The towers
Purple roofs.
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Moszna Castle is a historic palace in the small village of Moszna in southwestern Poland, about 28 km southwest of Opole and 90 km southeast of Wrocław in a straight line, between the towns of Prudnik and Krapkowice. It is a striking example of romantic, fairy-tale and eclectic architecture. At its heart is an older 18th-century Baroque palace, partly burned in 1896 and rebuilt the same year. Its owner Franz Hubert von Tiele-Winckler then added the Neo-Gothic east wing with an orangery by 1900, and the Neo-Renaissance west wing between 1912 and 1914. It is said to have 99 towers and turrets. The palace rises with its many pointed towers and dark purple roofs above a wide green lawn, like a castle from a storybook. A large park with ponds, bridges and tree-lined avenues surrounds it, and in May thousands of azalea bushes bloom red, orange and yellow. Visitors walk in the park and tour the palace, which now also houses a hotel and restaurant. An azalea festival is held in May, the most beautiful time to visit.
Purple roofs.
Ponds and bridges.
A May festival.
Moszna village, south of Opole, Opole Voivodeship, Poland
May, when the azaleas bloom.
Yes, the palace has a hotel.