House Garden 
in the neighborhood is 
celebrated. They out¬ 
number the pines on the 
low green summits which 
surround the castle, and 
agreeably diversify the 
scenery of the Alpine 
foothills, making them 
seem like green gardens. 
H ere and there amid the 
verdure rises a chateau, a 
ruin, or the green copper 
roof of a curious village 
church. 
Tratzberg is justly 
celebrated for its intrinsic 
rather than its historic 
interest. Its construction 
was neither prolonged 
nor interrupted. The 
building, as a whole, was 
completed at one time; 
and is unusually coherent 
and uniform, partaking 
alike of the Renaissance 
and the Gothic. There 
are vagaries ot interior 
detail, to be sure, but the 
whimsical use of motifs in 
minor parts is quite re¬ 
deemed by the dignity ot 
the larger apartments. 
The “Arms Room,” 
which now contains a col¬ 
lection of ancient imple¬ 
ments of warfare, is of fine 
simple parts less ornate 
and pretentious than the 
INTERIOR, BURG REIFENSTEIN r 
A GALLERY, BURG REIFENSTEIN 
NEAR STERZING, TYROL 
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