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Castle
Boldt resides on the beautiful Heart Island and remains a monument of love to
this day, the love of George C. Boldt for his wife, Louise.
According
to Boldt Castle history, “Beginning in 1900, the Boldt family spent summers
in the 1000 Islands at the Boldt Families Wellesley House near Mr. Boldt’s
Wellesley Island Farms while 300 workers including stonemasons, carpenters,
and artists fashioned the six story, 120 room castle, complete with tunnels,
a powerhouse, Italian gardens, a drawbridge, alster tower (children's
playhouse) and a dove cote. Not a single detail or expense was spared.”
'Man
plans and God laughs'.
Boldt
Castle was planned to have eleven buildings, the most grand and luxurious
castle in the Thousand Islands. But tragedy struck a year before it was
completed, when Louise died. George, his heart broken, ordered the
construction to stop, and never again returned to this island.
The
castle and its buildings stood alone, abandoned, for 73 years, abused by
weather and vandals. In 1977, the castle returned to real ownership when it
was bought by the Thousand Islands Bridge Authority for staggering price
of.... $1. Since then, loving hands have restored it.
On
the left: The staircase. Upper right: Main gate
and Alister tower.
Bottom
right: Sunset reflecting off the Boldt castle
powerhouse.
Boldt
Castle is an amazing architectural achievement, and includes a yacht house,
the Alster tower, the power house and legendary castle with 120 rooms. It has
all you dream about in a romantic castle, and to this day lucky couples get
married there.
2.
Casa Loma
Casa
Loma (Spanish for: "House on the hill")
was built by Major-General Sir Henry Mill Pellatt who promised his wife Mary
a 'sprawling castle'. The castle was built in 1911 and no expenses were
spared by Sir Henry. It was considered very modern at the time and cost over
$5 million to build and furnish. Just so you understand, that amount today
would be the equal of $65 million.
Despite
the expense and beauty of the castle, the couple lived in it for only 10
years, until they lost their fortune in the depression that following world
war I. Sir Henry was forced to auction $1.5 million in art items and the furnishings
for only $250,000.
300
workers constructed this love castle, which boasts 98 rooms spread over 3
stories. It used to hold the title of largest private residence in Canada.
Inside was “an elevator, an oven large enough to cook an ox, two vertical
passages for pipe organs, central vacuum, two secret passages in Sir Henry’s
ground-floor office and three bowling alleys."
Wow.
After
the couple left the castle it became a hotel for a short while in the 1920s,
then a night spot.
Today,
Casa Loma is a museum and a popular landmark destination for tourists. The
exterior of the castle has been through restoration, and the castle is
surrounded by 5 acres of beautiful gardens.
3.
The Taj Mahal
We
all know the beautiful Taj Mahal in Agra Uttar Pradesh, India. While it was
definitely built for love, it was the memory of love that it was really built
for, as the 'favorite wife' of Emperor Shah Jahan, who had this mausoleum
built in her honor.
A
side view of the Taj Mahal. The dome and 4
standing minarets were all built out of pure white marble. The emperor wanted
this to be the most glorious monument ever built for a woman by a man. We
can't really say he failed.
The
inside of the Taj Mahal, as well as the
outlying buildings, were mostly built out of red sandstone. In building it,
the architects combined different architectural styles, including Indian,
Persian and Islamic. But the heart of the 'castle' remains the tomb and the
memory of lost true love.
4.
Kellie's Castle
The
oldest castle in Malaysia, Kellie's castle was built for the love Scottish
planter William Kellie Smith held for his Scottish wife Agnes. In 1903,
William brought Agnes to Malaysia and into the castle. But Agnes was not
happy there, for she missed her homeland terribly. In 1915, she gave birth to
a baby boy, which is when Kellie made the mistake of expanding the castle, a
move that turned a beautiful castle into a sad story.
During
this further construction and in celebration of his new son, William decided
to combine 3 different architectural styles: Indian, Greco-Roman and Moorish.
Almost immediately after construction on this huge venture began, the Spanish
flu erupted in the area, killing the lion share of the 70 construction
workers he hired, while scaring off many of the survivors. To please his
Indian workers, William had a Hindu temple built near the castle, and so the
workers were mollified and restarted construction.
Although
the construction continued, many of the workers spread stories about the
castle being 'cursed' and 'haunted'. When William left for England to buy
a crane for the castle tower, he caught pneumonia and died shortly after. Following
his death, the workers fled the site and the building was left uncompleted.
Many claim this spot is haunted and it attracts paranormal groups every year.
5.
Thornewood Castle
Thornewood
Castle was indeed built for love. It resides in Tacoma, Washington. This
castle was not built for a new bride or a dead one, but by Chester Thorne for
his wife of 20 years. For its beautiful interior, it has been used in the
film 'Rose Red', based on a Stephen King story.
Top
photo: Construction of 'rose red', 1910.
Lower
left: Interior living room.
Lower right: Interior fireplace in living room.
The
gardens of Thornwood are stunning, and were originally built for Anna, the
wife. She used to call the sunken English garden her "secret
garden". This chess set remains from those days as a silent testament to
the true love between this man and wife. This is one castle of love that did
NOT suffer a tragic ending, for which we are grateful.
6.
Taj Lake Palace
Some
castles are built for romantic love, while others were built for a more...
amorous type of love. Take for example the Taj Lake Palace in Udaipur. The
construction of the palace began as a rebellious act by a stubborn prince.
