Author Archives: Castles of the Realm
Dior Opens La Château de La Colle Noire – Wonderland Magazine – Wonderland Magazine
April 25th, 2016 It’s a historic moment for Dior as the label delves deep into their rich heritage. Photograph: Parfums Christian Dior If you watched Dior and I (if not, where have you been?) you’ll almost certainly remember the scene where Raf visits Christian Dior’s idyllic, pastel coloured childhood home in Granville, Normandy. Well, now there’s another important and … Continue reading
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Mountaintop mansion in Arizona delivers lots of privacy | Toronto Star
Once upon a mountain, a security-conscious king built a magnificent castle where his five beautiful daughters could live in peace and privacy. He even gave each princess a bedroom with no access to the terrace, to thwart secret suitors. That’s the story — slightly tweaked — of a secluded estate in the upper Sonoran Desert, … Continue reading
Eurovision Discover Stockholm: The Royal Palace
ESCToday in collaboration with the City of Stockholm will be bringing you a series of articles leading up to the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest in order to showcase and introduce the 2016 Eurovision host city Stockholm to our readers. Today we will have a look at the magnificent Royal Palace in Stockholm with its royal … Continue reading
Alarms ring over palace security
Five years after a lone right-wing terrorist drove a bomb-laden van right up to the entrance of Norway’s government headquarters, with devastating results, the Royal Palace in Oslo remains vulnerable to such an attack. Security experts are sounding alarms over an alleged lack of security at the historic home of King Harald and Queen Sonja in the heart … Continue reading
Conservators Work to Open the Forbidden City’s Secret Garden to the Public
Post-restoration interior of Juanqinzhai (2008) (photo by Si Bing/Palace Museum) I visited the Forbidden City in Beijing this past November, and it felt endless. Courtyard after courtyard led to one stunning peaked structure after the next, with decorative rock formations and quiet corridors running along the sides of the walled complex. It was also mobbed with people — huge groups … Continue reading
Pabst Mansion in Illinois Back on the Market for $5.25M
realtor.com Just north of the Chicago city limits, along the North Shore of Lake Michigan, are a slew of historic mansions, with the glittering shoreline practically in their backyards. One of the most historic is this Georgian-style mansion in Glencoe, built in 1936 for former Pabst Brewing Co. President Harris Perlstein and designed by legendary architect William Pereira. The eight-bedroom, … Continue reading
For $13M, you can party like it’s 1999 in Prince’s former Bridle Path mansion – CityNews
Perfect for the ultimate Prince fan. An opulent Bridle Path mansion in northern Toronto formerly owned by Prince is on the market for the cool price of $12,788,000. The iconic pop star died Thursday at the age of 57 at his home in Minneapolis, Minn. The cause of death is not yet known. Prince was a … Continue reading
Robert Fidler starts to demolish his illegal tin and concrete castle in Surrey | Daily Mail Online
Published: 05:55 EST, 22 April 2016 | Updated: 07:16 EST, 22 April 2016 A stubborn farmer who battled for almost a decade to keep his illegal mock Tudor castle has finally started demolishing his beloved million-pound home. Robert Fidler, 67, conceded a nine-year legal battle and began tearing down the illegal mock Tudor house last … Continue reading