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Steyr

Lamberg Castle

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Transcript

The castle above the rivers controlled a strategic point long before industrial capitalism transformed Steyr. Its later Baroque form reflects reconstruction after fire and changing noble use.

The castle reminds us that trade did not operate in a political vacuum. Lords, rulers and administrators collected rights and revenue from the same routes merchants used. Commerce and territorial power grew around the same geography.

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