Schloss Vaduz... aka Castle of Vaduz
by Krystynn
Stand at the foot of this hill and photograph the famed Castle of Vaduz. Most travelers and tourists tend to overlook the tiny Kingdom of Liechtenstein and bypass it en route to larger and seemingly more important destinations. Despite its diminutive size and its relative anonymity amongst travelers, do you know that Liechtenstein has quite a lengthy history? I can't tell you much about its history except the fact that the country we know today came into being when the German Prince of Liechtenstein, Johann Adam, bought the Rhaetian domains of Schellenberg in 1699 and Vaduz in 1712 to achieve his goal of gaining a seat in the government. Liechtenstein's official separation from Germany occurred sometime in the mid-1800s. Well, since its official separation from Germany, there has not been an army in the country. Thus, for almost 150 years, Liechtenstein, like its neutral neighbor -...