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B.ellaBella@pixelfed.social
2023-11-03
Yesterday I was at Strünkede #Castle in #Herne. It is a #moatedCastle dating back to 1243. Pretty, isn't it?
#Ruhrpott #architecture #medieval
A castle-like enclosed complex that stands in the centre of a castle pond. The exterior façade is light-coloured, the roof is red. The sky and water are blue, the sun shines on the entrance to the castle. A stone bridge followed by a wooden bridge leads to the entrance.The south wing of the castle with an early Baroque gateway from the 17th century. The round arch portal is crowned by the coat of arms of the von Strünkede family. A stone bridge leads to the entrance.On the right is the pond in which the castle stands. On the left, a stone wall with plants growing out of it. Behind it a part of the castle.The inner courtyard of the castle. There is a very tall tree in the centre. Its leaves are green and yellow. There is a museum in one of the buildings.
B.ellaBella@pixelfed.social
2023-06-25
Today's early morning #bikeride took me to Kalkum #Castle, a moated castle in #Düsseldorf. Originating from one of the oldest knight's residences in the region, the ancestral seat of the knightly lords of Kalkum, the property passed to the lords of Winkelhausen around the middle of the 15th century, who were to determine the fate of the complex for the following 300 years. Altered in the 17th century to a castle in the Baroque style, the complex received its present external appearance essentially through a classicist reconstruction in the years 1808 to 1814 according to designs by the #Krefeld master builder Georg Peter Leydel. The castle is surrounded by an approximately 19-hectare #castlepark.
It's pretty, isn't it?
#HistoryLessonWithBella #June #spring #MoatedCastle #biketour
A red building with a tower surrounded by trees. In the foreground is a meadow, above it a cloudless sky.View of the moat on which the leaves of water lilies float. Parts of the red castle can be seen, including another tower. The sun shines on the moat.The façade of the castle. Two rows of windows one above the other and another tower.A pond full of water lilies, surrounded by trees. The sky is reflected in the water. The sun is shining. I think it looks very, very pretty.

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