Author: Ulrike Schöber
Publisher: Booksales
ISBN: 9789036617024
Category : Castles
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The most beautiful castles and palaces of Europe are presented here in 240 full-color photographs and illustrations, along with background information, historical facts and entertaining anecdotes. A treasure for lovers of history and architecture alike.
Castles and Palaces of Europe
Author: Ulrike Schöber
Publisher: Booksales
ISBN: 9789036617024
Category : Castles
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The most beautiful castles and palaces of Europe are presented here in 240 full-color photographs and illustrations, along with background information, historical facts and entertaining anecdotes. A treasure for lovers of history and architecture alike.
Publisher: Booksales
ISBN: 9789036617024
Category : Castles
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The most beautiful castles and palaces of Europe are presented here in 240 full-color photographs and illustrations, along with background information, historical facts and entertaining anecdotes. A treasure for lovers of history and architecture alike.
German Castles and Palaces
Author: Klaus Merten
Publisher: Vendome Press
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
This is the first book to explore scores of castles & palaces in Germany.
Publisher: Vendome Press
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
This is the first book to explore scores of castles & palaces in Germany.
Dream Sleeps
Author: Pamela L. Barrus
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780917120169
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Descriptions of 132 castle and palace hotels in ten countries Austria,ngland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Scotland, andales include the history of each, facilities and services available,ctivities and excursions in the area, facilities for children and disabledersons, and maps showing the location of each. Annotation c
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780917120169
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Descriptions of 132 castle and palace hotels in ten countries Austria,ngland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Scotland, andales include the history of each, facilities and services available,ctivities and excursions in the area, facilities for children and disabledersons, and maps showing the location of each. Annotation c
The World's Most Amazing Castles
Author: Erika Hueneke
Publisher: Centennial Books
ISBN: 1951274334
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 111
Book Description
From Guinevere to Game of Thrones, from Dracula to Disney fairy tales, castles have captured the imagination of humankind for centuries. This exceptional bucket list travel guide takes the reader to the 100 most amazing castles across the globe, revealing their intriguing histories and must-see treasures. Explore the British Isles’ most storied palaces, the graceful chateaux of France, Germany’s mountaintop manors, the exotic castillos of Spain and Portugal, Asia’s ornate imperial forts and more. In addition, readers will find out where to play king for a day at castle hotels, learn which strongholds were featured in favorite films, and discover American beauties close to home. Featuring stunning photography, fascinating details and helpful travel tips, this volume is sure to inspire the next storybook adventure.
Publisher: Centennial Books
ISBN: 1951274334
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 111
Book Description
From Guinevere to Game of Thrones, from Dracula to Disney fairy tales, castles have captured the imagination of humankind for centuries. This exceptional bucket list travel guide takes the reader to the 100 most amazing castles across the globe, revealing their intriguing histories and must-see treasures. Explore the British Isles’ most storied palaces, the graceful chateaux of France, Germany’s mountaintop manors, the exotic castillos of Spain and Portugal, Asia’s ornate imperial forts and more. In addition, readers will find out where to play king for a day at castle hotels, learn which strongholds were featured in favorite films, and discover American beauties close to home. Featuring stunning photography, fascinating details and helpful travel tips, this volume is sure to inspire the next storybook adventure.
Dream Palaces
Author: Marc Walter
Publisher: Vendome Press
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Throughout the 19th century, European royalty built extraordinary palaces to which they retreated from their "official" lives in St. Petersburg, Paris, Vienna, and elsewhere. This book offers a panorama of these fantastic estates, where leading architects, craftsmen, muralists, garden designers, and naturalists were employed at enormous expense to create a life of unsurpassed luxury. Many of the palaces are now legendary: Ludwig II's famous Neuschwanstein, which dominates the Bavarian Alps; the "Alexandra Cottage" of Peterhof, the gift of Nicholas I to his wife; the lovely Castle of Miramare built for the ill-fated Archduke Maximilian, the short-lived emperor of Mexico. The palaces are "romantic" in every sense, as creations of their time, and as places suffused with nostalgic memory. Author Jérôme Coignard provides a brief overview of each royal family and their palace's architecture and decoration, drawing on contemporary memoirs and letters. Marc Walter's color photographs are accompanied by period interior views, watercolors, and family photographs. With information on visiting hours and directions to each of the palaces, this book offers a private tour through the last courts of Europe.
