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.
Honored at the base of the castle, as it is called possession (though never locked in the usual sense, he was not) belongs to Charles Howard, who was the third Earl of Karalayla, who lived on the border of 17-18 century. One of the richest men in the kingdom at the time, called the graph as the architect of his family estate of Sir John Vanbrugh, for which the project was the debut of his career. Vanbrugh was building plan in the style of continental baroque, which never became popular in England. As a result, the palace became Howard's most luxurious building of this style in the country. Most of the work was done in the period from 1700 to 1710, although the improvement of the building and the surrounding areas continued in general about a century.
Castle Howard - a sophisticated architecture and elegant collection of paintings, fountains, statues, an English landscape park, a garden with roses, flowerbeds and even a tree nursery. This serene forests and lakes, which are located on the run through the nearby areas. Besides Castle Howard - a private house, one of the largest in the country, this building was born and brought up the current owner of the castle. Despite the status of private ownership, Castle Howard is open to the public. Every year, come to admire the building of approximately 200,000 visitors.
In 1975, Lord Howard (1920-84) and Jim Russell, a lover of botany, began to collect one of the most complete collections in Europe, winter-hardy woody plants. In 1997, 51 hectares of land in trust was "Castle Howard Arboretum," the center of Castle Howard, co-operation with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. In 1999 it was opened to the public. Garden around the castle Howard continues to evolve. Among the recent additions - landing 5 tons of bulbs of daffodils.
