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Built in 1717, redesigned in Rococo style in 1752 by Bartolomeo Rastrelli Built for Empress Catherine I of Russia as a summer palace Famous for its feminine and opulent blue, white, and gold exterior and its extremely intricate interior the Amber Room Russia’s most expensive palace, due to the fact of all the gold
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European Castles
Catherine Palace
Catherine Palace Built in 1717, redesigned in Rococo style in
1752 by Bartolomeo Rastrelli Built for Empress Catherine I of Russia as a
summer palace Famous for its feminine and opulent blue,
white, and gold exterior and its extremely intricate interior the Amber Room
Russia’s most expensive palace, due to the fact of all the gold
Neuschwanstein Castle
Neuschwanstein Castle Built in 1869 as the retreat for King Ludwig II Located in Schwangau, Germany, which is in the
middle of the Bavarian Alps Embodiment of 19th century Romanticism Considered very modern because it was
equipped with running water, a heating system, and plumbing
Inspiration for almost all Disney castles, including Disneyland’s Sleeping Beauty castle
Neuschwanstein Castle
Mont-Saint-Michel
Mont-Saint-Michel Founded in 708 by Saint Aubert, bishop of
Avranches, to be a monastery Main foundation and structure of the castle
were built between 1203 and 1228, called La Merveille (the Marvel)
One of the greatest achievements of Medieval Gothic architecture
Connected to the mainland by a causeway, which is accessible at low tides only
Mont-Saint-Michel
Swallow’s Nest
Swallow’s Nest Built on a 130 ft. high rock in Crimea in 1912 by
the German noble Baron von Steingel Architect Vsevolod Sherwood wanted it to a
romantic “fairytale castle” After an earthquake in 1927, part of the rock
foundation underneath crumbled off, which is why the castle now hangs off the cliff.
Originally had a few rooms, but it has been remade into an Italian restaurant
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