Konopište as a Gothic Location

Konopište, which was the palace/hunting lodge of Franz Ferdinand, and the story behind it all has many gothic elements. When talking about the location of the palace, it's gothic because it is placed in the middle of the woods, in the hills surrounded by lakes and a lot of wilderness. Even though Franz lived in a nice big palace out by all of this, nature shows that it cannot be tamed by the empire which makes the location itself very gothic. Another gothic element of the palace is the amount of death and the excessive hunting that took place on the grounds. He didn't just kill a few animals but he killed more than 275,000 animals and had them as trophies lined up in his hallways. All of this death surrounding the palace definitely gives it a gothic feel and look. The story of Franz Ferdinand as well is also gothic. He didn't die a normal death. Instead he was shot point blank and assassinated, along with his wife Sophie in Austria. This event triggered WWI.