The myriad of breathtaking castles that the world is full of makes it difficult to draw up a ranking of the most beautiful. We have tried and in this ranking of the most beautiful castles in the world.
Alcàzar of Segovia
The Alcàzar is a stone castle located in the historic center of Segovia. Its shape resembles the prow of a ship and is located on a rocky hill. The Alcàzar, one of Spain’s most iconic palace-castles, was built in the 12th century. It was originally intended to function as a fortress, but served as a royal palace, state prison, and military academy. A little curiosity: this castle inspired the one in Walt Disney’s famous Cinderella cartoon.
Windsor Castle
These castles have many frescoes and sculpture and so here we are talking about the art conservation and art restorationare that are 2 very delicate themes, because between the two there is the fact of conserving and restoring works of art that many times are many years old and therefore it makes the restoration of the work difficult, for this reason it is very difficult and delicate as a job.
Prague Castle
One of the largest and oldest castles in the world is in front of your eyes. The construction of Prague Castle began around the 9th century. This fortress, 570 m long and about 130 m wide, was installed on one of the nine hills of the city. It was from this center that the capital developed.
Castello di Kilkenny
Kilkenny Irish Castle was built in 1195 by William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, to control the River Nore. This medieval fortification has undergone numerous restorations and is now open to the public. It is now considered to be one of Ireland’s most popular tourist attractions. The painting restoration, as I told you before, also here needs a lot of concentration due to the fact that most of the paintings are very old.
Conwy Castle
Conwy Castle is a medieval fortification on the North Wales coast; it was built by Edward I during his 13th century conquest of Wales. The huge investment in the construction of the towers makes it the most expensive of all the castles built by Edward I. But calling it the most expensive would be an understatement: this is also the most important thing.
Neuschwanstein Castle
This castle is a 19th century mansion located on a solid hill in Bavaria, Germany. The palace was commissioned by Ludwig II of Bavaria as a refuge and was opened to the paid public shortly after his death in 1886. Each year, this magnificent fortress is visited by over 1.3 million people. Art conservators care a lot about these things like castles, frescoes and many other things related to art.
