See modernity meld with the Middle Ages on a tour of Lenzburg Castle. The hilltop manor has been inhabited since the 11th century. But it didn't get proper electricity, plumbing or heating until the 1890s. It was then that U.S. industrialist Augustus Edward Jessup bought the castle, and installed upgrades befitting his noble British wife, Lady Mildred Marion Bowes Lyon. What remains of the renovations? You can get a glimpse of their original water closet. But please, if nature calls, kindly use the public toilets!
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