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Schloss Orangerie Kassel.
Das heutige barocke Schloss wurde ab etwa 1702 nach französischen Vorbildern errichtet, als Architekt gilt der landgräfliche Hofbaumeister Johann Konrad Giesler. Das Hauptgebäude ist 139,40 Meter lang und als niedriger Bau mit einem höheren, zweigeschossigen Mittelteil und zwei höheren, dreigeschossigen Eckpavillons ausgeführt worden. Die Architektur des Bauwerks wird in den Achsen des barocken Gartens fortgesetzt. Die langen Galerien dienten als Festsäle und zugleich als Überwinterungshaus für die im Sommer innerhalb des so genannten Orangerie-Gartens aufgestellten Kübelpflanzen. Daraus entwickelte sich die als bedeutend eingestufte Kasseler Orangeriekultur. Die Eckpavillons wurden von der landgräflichen Familie als sommerlicher Wohnsitz genutzt. Im Obergeschoss des Mittelbaus befand sich der reich gestaltete Apollosaal. Bezeichnend ist, dass er nur über das offene Dach zu erreichen war – eine Treppe existierte nicht. Der darunter liegende, einst offene Tordurchgang der Orangerie verband die sogenannte Voraue (heute Hessenkampfbahn) und den übrigen Park miteinander. Die Hauptachse des großartigen barocken Parks strich damit durch das Gebäude hindurch.
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On the edge of the coastal cliffs overlooking Island Rock near Kalbarri, Western Australia.
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Clitheroe Castle is a ruined early medieval castle in Clitheroe in Lancashire, England. It was the caput of the Honour of Clitheroe, a vast estate stretching along the western side of the Pennines.[3]
Its earliest history is debated but it is thought to be of Norman origin, probably built in the twelfth century. Property of the de Lacy family, the honour later merged with the earldom and then Duchy of Lancaster. Given to George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle in 1660, the castle site remained in private ownership until 1920, when it was sold to the people of Clitheroe to create a war memorial. Today the buildings on the site are the home of Clitheroe Castle Museum.
Weymss castle is in Fife near the town of Coaltown of Weymss and is still lived in by the Weymss family. This was taken from the coastal path between West Weymss and East Weymss
Kinloch Castle on the island of Rum.
It looks more like a stately home, but it is amazing inside. Almost exactly how it was duirng the 1920s, thios relic of the past shows the opulence of that ear - if you were one of teh richest families in Britian.
George Bullough, whose father made the families money in the cotton mill town of Accrington, Lancashire, built the castle in 1901. It took 300 men three years to complete and no expense was spared.
The red rock was imported, the decoartaions came from all over the world.
Apparenty he also held regualr parties of a dubious nature. Do an interned search on Kinloch and Bullough to find out more.
The bloke was married but it seems there were orgies all over the place, and a bit of gayness too. But nowt wrong with that like.
Another view of Kinloch Castle, this time with the blue turned up.
If you are ever in the area of western Scotland, near Fort William, or even Inverness, make the effort to get to Rum. There's nowt else on the island but the tour round the castle is quite staggering.
The castle is situated on the Laich of Moray, a fertile plain that was once the swampy foreshore of Spynie Loch. This was originally a more defensive position than it appears today, long after the loch was drained.
The motte is a huge man-made mound, with steep sides and a wide ditch separating it from the bailey. The whole site is enclosed by a water-filled ditch, which is more a mark of its boundary than it is a serious defensive measure.
Duffus Castle was built by a Flemish man named Freskin, who came to Scotland in the first half of the 1100s. After an uprising by the ‘men of Moray’ against David I in 1130, the king sent Freskin north as a representative of royal authority.
He was given the estate of Duffus, and here he built an earthwork-and-timber castle. Freskin’s son William adopted the title of ‘de Moravia’ – of Moray. By 1200, the family had become the most influential noble family in northern Scotland, giving rise to the earls of Sutherland and Clan Murray.
In about 1270, the castle passed to Sir Reginald Cheyne the Elder, Lord of Inverugie. He probably built the square stone keep on top of the motte, and the curtain wall encircling the bailey. In 1305, the invading King Edward I of England gave him a grant of 200 oaks from the royal forests of Darnaway and Longmorn, which were probably used for the castle’s floors and roofs.
By 1350, the castle had passed to a younger son of the Earl of Sutherland through marriage. It may have been then that the keep was abandoned, possibly because it was beginning to slip down the mound, and a new residence established at the north of the bailey.
Viscount Dundee, leader of the first Jacobite Rising, dined in the castle as a guest of James, Lord Duffus in 1689, prior to his victory against King William II’s government forces at Killiecrankie. Soon after, Lord Duffus moved to the nearby Duffus House. The castle quickly fell into decay.
Duffus Castle, near Elgin, Moray, Scotland, was a motte-and-bailey castle and was in use from c.1140 to 1705. During its occupation it underwent many alterations. The most fundamental was the destruction of the original wooden structure and its replacement with one of stone. At the time of its establishment, it was one of the most secure fortifications in Scotland. At the death of the 2nd Lord Duffus in 1705, the castle had become totally unsuitable as a dwelling and so was abandoned.
Chepstow Castle was first built from around 1067 by Earl William FitzOsbern an ally of William the Conqueror.
The location was an important consideration for the castle's future defences and its strategic value.
The castle was built at one of the gateways to Wales on a limestone cliff overlooking the River Wye.
The curve here in the river gave the castle its Welsh name - Striguil, meaning the bend.
The old Castle at Portencross
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Sizergh Castle and Garden is a stately home and garden at Helsington in the English county of Cumbria, about 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Kendal. The castle, a grade I listed building,[1] is in the care of the National Trust along with its garden and estate. It is the home of the Hornyold-Strickland family.
