1918).

The beauty of the three-storey arcade courtyard now forms a worthy setting for numerous cultural events of international renown (choir competitions, comedy plays).

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Andreas Bikefan

September 14, 2022

A unique work of art of the Renaissance was created here by Italian masters on behalf of Gabriel of Salamanca and his descendants. For a long time the castle was also the residence of the princes of Porcia (1662-1918).

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Alwin R 🚲

July 1, 2022

From 1534 onwards, the castle was built on the orders of Count Gabriel of Salamanca-Ortenburg (1489–1539), the Spanish treasurer and confidant of Emperor Ferdinand I. Salamanca had acquired the County of Ortenburg from Ferdinand on 10 March 1524 and commissioned Italian architects to plan and build the castle. It was not completed until his successors, more than 60 years later, in 1597/98. The street façade and the inner courtyard with its columned architecture and three-storey arcades are more typical of an urban, Italian palazzo than of a castle in Carinthia. The castle gardens in their current size were laid out in the 19th century. The Salamanca family died out in 1620. The County of Ortenburg and with it the castle initially passed into the possession of the Widmann family. In 1662 they sold it to the Italian noble Porcia family from Pordenone.

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Location: Carinthia, Austria

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Porcia Renaissance Castle

1. Path Along the Drau – Sachsenburg Town Center loop from Markt Sachsenburg

2. Spittal an der Drau Old Town – Gmünd Old Town and Castle loop from Spittal-Millstättersee

3. Drava Cycle Path – View of the Drava River loop from Stockenboi

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