Wicky
January 16th, 2005, 10:41 PM
Budmerice castle near Trnava, Slovakia, is an artifact of its kind and of its age. Together with its original and new satellite buildings, the central English park, the outbuildings and neighboring woods it forms one extensive but compact area. And, frankly, not mine pictures.
The complex of buildings, of which the castle is the dominant and architectonically most valuable, was built in 19th century.
From the point of view of style, the manor belongs to the last independent trend in eclecticism, represented by the creation of romantic architecture that looks back to an earlier age in history. It is assumed that the inspiration for the design of the manor came from Italian Late Gothic, above all urban towered signories and French Renaissance (1848-1918), specially the Renaissance Castles on the Loire.
Research and records differ in opinion about the true architect. The "only" thing we know for certain about the architect, therefore, is that he had excellent artistic taste, which is seen not only in all the original buildings of the manor complex, including the beautiful round water tower beside the millrace, but also the generous planning of the whole original grounds with the essential farm estate situated beyond the southern fence of the grounds (to the left when facing the main entrance to the grounds).
After the Second World War Budmerice manor was given to Slovak writers as the Literary Fund's Home of Slovak Writers. It also the place of various domestic and international conferences.
http://kamvyrazit.szm.sk/obrazky/kastielbudmericekastielbudmerice.v.jpg
http://www.lubomir.007.sk/pages/slovensko/hrady/015a.jpg
http://www.cg.tuwien.ac.at/studentwork/CESCG/CESCG98/photos/cescg12.jpg
The complex of buildings, of which the castle is the dominant and architectonically most valuable, was built in 19th century.
From the point of view of style, the manor belongs to the last independent trend in eclecticism, represented by the creation of romantic architecture that looks back to an earlier age in history. It is assumed that the inspiration for the design of the manor came from Italian Late Gothic, above all urban towered signories and French Renaissance (1848-1918), specially the Renaissance Castles on the Loire.
Research and records differ in opinion about the true architect. The "only" thing we know for certain about the architect, therefore, is that he had excellent artistic taste, which is seen not only in all the original buildings of the manor complex, including the beautiful round water tower beside the millrace, but also the generous planning of the whole original grounds with the essential farm estate situated beyond the southern fence of the grounds (to the left when facing the main entrance to the grounds).
After the Second World War Budmerice manor was given to Slovak writers as the Literary Fund's Home of Slovak Writers. It also the place of various domestic and international conferences.
http://kamvyrazit.szm.sk/obrazky/kastielbudmericekastielbudmerice.v.jpg
http://www.lubomir.007.sk/pages/slovensko/hrady/015a.jpg
http://www.cg.tuwien.ac.at/studentwork/CESCG/CESCG98/photos/cescg12.jpg