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Old 07.08.2008, 13:38
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Re: Basel Evening Cycle 6th August
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The castle was destroyed in 1813 by the Austrian and the Bavarian armies fighting against Napoléon Bonaparte. After that time it was a ruin. In the 1970s, the former owners installed a colony of monkeys into the ruins. Wikipedia: Château de Landskron
monkeys...heh. brilliant idea.
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