Terms and Conditions – Castles of Austria

Welcome to Castles of Austria. By accessing or using our online platform, you agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions. Our site highlights Austria’s magnificent medieval and baroque castles through immersive visuals and historical content. Please read these terms carefully before engaging with our digital realm.

1. Acceptance of Terms

By navigating our site, viewing its galleries, or interacting with its features, you signify your unreserved acceptance of these Terms and Conditions. Should you dissent from any part of these terms, we humbly request that you refrain from using our online platform.

2. Intellectual Property Rights

All content presented on Castles of Austria, including but not limited to drone footage, castle imagery, historical timelines, descriptive texts, graphical elements, site design, and UI iconography (such as shields, crowns, and parchment textures), is the exclusive property of Castles of Austria or its content suppliers and is protected by international copyright laws.

• You may access and view the content for personal, non-commercial use only.
• Any reproduction, redistribution, modification, public display, or performance of the content, in whole or in part, without explicit prior written consent from Castles of Austria, is strictly prohibited.
• The Gothic-inspired typography ('Cinzel Decorative') and legible sans-serif ('Roboto') along with the color palette of dark stone gray, deep forest green, and antique gold accents are integral to our site's unique aesthetic and are protected under these terms.

3. Use of Our Site

Our online platform is designed to provide an immersive and historical experience of Austria's castles. Users are expected to engage with the site respectfully and lawfully.

• You are forbidden from using our site for any unlawful purpose or in any way that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the site or interfere with any other party's use of the site.
• Automated data collection activities (including without limitation scraping, data mining, and data extraction) on our site are expressly prohibited.
• Attempts to bypass any security or authentication measures of the site are strictly forbidden.

4. Disclaimer of Warranties

Our site is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. Castles of Austria makes no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, as to the operation of our platform or the information, content, or materials included on our site. We do not warrant that our site will be uninterrupted or error-free, or that defects will be corrected.

5. Limitation of Liability

Castles of Austria shall not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from the use of our site, including, but not limited to direct, indirect, incidental, punitive, and consequential damages.

6. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Castles of Austria, its affiliates, and their respective officers, directors, employees, and agents from and against any and all claims, liabilities, damages, losses, or expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees and costs, arising out of or in any way connected with your access to or use of our site.

7. Governing Law

These Terms and Conditions are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Austria, without regard to its conflict of law principles. Any disputes relating to these terms shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Austria.

8. Changes to Terms

We reserve the right to revise these terms at any time by updating this page. Your continued use of our site after any such changes constitutes your acceptance of the new Terms and Conditions. We encourage you to review this page periodically for any modifications.

9. Contact Information

Should you have any inquiries regarding these Terms, you may reach us through traditional correspondence:

Castles of Austria

[Specific Street Address, e.g., Burgring 5]

[City, e.g., Vienna]

[Postal Code, e.g., 1010], Austria