Showing posts with label Palace. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Palace. Show all posts

"Where danish royals go swimming"

Palace | Grasten | Denmark | 2013-09
Gråsten Palace (Danish: Gråsten Slot) is best known for being the summer residence of the Danish Royal Family. It is located in Gråsten in the Jutland region of southern Denmark. The main house has a modern, all-white facade, with Venetian doors opening onto sweeping, manicured lawns and gravel walkways. The grounds include a huge stables court. Origin: wikipedia



"Blickwinkelsucher: Weird and wonderful Bruchsal Palace"

Blickwinkelsucher | Bruchsal | Germany | 2013-04
The "Blickwinkelsucher Ubstadt" (what means "Perspective View Finder") is a group of Photo-Friends in the surrounding of the "Family Center Ubstadt-Weiher". The "Blickwinkelsucher Ubstadt" made an excursion to the Bruchsal palace. We choosed the theme "Weird and Wonderful".

More at www.blickwinkelsucher.de








"Water all around it"

Castle | Glücksburg | Germany | 2012-09
Glücksburg Castle (Danish: Lyksborg slot) is one of the most important Renaissance castles in Northern Europe. It was for the Duke's lines of the house Glücksburg a headquarter and was temporary residence of the Danish royal family. The building is located in Glücksburg near Flensburg Fjord. The family members of the house Glücksburg are related to almost all European dynasties. Origin: wikipedia

"Today a hospital - 350 years ago a palace"

Augustenborg | Sonderborg | Denmark | 2012-08
Augustenborg Palace is a Rococo-style palace in the southwestern part of Augustenborg, Als Island, Denmark, overlooking Augustenborg Fjord. The palace owes its name to Duchess Auguste. The original half-timbered manor house was built in 1660-4 by Ernest Günther. The largest room in the castle was the church hall, which dates from the late 18th century. It is a successor building of an older chapel from 1671, which was demolished before the construction of the castle. Origin: wikipedia

"Where Margarete spends her summer holiday" - Part 2

Palace | Grasten | Denmark | 2012-08
Gråsten Palace (Danish: Gråsten Slot) is best known for being the summer residence of the Danish Royal Family. It is located in Gråsten in the Jutland region of southern Denmark. The main house has a modern, all-white facade, with Venetian doors opening onto sweeping, manicured lawns and gravel walkways. The grounds include a huge stables court. Origin: wikipedia

"Where Margarete spends her summer holiday" - Part 1

Palace | Grasten | Denmark | 2012-08
Gråsten Palace (Danish: Gråsten Slot) is best known for being the summer residence of the Danish Royal Family. It is located in Gråsten in the Jutland region of southern Denmark. The main house has a modern, all-white facade, with Venetian doors opening onto sweeping, manicured lawns and gravel walkways. The grounds include a huge stables court. Origin: wikipedia

"Almost european capital of culture 2017"

Sønderborg | Denmark | 2012-08
The town of Sønderborg is home to Sønderborg Castle (Sønderborg Slot and has a population of 27,304 (1 January 2012). Sønderborg castle is in the centre of the town, and houses a museum focusing on the history and culture of the area. Origin: wikipedia

"That´s why Karlsruhe is the fan city"

Palace+Botanical Garden | Karlsruhe | Germany | 2006-10
Karlsruhe Palace (German: Karlsruher Schloss) was erected in 1715 by Margrave Charles III William of Baden-Durlach, after a dispute with the citizens of his previous capital, Durlach. The city of Karlsruhe has since grown around it and was planned with the tower of the palace (Schloss) at the centre and 32 streets radiating out from it like spokes on a wheel, or ribs on a folding fan, so that a nickname for Karlsruhe in German is the "fan city" (Fächerstadt).
Origin: wikipedia