Mountain and City: The Invention of the Schlossberg in Graz

The Schlossberg in Graz is not only the city’s most famous tourist attraction, but also a popular recreational destination for Graz residents themselves. It is both a natural wonder and an outlook over the city, but also one of the main stages of Graz’s town history. On the former bastion called Stallbastei, a new Schlossberg Museum could be established, which would enable visitors—alone, as couples, or as families—to stroll all year round in an enhanced, densified setting. The area could be transformed into a family-friendly experience sector, making the multifaceted nature of the Schlossberg experienceable through a four-part tour: from a study of the gardens to the stunning vistas, from a visit to the history museum to an immersion in depths of the mountain.