Publisher: Vendome Press
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Throughout the 19th century, European royalty built extraordinary palaces to which they retreated from their "official" lives in St. Petersburg, Paris, Vienna, and elsewhere. This book offers a panorama of these fantastic estates, where leading architects, craftsmen, muralists, garden designers, and naturalists were employed at enormous expense to create a life of unsurpassed luxury. Many of the palaces are now legendary: Ludwig II's famous Neuschwanstein, which dominates the Bavarian Alps; the "Alexandra Cottage" of Peterhof, the gift of Nicholas I to his wife; the lovely Castle of Miramare built for the ill-fated Archduke Maximilian, the short-lived emperor of Mexico. The palaces are "romantic" in every sense, as creations of their time, and as places suffused with nostalgic memory. Author Jérôme Coignard provides a brief overview of each royal family and their palace's architecture and decoration, drawing on contemporary memoirs and letters. Marc Walter's color photographs are accompanied by period interior views, watercolors, and family photographs. With information on visiting hours and directions to each of the palaces, this book offers a private tour through the last courts of Europe.
Abandoned Palaces
Author: Michael Kerrigan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781838865221
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Built to last, built to impress, built with style and grandeur - it is all the more remarkable when the most ostentatious of buildings fall into disrepair and become ruins. From imperial residences and aristocratic estates to hotels and urban mansions, Abandoned Palaces tells the stories behind dilapidated structures from all around the world. From ancient Roman villas to the French colonial hill station in Cambodia that was one of the final refuges of the Khmer Rouge, the book charts the fascinating decline of what were once the homes and holiday resorts of the most wealthy. Ranging from crumbling hotels in the Catskill Mountains or in Mozambique to grand mansions in Taiwan, and from an unfinished Elizabethan summerhouse to a modern megalomaniac's estate too expensive ever to be completed, the reasons for the abandonment of these buildings include politics, bankruptcy, personal tragedies, natural and man-made disasters, as well as changing tastes and fashions. With 150 outstanding colour photographs exploring more than 100 hauntingly beautiful locations, Abandoned Palaces is a brilliant and moving pictorial examination of worlds we have left behind.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781838865221
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Built to last, built to impress, built with style and grandeur - it is all the more remarkable when the most ostentatious of buildings fall into disrepair and become ruins. From imperial residences and aristocratic estates to hotels and urban mansions, Abandoned Palaces tells the stories behind dilapidated structures from all around the world. From ancient Roman villas to the French colonial hill station in Cambodia that was one of the final refuges of the Khmer Rouge, the book charts the fascinating decline of what were once the homes and holiday resorts of the most wealthy. Ranging from crumbling hotels in the Catskill Mountains or in Mozambique to grand mansions in Taiwan, and from an unfinished Elizabethan summerhouse to a modern megalomaniac's estate too expensive ever to be completed, the reasons for the abandonment of these buildings include politics, bankruptcy, personal tragedies, natural and man-made disasters, as well as changing tastes and fashions. With 150 outstanding colour photographs exploring more than 100 hauntingly beautiful locations, Abandoned Palaces is a brilliant and moving pictorial examination of worlds we have left behind.
Great Palaces
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Hampton Court Palace - Windsor Castle - Versailles - Malmaison - Fontainebleau - Alhambra - Aranjuez - Tsarskoe Selo - Winter Palace - Kronborg, Elsinore - Royal Palace, (Pink Palace) Monaco.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Hampton Court Palace - Windsor Castle - Versailles - Malmaison - Fontainebleau - Alhambra - Aranjuez - Tsarskoe Selo - Winter Palace - Kronborg, Elsinore - Royal Palace, (Pink Palace) Monaco.
Castles
Author: Plantagenet Somerset Fry
Publisher: David & Charles Publishers
ISBN: 9780715326923
Category : Castles
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Presents original maps, plans and archive illustrations alongside hundreds of photographs, showing ruins and surviving castles in their glory. This work includes descriptions of hundreds of special buildings, from remote ruins in isolated settings to imposing piles in towns and cities.
Publisher: David & Charles Publishers
ISBN: 9780715326923
Category : Castles
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Presents original maps, plans and archive illustrations alongside hundreds of photographs, showing ruins and surviving castles in their glory. This work includes descriptions of hundreds of special buildings, from remote ruins in isolated settings to imposing piles in towns and cities.
Castles and Fortresses
Author: Robin S. Oggins
Publisher: MetroBooks
ISBN: 9781567990959
Category : Architecture, Medieval
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Leads the reader on a tour through the history of the castle, from Europe in the early Middle Ages to North America in the twentieth century.
Publisher: MetroBooks
ISBN: 9781567990959
Category : Architecture, Medieval
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Leads the reader on a tour through the history of the castle, from Europe in the early Middle Ages to North America in the twentieth century.
Castles, Palaces and Stately Homes
Author: Charles Phillips
Publisher: Lorenz Books
ISBN: 9780754834960
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
This sumptuously illustrated history presents, in an updated new edition, an in-depth account of Britain's most important buildings.
Publisher: Lorenz Books
ISBN: 9780754834960
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
This sumptuously illustrated history presents, in an updated new edition, an in-depth account of Britain's most important buildings.