In 2016 the Sizergh estate was included in the newly extended Lake District National Park. Wikipedia
Dunnottar Castle nr. Stonehaven at dusk.
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A stately home used as a location for the filming of both Brideshead Revisited and Bridgerton, in the latter case used for the exteriors of The Duke of Hastings' residence .
Building of Castle Howard began in 1699 and took over 100 years to complete to a design by Sir John Vanbrugh for the 3rd Earl of Carlisle.
The house is Grade I listed
It is a private residence, open to the public, the home of the Carlisle branch of the Howard family for more than 300 years.
Photography of the Jever Castle, in the district of Friesland in Lower Saxony, Germany. The first castle at Jever was built by Edo Wiemken the Elder in 1416, which was destroyed by the East Frisians in 1420. Edo's successor Hayo Harldas rebuilt the castle in 1428, it was finally completed in 1505 by Edo the Younger. In 1736, the tower in baroque style was built. The result of multiple conversions was a small palace of the princes of Anhalt-Zerbst and Oldenburg.
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Castle Crags Wilderness in Northern California with some dappled light. An area that I look forward to revisiting soon.
A great deal od money has been used to update the castle interior to give tourists and locals a taste of the Highlands. It has been done very well. There's is also access to the ramparts from which interesting photos are a possibility.
Dundonald Castle is a fortified tower house built for Robert II on his accession to the throne of Scotland in 1371 and it was used as a royal residence by Robert II and his son Robert III
Well, it isn`t THIS Castle Black, but it`s black so I`ve decided to name it Castle Black. True story!!!
5x7 baseplates 32x32, and a lot of grey and black.
Special thanks for three brave men - Darek Mróz, Sariel and Jetboy who helped me with the photos :)
Well, that`s it I`m afraid.
Dunstanburgh Castle is a 14th-century fortification on the coast of Northumberland in northern England, located between the villages of Craster and Embleton. The castle was built by Earl Thomas of Lancaster between 1313 and 1322, taking advantage of the site's natural defences and the existing earthworks of a former Iron Age fort. Thomas was a leader of a baronial faction opposed to King Edward II, and probably intended Dunstanburgh to act as a secure refuge, should the political situation in southern England deteriorate. The castle also served as a statement of the earl's wealth and influence, and would have invited comparisons with the neighbouring royal castle of Bamburgh. Thomas probably only visited his new castle once, before being captured at Battle of Boroughbridge as he attempted to flee royal forces for the safety of Dunstanburgh. Thomas was executed, and the castle became the property of the Crown, before passing into the Duchy of Lancaster.
Afternoon at the castle in the sun. There was a wedding at the castle and the Battle of Britain lancaster bomber made a flypast !
How the keep would have looked in the 13th century, when King Henry III was entertained four times at Castle Acre by the 6th Earl of Warenne. (English Heritage)
Castle Rock is located in Douglas County Colorado and is situated approximately 25 miles south of Denver. Print Size 13x19 inches.
Bodiam Castle is a 14th-century moated castle near Robertsbridge in East Sussex, England. It was built in 1385 by Sir Edward Dalyngrigge and is a great photographic venue - especially early in the morning before the coach parties arrive.
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Kenilworth Castle is located in the town of the same name in Warwickshire, England. Constructed from Norman through to Tudor times, the castle has been described by architectural historian Anthony Emery as "the finest surviving example of a semi-royal palace of the later middle ages, significant for its scale, form and quality of workmanship".[1] Kenilworth has also played an important historical role. The castle was the subject of the six-month long Siege of Kenilworth in 1266, believed to be the longest siege in English history, and formed a base for Lancastrian operations in the Wars of the Roses. Kenilworth was also the scene of the removal of Edward II from the English throne, the French insult to Henry V in 1414 (said by John Strecche to have encouraged the Agincourt campaign), and the Earl of Leicester's lavish reception of Elizabeth I in 1575.
The castle was built over several centuries. Founded in the 1120s around a powerful Norman great tower, the castle was significantly enlarged by King John at the beginning of the 13th century. Huge water defences were created by damming the local streams and the resulting fortifications proved able to withstand assaults by land and water in 1266. John of Gaunt spent lavishly in the late 14th century, turning the medieval castle into a palace fortress designed in the latest perpendicular style. The Earl of Leicester then expanded the castle once again, constructing new Tudor buildings and exploiting the medieval heritage of Kenilworth to produce a fashionable Renaissance palace.
Kenilworth was partly destroyed by Parliamentary forces in 1649 to prevent it being used as a military stronghold. Ruined, only two of its buildings remain habitable today. The castle became a tourist destination from the 18th century onwards, becoming famous in the Victorian period following the publishing of Sir Walter Scott's novel Kenilworth in 1826. English Heritage has managed the castle since 1984. The castle is classed as a Grade I listed building and as a Scheduled Monument, and is open to the public.
Built as a fortress at Castle Rising in 1138, this ruined medieval fortification along with surrounding deer park, was once a palatial hunting lodge.
Sanquhar Castle, which dates back to the 12th Century, was originally a square tower but a variety of masonry styles suggests additions over the centuries. The castle and courtyard (167ft x 128ft) were approached along a tree-lined avenue, which is still evident today. A deep ditch protected
the gateway, and the walled meadow was the Deer park (the name of one of the present day streets). There was a 42 foot deep well in the courtyard and a skeleton found there long ago gave rise to our local ghostly celebrity, "The White Lady". In 1695, the Duke of Buccleuch (the occupant of the castle) moved residence to Drumlanrig Castle, 10 miles SE of town, and Sanquhar Castle fell into disrepair. Only ruins of the castle now remain, although some of its stone has been used in the construction of present day buildings.