Castle Vianden

To stand in the depth of a masterpiece; a work of architecture that has claimed to a land for hundreds of years is in the least just incredible. Its no wonder that the mysterious and intrigued find their way to these great places on earth. They are just filled with captivation, and excel anyone into their craft. Writers and poets must engulf a whimsy of scripts just entering the front gate, by the time they reach the balconies above I imagine a sedative is in need.
We spent time in Vianden back in 2000, and even today, I dream of returning. Luxembourg is a wondrous place to visit inspiring of old and new and the Vianden castle should be on every adventurers list.
Vianden Castle was reconstructed in 1977. Its history dates back to the Gallo Roman era during the 600s, and the number of noble men and women who walked its halls is lengthy. It holds many legends, such as Yolanda, the daughter of Count Henry I, who ran away to a Dominican convent when she was only 14, only to be brought back kicking and screaming by her parents and locked up in the castle for over a year, before finally returning to the convent to become a novice.

The castle was also the last place in Luxembourg to be freed by the Germans in 1945.
And what of romantism...Victor Hugo spent a good deal of time visiting Vianden ( between 1802-1885) and he was responsible for elegantly advertising Vianden to the outside world. Victor eventually dove deeply into his writing to become known as the most influental of French Romantism. Most famously he is known throughout the world for writing Les Miserables and Notre-Dame de Paris or as it is known in english, The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
Yes, Vianden Castle itself has seen its fill of masterpieces walk through its halls. Even I didn't understand the full gratitude of being part of such a piece of history until after we returned to the states.