According
to the palace history, it had "Glowing moonlight. Gentle lakeside
breezes. A whole entourage of courtesans. What young prince could resist?
Certainly not Maharana Jagat Singh II. Legend has it that the young prince
indulged in moonlight picnics with the ladies of the Zenana on the lake island
palace of Jag Mandir. A pleasurable pastime – until his father found out.
With that option closed to him, there was only one solution. He built his own
pleasure palace on a different island in Lake Pichola."
The
Lily Pond from an exterior view point of the Taj Lake Palace. Construction
began in 1743 and finished in 1746. So this amazing lover's nest was indeed
built for love, but some would just call it passion instead.
Today
it is one of the most romantic hotels in the world.
7.
Torrechiara Castle
This
huge solid stone castle was built in Northern Italy, 1448 to 1460. It was
built by a count, Pier Maria II Rossi, who built it out of love for Bianca
Pellegrini. It was called Torrechiara. In 1985, scenes from the movie
Ladyhawk were filmed there.
Out
of the four towers of the castle, one is called the 'Lily Tower' (Torre Del
Giglio) and bears the coat of arms of the count's lover Bianca. This was an
amazing love nest, and is famous for its 'Golden Chamber', a known erotic
chamber in Italy, decorated with paintings of women looking for their lover,
entwined hearts marked with the lovers' initials and joined by a ribbon on
which is written 'Nunc Et Semper', or in English - Now
and forever.
This
castle also had no tragic ending, we're happy to report!
8.
Layton Castle
Layton
Castle in Utah was built for SPURNED love instead of romantic love. The story
goes that :"A man and his wife lived somewhere else before the castle
was built, but the wife "e was always being told by her mother that her
husband would never amount to anything and that she should leave him and
marry someone richer. After a time she did just that and her new husband
never amounted to much."
She
moved to Utah and built herself a lovely home. But soon after she was
remarried, the first, spurned husband came into a great deal of wealth and
became very successful. Out of pure spite, he built this castle up on the
East...almost in her backyard! This way, he could look out and see all the
houses on the way to the Great Salt Lake, including hers.
Every
time she stood at the kitchen window, she saw her ex-husband's beautiful
castle.
Maybe
the moral is that Sometimes you should give a person a second chance.
But
there is also a love story behind this castle built for spurned love.
Gary Willey was a man who one day met a beautiful dark haired lady named
Lynda Roundy, and it was 'life at first sight'. The couple met, courted and
traveled the globe, falling more and more in love. Filled with soft feelings,
Gary vowed he would build her the most amazing home, including pools, tennis
courts and a stable.
However,
soon after construction began, Lynda lost her life to cancer. Despite this,
the castle was completed and Gary dedicated the home to his love.
In this sad alternative story, Layton Castle was built for love rather than
spite.
9.
Craigdarroch Castle
Craigdarroch
Castle was built in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. It was built by
Scottish immigrant Robert Dunsmuir, who promised to build a new home for his
wife Joan. He hired to architects to build it in 1887. Four months into the
project, one of them died but the other carried on and finished building the
castle. Robert himself died, unfortunately, in 1889, one year before the
massive home was actually completed. The interior woodwork of the castle
alone filled 5 railway cars from Chicago.
The
original grounds of the castle encompassed 28 acres. It takes 87 steps to
reach the tower on the top level, but once you’ve reached it, the view is
impressive: Victoria Harbor to the west, the Strait of Juan de Fuca to the
south, the Olympic Mountains and the San Juan Islands to the east, as well as
the city of Victoria itself. The castle is over 20,000 square feet, spread
throughout 39 rooms on 4½ floors. It has 17 fireplaces.
The
exterior is constructed of marble, granite, sandstone, terra cotta, and
Vermont slate in the Romanesque/Chateauesque style. It is now a historical
museum that attracted 150,000 yearly visitors, and has seen its share of
Hollywood fame, supplying a set for movies such as Little Women
(1994), Spooky House (2000) and Cats Dogs
(2001).
10.
Leeds Castle
And
of course, there is the famous Leeds Castle, built near Kent, England.
According to 'InfoBritain': “Leeds Castle was originally a Norman
fortification,” but the castle has a “stronger association with love than
war. One of the most romantic kings in history, Richard II, gave Leeds Castle
as a gift to his adored wife Anne of Bohemia. Richard was a sensitive man,
who aspired to peace in a warlike age. To escape constant power struggles
waged by aggressive nobles, he would spend fleeting dreamy hours at Leeds
Castle with Anne."
The
chronicler Jean Froissart describes how he presented a richly illustrated
book to Richard at Leeds Castle in 1395. The king, Froissart wrote, was
delighted when told that the book was ‘about love.’ A first edition of
Froissart’s Chronicles remains at the castle. It is heartening that a
building originally created for war should have slowly turned into a
extravagant gift for the ladies.”
Leeds
is a feminine castle, after Anne of
Bohemia, it was owned by Queen Eleanor, Isabella of France (Kind Edward II's
wife) and Margaret of France (King Edward III's wife). Years later, kind
Henry V gave the castle as a gift to his wife Catherine de Valois.
The
chapel shot on the left was built by King Edward I for the purpose of a daily
Mass to be sung for his beloved wife Eleanor who died in 1290. Edward was a
ruthless king, but he clearly loved Eleanor. It is fitting that evidence of
this affection should be linked with Leeds Castle.
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Monday, June 3, 2013
10 Amazing Castles Built for Love!
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