Oops... a number of pictures of Crathes Castle - 20-ish miles away on Deeside - have snuck into the video. Otherwise very good. I have visited many times as some of my ancestors lived and worked on the estate in the late 1700s.
Magnifique château ! Beau documentaire ! L'image du château apparaît également dans Wizards of Wavrly Place sous le nom de « WizTech School of Witchcraft and Wizardry ».
Oh boy so much missing Fredick the IV King? Yeah he is known as the Winter-King as he was made king of Bohemia by the Protestant Union that started the thirty years war and was driven out of Bohemia with in a year. As to the gardens they where planned by Elizabeth Stuart Fredrick´s wife. This was the weak spot that the French used to attack the castle. After 1618 Fredrick and his wife never returned to Heidelberg again, as the Province of the Pfalz was taken over bei Maximilian 1 of Bavaria as a punishment for asuming the titel of King of Bohemia against the will of Emperer Ferdinand II. In the late 19th century Wilhelm II wanted to rebuild the castle to it´s old state but the people of Heidelberg where against it, they wanted it to stay a ruin as a memorial of the French aggression, so he rebuilt instead Hochkönigsburg Castle in the Alsation region.
Very nicely done, as usual. Thank you. Ironically, the same ruthless, capitalist Anglo-American system that made it possible for Henry Pellet to make his fortune and build this extravagant castle destroyed him. The hateful aspect of the capitalist system is that focuses only on profit, ignoring everything else; that is why countless beautiful mansions in the US, Canada, Australia and the UK were demolished. These atrocities were extremely rare in continental Europe where an aristocratic view of life and history prevailed.
*** Note that Ooidonk Castle is open to the public only from spring to fall, and ONLY ON SELECT DAYS & HOURS. For specific visiting information please view their website. ooidonk.be/
Very interesting and nicely done. I am looking forward to visiting this magnificent castle. I suppose you were not allowed to film the interiors since the video consists of stills. Greetings from Argentina. PS: I have just subscribed.
A lot of the Statues in the park was actually stolen from Prague and the Königsberg palace in the Town. During the 30 year war Swedish army looted the Town on its treasures.
