{"id":674,"date":"2024-09-23T15:39:45","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T15:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/auxsapinshotel.fr\/the-ruins-of-engelbourg-castle\/"},"modified":"2024-10-07T16:03:48","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T16:03:48","slug":"the-ruins-of-engelbourg-castle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/auxsapinshotel.fr\/en\/the-ruins-of-engelbourg-castle\/","title":{"rendered":"The ruins of Engelbourg Castle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Perched on a hill overlooking Thann, the Ch\u00e2teau de l&#8217;Engelbourg, also known as &#8220;the witch&#8217;s eye&#8221;, is an emblematic ruin of the town.<br \/>\nBuilt in the 13th century to guard the entrance to the Thur valley, the castle was dismantled by order of Louis XIV in the 17th century. <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_491\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-491\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-491 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/auxsapinshotel.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Reconstitution-chateau-fort-engelbourg-katia-karli.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"459\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-491\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Engelbourg Castle \u00a9Katia Karli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Today, the ruins offer a pleasant walk for families and history buffs alike.<br \/>\nThe ascent is quick and easy, accessible to all, and reveals the remains of the castle as well as a breathtaking view over the town of Thann and the surrounding valley. <\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The nickname &#8220;Witch&#8217;s Eye&#8221; comes from a huge circular piece of the collapsed tower, left balanced on the hill.<br \/>\nIt looks like a gigantic eye watching over the city.<br \/>\nThe rock attracts many curious visitors and photography enthusiasts.  <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_492\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-492\" style=\"width: 1324px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-492 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/auxsapinshotel.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/95097173_2887485547993812_4431889861259034624_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1324\" height=\"883\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-492\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ch\u00e2teau de l&#8217;Engelbourg \u00a9Tristan Vuano<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">It&#8217;s both a historic and picturesque hike, ideal for a half-day of exploration, just a few minutes from the center of Thann.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Perched on a hill overlooking Thann, the Ch\u00e2teau de l&#8217;Engelbourg, also known as &#8220;the witch&#8217;s eye&#8221;, is an emblematic ruin of the town. Built in the 13th century to guard the entrance to the Thur valley, the castle was dismantled by order of Louis XIV in the 17th century. Today, the ruins offer a pleasant [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[6,14,5,10],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-classifiee","tag-alsace","tag-chateau-de-lengelbourg","tag-randonnee","tag-thann"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/auxsapinshotel.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/auxsapinshotel.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/auxsapinshotel.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auxsapinshotel.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auxsapinshotel.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=674"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/auxsapinshotel.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":864,"href":"https:\/\/auxsapinshotel.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674\/revisions\/864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/auxsapinshotel.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auxsapinshotel.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auxsapinshotel.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=674"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auxsapinshotel.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}