Last week I drove a mere 4 km from home and found out that there is a castle in the second village down the road. I never knew. It’s called Schloss Wiser and is still owned by the family who had it built in 1710. It’s not open to the public cause the family lives there on occasion but when I approached the gates opened. I didn’t go inside the court yard though but I took a picture of the ungated view.

So if the owner and resident is an Earl – what do you call the building then? A palace? A castle? A stately home? Does it matter? Not really, except to a translator who wants to get it right.

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Buildings