Sinaia 11 Visiting Peles Castle4

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RoMANIA
Sinaia
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Visiting Pele? Castle
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Pele? Castle is a Neo-Renaissance castle in the
Carpathian Mountains, near Sinaia, in Romania.
This castle was used as a summer residence by the
kings of Romania, built at the wish of the first
Romanian king, Carol I (1866-1914). The
castle was a museum from its first years, opened
when the royal family did not use it, the tickets
sold financing Queens Elisabeta charity works.
After the castle was confiscated by the communist
regime, most of the art collections were
transferred to various art museums.
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For the time, Pele? had very modern facilities.
The glass ceiling of the Hall of Honour is
mobile, driven by an electric motor and since
1883 it benefited of central heating. Due to its
own power plant, Pele? castle was the first
electrified castle in Europe
Hall of Honour (Holul de Onoare)
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Regele Carol I al României Raffaello Romanelli
Regina Elisabeta Wladimir Hegel, 1891
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Carl Fischer Jost Niklaus, Conte de Zollern
Eitel Friedrich III, Conte de Zollern
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Carl Fischer St. George slaying the dragon
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The main reception hall was built between
1910-1911 according to the project of Karel Liman
who has had as source of inspiration renowned
German Renaissance models the Fredenhagen Hall
(Hans Dreger, 1583) of the nowadays Commerce
Palace from Lübeck and the Town hall of Bremen
(the spiral staircase)
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The walnut wood decoration, the bas-relirfs of
alabaster and the panels made of marquetery
depicting castles from Germany and Switzerland of
the Hohenzollern family have been manufactured in
the Bernhard Ludwig workshops (Vienna)
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Tapestries
Panels made of marquetery
Bas-relirfs of alabaster
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There are on display French Aubusson tapestries
dating from the 18th century, armchairs covered
with Beauvais tapestry and Cordoban leather and
two original chests dating from the 17th century
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Holul de Onoare (The Hall of Honour) was finished
completely only in 1911, under the guidance of
Karel Liman. It spreads over three floors. Walls
are dressed in exquisitely carved woodwork,
mostly European walnut and exotic timbers.
Bas-reliefs, alabaster sculptures, and
retractable stained glass panels complete the
decor.
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The ceiling of glass is decorated with stained
glass windows and it was made late 19th century
by F.K.Zetter workshops from Munich and it can be
opened electrically
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Pele? Castle is a unique construction, one of the
most important monuments of its kind in 19th
century Europe. By form and function, Pele? is a
palace, but it is consistently called a castle.
The castle was declared a museum in 1953. It was
closed to the public during the period between
1975-1990 
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Oscar Spaethe Madona din Nuremberg
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Passionate about art, Carol the 1st had numerous
collections, the number of art objects being
estimated at 60,000. In accordance with a
cultural policy specific to the nineteenth
century and in line with his own taste, King
Carol I created his own private gallery. It
included a collection of old paintings and a
collection of copies. Copies of works by famous
artists were commonplace and typical of the
nineteenth century, representing a keen interest
in artworks and a taste for the old masters. In
the absence of the famous originals, which by the
second half of the nineteenth century were all
housed in prestigious museums or private
galleries, copies of the old masters were
intended to lend the royal residence an air of
splendour. The list of the works to be copied
was drawn up by the King and obviously reflects
the romantic taste of late-nineteenth-century
collectors, who were interested in the Italian
primitives, Venetian painting, and the Spanish
and Dutch schools.
Ernst Klimt Tizian and Lavinia
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Ernst Klimt - Tizian and Lavinia The work is
listed in the museums records as a copy after
Titian (Detail)
Ernst Klimt copy after Anton Van Dyck in
Kunsthistori-sches Museum, Viena
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Gustav Klimt copy Isabella d'Este of Tizian -
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
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The Gustav Klimt  and Kunstler kompanie expo
Peles Castle 2012
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Text Internet Pictures Sanda Foisoreanu
Daniela Iacob Internet All copyrig
hts belong to their respective owners
Presentation Sanda Foisoreanu
2018
Sound Radu Lupu - The 
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15 (II), by
Ludwig van Beethoven