Liechtenstein · Still standing
Gutenberg Castle
Gutenberg Castle is an intact medieval fortress on a 70-metre freestanding rock above the village of Balzers in southern Liechtenstein. It is one of the country's surviving castles and today functions as a museum with parts of the site open to the public.
First raised
1101
Its prime
1537
Today
Still standing
As it stood in 1537
The shape it held in its prime.
Perched on a solitary 70-metre limestone rock, the castle presents a compact, roughly rectangular main block with steep hipped clay-tile roofs and pale grey stone walls, some surfaces smoothed or plastered. Two prominent square towers flank the complex—one at the south-west with a conical/hipped roof and a taller rectangular keep to the east—with a lower curtain wall and gatehouse at the approach. Narrow medieval windows puncture the walls; an arched gateway and outer bailey sit on the lower slopes, the whole backed by steep forested alpine crags.
Step inside
7 places to explore in 1537.
The record describes 7 distinct spots at Gutenberg Castle — including 2 interiors: upper chambers of the main tower (keep), castle chapel. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.
Create History
See Gutenberg Castle with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1537 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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