Galería Umbriana

Semana temática Octubre 2013: Castillos y Palacios

Castelul Peles

Castelul Peles

Subida por Kay

El castillo de Peles (1873-1914) es de estilo neo-renacentista y está en los Cárpatos, cerca de Sinaia, en el condado de Prahova, Rumania. En una ruta medieval que une Transylvania con Valaquia. Inaugurado en 1883.

Fuente: Peles Castle

Kay
 
27/10/2013, 10:45

Trabajaron entre trescientos y cuatrocientos hombres en su construcción. Isabel de Wied, reina consorte de Rumania escribió en su diario durante la construcción del castillo:

Italians were masons, Romanians were building terraces, the Gypsies were coolies. Albanians and Greeks worked in stone, Germans and Hungarians were carpenters. Turks were burning brick. Engineers were Polish and the stone carvers were Czech. The Frenchmen were drawing, the Englishmen were measuring, and so was then when you could see hundreds of national costumes and fourteen languages in which they spoke, sang, cursed and quarreled in all dialects and tones, a joyful mix of men, horses, cart oxen and domestic buffaloes.