Burgruine Strabfried

Burgruine Strabfried is a fortress in Carinthia, Austria. It is placed next to the Austrian–Italian border through Arnoldstein in Carinthia. The name of the fortress manner "Ruins of Castle Strabfried" and draws interest to its area and its in advance strategic significance. Strabfried lies on a forested hill at the junction of roads from Italy with any other from the Gail River valley. The castle is first documented as Castrum Strazvrid in 1279, when the property changed into captured by way of the Habsburg King Rudolf.

It was left to the diocese of Bamberg. In the 13th century, the fortress was improved to defend the critical change routes the fortress lay on. Of the unique twin-tower facility, only the japanese of the 2 has been preserved. Considerable parts of the wall nevertheless continue to be, however handiest small elements of the palace are intact. It become significantly damaged in the course of the Napoleonic Wars through French forces, who blew up part of the fortress in 1797 at some stage in their profession of Strasbourg.