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  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  GEOGRAPHIC 
  MAGAZINE 
  

  

  

  SCHLOSS 
  EI/TZ, 
  ONE 
  OF 
  THE 
  BEST 
  PRESERVED 
  CASTLES 
  OE 
  THE 
  RHINE 
  VALLEY 
  

  

  The 
  Rhine 
  enjoys 
  the 
  double 
  distinction 
  of 
  being 
  the 
  chief 
  commercial 
  artery 
  of 
  Western 
  

   Europe 
  and 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  romantic 
  and 
  picturesque 
  waterways 
  in 
  the 
  world. 
  This 
  

   medieval 
  structure 
  towers 
  above 
  the 
  narrow, 
  tortuous 
  valley 
  of 
  the 
  Elz. 
  

  

  