{"id":4649,"date":"2012-10-27T11:14:52","date_gmt":"2012-10-27T21:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/?p=4649"},"modified":"2012-10-27T11:16:48","modified_gmt":"2012-10-27T21:16:48","slug":"graz-visiting-landhaus-and-zeughaus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/?p=4649","title":{"rendered":"Graz: Visiting Landhaus and Zeughaus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Grazer Landhaus was built 1527\u20131531 and was the first Renaissance building in Graz. It is still used for the county government, and the inner yard is used for art events and concerts.<br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/7\/4\/web\/121021-g2-l-arkaden.jpg' alt=\"\" height=\"450\" width=\"600\"\/><br \/>\nI forgot why the &#8220;Dachreiter&#8221; is famous, but I remember it is.<br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/7\/4\/web\/121021-g2-l-dach.jpg' alt=\"\" height=\"450\" width=\"600\"\/><br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/7\/4\/web\/121021-g2-l-brunnen.jpg' alt=\"\" height=\"600\" width=\"450\"\/><br \/>\nLeilani: &#8220;Why did they fence in the deep well?&#8221;  One of the attending adults: &#8220;So people couldn&#8217;t throw their kids in.&#8221;<br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/7\/4\/web\/121021-g2-l-brunnen2.jpg' alt=\"\" height=\"600\" width=\"450\"\/><br \/>\nThe Styrian Coat of Arms, this time without modifications (at least none that I can see)<br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/7\/4\/web\/121021-g2-l-wappen.jpg' alt=\"\" height=\"450\" width=\"600\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The had a guided tour for children in the Grazer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zeughaus.at\/\" target=\"_blank\">Zeughaus<\/a> (German, with movie). The <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Landeszeughaus\" target=\"_blank\">Landeszeughaus<\/a> (English), also known as the Styrian Armory, in Graz, Austria, is the largest existing original armoury in the whole world.<br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/7\/4\/web\/121021-g2-l-z-tor.jpg' alt=\"\" height=\"450\" width=\"600\"\/><br \/>\nNone of us really like weapons, but knights&#8230;aehm&#8230;um&#8230; we kind of like&#8230; and what would the knights be without their shiny armors and their weapons&#8230;<br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/7\/4\/web\/121021-g2-z-knights.jpg' alt=\"\" height=\"600\" width=\"450\"\/><br \/>\nIt was very cool. Leilani got to try a real suit of armor and a knights helmet. She claimed it was very heavy. And it looks a bit big for her.<br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/7\/4\/web\/121021-z-ruestung.jpg' alt=\"\" height=\"600\" width=\"450\"\/><br \/>\nThese were big swords. Huge actually, but as the guide explained useful only in parades and shows.<br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/7\/4\/web\/121021-g2-z-schwerter.jpg' alt=\"\" height=\"600\" width=\"450\"\/><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s quite fashionable :-)<br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/7\/4\/web\/121021-z-kettenhelm.jpg' alt=\"\" height=\"600\" width=\"450\"\/><br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/7\/4\/web\/121021-g2-z-watch.jpg' alt=\"\" height=\"450\" width=\"600\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Grazer Landhaus was built 1527\u20131531 and was the first Renaissance building in Graz. It is still used for the county government, and the inner yard is used for art events and concerts. 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