Castle of the Month

Each month, I showcase a beautiful castle from somewhere around the world.  I hope you enjoy this page, and that it inspires you to find your own home and make it your castle.  

Castle of the Month - February 2021

Dunrobin Castle, Sutherland, Scottish Highlands, Scotland

Dunrobin Castle is the largest castle in the Scottish Highlands.  It's origins begin in the 14th century, and the tower that was built during that time still stands in the existing castle.  The castle was built in the midst of a tribal turf war between Norse and Gaelic people.  The first Earldom was created there in 1445, but it was subject to continuous battles for ownership and control for over three hundred years.  Its history includes some rather gory and graphic episodes of beheadings and deaths. 

The castle was extensively remodeled in the mid-1800s by Sir Charles Barry, the architect of the Palace of Westminster, the home of the House of Commons.  It was used as a naval hospital prior to World War I, before a fire damaged the roof and much of the interior of the castle. After the War, it was again remodeled, and was used as a boy's boarding school.  It is now open to the public, and the family of the current Countess of Sutherland has a private residence there, among its 189 rooms.  

The castle is open to visitors from April through September every year, and tours include falconry displays held in the castle's gardens by a resident Falconer.  (For the uneducated, including me, that means flying demonstrations of golden eagles and peregrine falcons, both residents of the Scottish Highlands, and discussions about the ancient art of falconry.) 

January 2021 - Bran Castle, "Dracula's Castle", Brasov, Transylvania, Romania.

December 2020 - Schwerin Palace, Schwerin, Germany

November 2020 - Pena Palace, Sintra, Portugal

October 2020 - Peles Castle, Sinaia, Romania

September 2020 - Hughenden Manor, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England

August 2020 - Chateau Lednice, South Moravia, Czech Republic

July 2020 - Chateau de Chenonceau, Loire Valley, France

June 2020 - Wawel Castle, Krakow, Poland

May 2020 - Fountainebleau Palace, Paris, France

April 2020 - Highclere Castle, Hampshire, England

March 2020 - Moritzburg Castle, Moritzburg, Saxony, Germany

February 2020 - Neuschwanstein Castle, Bavaria, Germany

January 2020 - Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England

December 2019 - Inveraray Castle, Argyll, Scotland

 

 

 

 

 

For help in finding your "castle," email Carol at homes@pasadena-homes.com, or call her at 626.351.5999, to find your own home.