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Pena Palace - one of the most "romantic" castles in the world and one of the main attractions of Portugal. The complex of buildings and landscaped terrain, which occupies several hundred acres, was here in the XIX century during the reign of King Ferdinand II, who wished to be on a high hill summer residence near Lisbon. Let's look at this castle ... more
One of the legends hovering around the palace, indicating that the place to build the future of the palace pointed the Virgin diamond foam and fabric Mary. During the reign of King Manuel I, who had a special love for this lonely place, began the construction of the monastery. diamond foam and fabric For several centuries diamond foam and fabric the monastery was the seat foam separated and quiet, there lived only 15 monks. In the XVIII century monastic buildings hit by lightning. In 1755, he was almost completely destroyed by a strong earthquake. Since the buildings was only the first chapel, all other buildings were in ruins. Yes, ruined, and he stood for several decades.
The second life of the town began in 1838 when the Prince Consort, the husband of Queen Mary II was going to buy the monastery and the nearby castle with surrounding areas. At the site of the ruins of the monastery Prince Ferdinand of Saxony Koburhskyy with all the inherent romanticism and fantasy Germans decided to build a summer residence for the royal family. And the result is not a palace, but a real fairy tale. By the way, the former chapel preserved and partially integrated into the new building by building a large tower with a clock and a wide terrace, which offers most spectacular panorama view to the palace.
At first the mistress of the castle, the Queen Mary II, the site was established a special mechanism, and every day at noon a few guns produced a one-time volley. As a designer diamond foam and fabric Ferdinand II invited German engineer and geologist William Baron von Eschwege, who was the author of the famous palace complex foam. Romantic diamond foam and fabric art during that time could not affect the aesthetic features of buildings, in a neo-gothic diamond foam and fabric castle mixed, diamond foam and fabric Neorenaissance, Moorish style motifs of Islamic architecture.
Pena National Palace in general is one of the clearest examples of eclectic and characteristic of the time. The interiors of the palace, which including foreseeable tourists were planned according to the needs of all the royal family and made mostly Victorian and Edwardian styles. Decorative processing includes amazing in its beauty paintings, murals, mosaics. At the end of XX century castle facades were restored and re-covered diamond foam and fabric with red and yellow paint those colors, which were originally chosen to design the castle. Since 1995, the castle is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Pena Palace - one of the most "romantic" castles in the world and one of the main attractions of Portugal. The complex of buildings and landscaped terrain, which occupies several hundred acres, was here in the XIX century during the reign of King Ferdinand II, who wished to be on a high hill summer residence near Lisbon. Let's look at this castle ... more
One of the legends hovering around the palace, indicating that the place to build the future of the palace pointed the Virgin diamond foam and fabric Mary. During the reign of King Manuel I, who had a special love for this lonely place, began the construction of the monastery. diamond foam and fabric For several centuries diamond foam and fabric the monastery was the seat foam separated and quiet, there lived only 15 monks. In the XVIII century monastic buildings hit by lightning. In 1755, he was almost completely destroyed by a strong earthquake. Since the buildings was only the first chapel, all other buildings were in ruins. Yes, ruined, and he stood for several decades.
The second life of the town began in 1838 when the Prince Consort, the husband of Queen Mary II was going to buy the monastery and the nearby castle with surrounding areas. At the site of the ruins of the monastery Prince Ferdinand of Saxony Koburhskyy with all the inherent romanticism and fantasy Germans decided to build a summer residence for the royal family. And the result is not a palace, but a real fairy tale. By the way, the former chapel preserved and partially integrated into the new building by building a large tower with a clock and a wide terrace, which offers most spectacular panorama view to the palace.
At first the mistress of the castle, the Queen Mary II, the site was established a special mechanism, and every day at noon a few guns produced a one-time volley. As a designer diamond foam and fabric Ferdinand II invited German engineer and geologist William Baron von Eschwege, who was the author of the famous palace complex foam. Romantic diamond foam and fabric art during that time could not affect the aesthetic features of buildings, in a neo-gothic diamond foam and fabric castle mixed, diamond foam and fabric Neorenaissance, Moorish style motifs of Islamic architecture.
Pena National Palace in general is one of the clearest examples of eclectic and characteristic of the time. The interiors of the palace, which including foreseeable tourists were planned according to the needs of all the royal family and made mostly Victorian and Edwardian styles. Decorative processing includes amazing in its beauty paintings, murals, mosaics. At the end of XX century castle facades were restored and re-covered diamond foam and fabric with red and yellow paint those colors, which were originally chosen to design the castle. Since 1995, the castle is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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