Some stories are just stories ; they are not history! Just like this castle.
This one looks like a castle , has a castle-like name , but it’s actually a winery. A beautiful winery which I want to remember as a castle ; even though wines are good enough there !
It’s newly constructed , though it looks old.
Wikipedia says : The castle interiors, which include 107 rooms on 8 levels above and below ground, cover approximately 121,000 square feet (11,200 m2). Among many other features it has: a moat; a drawbridge; defensive towers; an interior courtyard; a torture chamber; a chapel/church; a knights’ chamber; and a 72 by 30 feet (9.1 m) great hall with a 22-foot (6.7 m)-high coffered ceiling. The torture chamber has an authentic 300-year-old iron maiden which Sattui states he bought for $13,000 in Pienza, Italy, a replica rack, prison chambers and other torture devices. [1] [5][6] The great hall features frescoes painted by two Italian artists who took about a year and a half to complete and showcases a 500 year old fireplace.After the visit , I told my friends : We can re-create a castle , we can’t re-create its history!
A Word A Week - Castle
You have wonderful shots on your website. My photographs are not even close to any of them. Thank you so much for the invitation and your visit. 🙂
a winery and a castle, what a great combination, I love that very colorful and bright dining hall!
I would like to invite you to join us for Travel Photo Mondays, the link runs the whole week so I hope you can join us?
Hope you are having a great day too. Here it is just afternoon lunch break. 🙂 Thank you for the visit.:)
You are very welcome!! 😀 Hope you are having a great day/evening (depending where you are) 🙂
Thank you Skye . 🙂
Vishal, these are taken somewhere in Napa county, California. 🙂 Thanks for the comment 🙂
Archita!!! It’s amazingly beautiful. where are the pictures taken from?!
Beautiful.