Castles of England Castle Howard (Castle HOWARD)
Castle Howard (Castle Howard) - known as the estate of Brideshead Revisited in the television adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's novel "Brideshead Revisited" - was designed by Sir John Vanbrugh for the third Earl of Carlisle. Castle, deliberately positioned to use the views of the surrounding landscape, was built between 1699 and 1712 years. Around him the architect Nicholas Hawksmoor with a park, which remains more or less intact. Inspired villa rotunda of Andrea Palladio in Vicenza Vanbrugh was the author of the South Lake and the four winds of the Council (1724-26) and Nicholas Hawksmoor - Mausoleum (1728-29).
300 years ago, one of the illustrious guests of Castle Howard estate compared to Eden: "If your ancestors, who were expelled from paradise, they would immediately come into this place, they would have made the substitution of one paradise to another," - exclaimed the astonished beauty of the building guest. Today's excursionists Castle Howard, his enthusiasm is completely understandable - the mansion to the adjacent park creates a unique impression of everyone who sees it.
