This ‘historic chalet’ was built in 1874 and is the former residence of the Amrein-Troller family. It is now a musem displaying many interesting historical facts (in particular the historical geology) of the region.
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Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Lucerne 2013
Architecture 100 :: 39 Amrein’s House
2 Comments CherryPie on Sep 13th 2013
Filed under Carcassonne 2012, Heritage, Holidays
Walking Back to the Walled City
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Filed under Crookham 2011, Heritage, Holidays
Paxton House
This Palladian villa was built in 1758 by Patrick Home:
Before the union between Scotland and England in 1707 this was a hotly contested border area, and only fortified buildings survive from earlier times. Patrick’s grandfather and uncle took part in the Jacobite uprising of 1715, and earlier generations of the family had been [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Aug 30th 2011
