AUGUST 2024 – Inner Courtyard of the Fortress Kufstein in Austria on a sunny morning. Photo © Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com
The story behind the image
On our trip to Italy in 2024 we stopped enroute at the Fortress Kufstein in Austria. In the past, we used to rush by on the nearby highway, countless times, always stunned by its sturdiness, but never bothering to take a closer look. This time we planned for a visit.
We quickly found a park garage in the city center, just a few steps away from the main entrance. We were quite early, so there were just very few tourists around. This paid off when we waited for the glass elevator, because there was no queue!
Up in the fortress you get not just to walk the grounds of the fortress but get an excellently prepared overview of the history of the building. Especially the high-security prison at the top floor of the tower is not for the faint hearted, as people were put into prison for publishing critical books and voicing their opinion.
My photo shows a less gloomy side of the fortress: the inner courtyard. It is home to a restaurant today. The massive walls and many old trees provided shadows, which was very welcome on this hot summer day.
If you’re in the area, plan for a side trip to Kufstein and its fortress.
Design ideas
The high resolution image
| Capture Date & Time | 21-AUG-2024, 10:52 |
| Location | Kufstein, Austria |
| Camera | Canon EOS M6 Mark II |
| Lens | Canon EF-M 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM |
| ISO | 400 |
| Exposure | 1/50 sec at f/16 |
| Digital Image Source Format | Canon Camera RAW (CR3) |
| Edited Image Format | JPEG, 24 bits/pixel, sRGB |
| Edited Image Dimensions | 4640 x 6960 Pixels |
| Copyright | © by Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com |
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