Castell Coch (Red Castle) Cardiff, Wales
May 23, 2014 03:42:30 #
Castell Coch, Outskirts of Cardiff, Wales.
May 23, 2014 05:45:09 #
What a great old castle. Most of the castles I visited in Germany were mostly ruins. Nice to see one that still maintains its former glory.
May 23, 2014 09:43:07 #
ebrunner wrote:
What a great old castle. Most of the castles I visited in Germany were mostly ruins. Nice to see one that still maintains its former glory.
Hi, The Castle was built on the site of a 13th Century fortification, but is classified as a 9th-century Gothic Revival. Quite impressive however.
May 23, 2014 21:06:09 #
May 24, 2014 08:39:33 #
Lucian
Loc: From Wales, living in Ohio
Well you can see a scaled down version if you like in Franklin Tennessee. A friend built one using the original plans from Castell Coch. He also hosts an annual Medieval Festival there on his grounds each year. Well worth a drive there. The owner's name is Mike and he often leads the tour around the place. He has a beard and used to be the size of a slightly slimmer King Henry VIII in his later years
If you do visit and see him, tell him Lucian says hello. I used to visit the real place a lot when I was back home in Wales, we lived about 30 mins away. Nice pics by the way, rjallen
If you do visit and see him, tell him Lucian says hello. I used to visit the real place a lot when I was back home in Wales, we lived about 30 mins away. Nice pics by the way, rjallen
May 24, 2014 10:31:39 #
May 24, 2014 11:44:26 #
rjallen wrote:
Castell Coch, Outskirts of Cardiff, Wales.
Lovely shots of a fantastic place.
The domed ceiling is exquisite.
The courtyard makes me think of Shakespeare and the old globe theatre.
May 24, 2014 15:33:23 #
Oh my goodness! How beautiful!
rjallen wrote:
Castell Coch, Outskirts of Cardiff, Wales.
May 24, 2014 19:45:28 #
rjallen wrote:
Castell Coch, Outskirts of Cardiff, Wales.
Good interesting series. :thumbup: :thumbup:
May 24, 2014 23:04:42 #
May 25, 2014 23:25:07 #
May 25, 2014 23:45:02 #
rjallen wrote:
Hi, The Castle was built on the site of a 13th Century fortification, but is classified as a 9th-century Gothic Revival. Quite impressive however.
I think you meant 19th century Gothic Revival.
May 26, 2014 04:51:25 #
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