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  • Address:
    Schlossstrasse 20, Innsbruck, 6020
  • Phone: +43 512 5 252 4745
  • Web: http://www.khm.at/
  • Neighbourhood: Amras

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Schloss Ambras has an impressive collection of 16th and 17th century arms, armour and art. It is a must see if you are an armour junkie and in the Tyrol.

6 June 2005 | gozer87

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When Archduke Ferdinand II wanted to marry a commoner for love, the court grudgingly allowed it, but the couple was forced to live outside the city limits. Ferdinand revamped a 10th-century castle for the bride, Philippine Welser, which was completed in 1556 and was every bit as deluxe as what he …

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