The Castle Builders - Dreams & Decorations – Castles as Homes & Palaces Ep.3
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The Castle Builders - Dreams & Decorations – Castles as Homes & Palaces
In this series, we’ve seen the castle develop across the centuries. In this final episode, we trace a major change in the primary purpose of a castle – from fort to palace. Castle builders become decorators and dreamers, cementing the place of their creations in the imaginations of everyone. The castle becomes a place of luxury, fantasy and ceremonial.
It’s a tale that will to take us to the astonishing châteaux of the Loire and to a castle in Germany which has been in the hands of the same family for thirty-three generations. It will also lead us into an industrial age where the castle surprisingly gets a new lease of life. We’ll see why the castle’s appeal has always rested on its dual purpose – as a fortress and a residence.
We’ll visit Windsor on the outskirts of London which features two contrasting faces of the castle in our modern world. Windsor Castle is a tourist destination of global significance, one of the principal homes of British royalty. Its status as a symbol glorifying the English monarchy dates back hundreds of years – to the reign of Edward III in the fourteenth-century. Within sight of the real Windsor Castle, the Legoland resort trades on the excitement that the castle represents for the modern family. It has a castle-themed roller-coaster and its medieval citadel built in plastic bricks takes pride of place as a global icon alongside world cities like London, Amsterdam and Paris.
More than any other historical structure, the castle retains a grip on our imaginations – as a reminder of the brutality of medieval times and as a symbol of a Golden Age. For children of all ages, the work of the Castle Builders still fascinates.
In this series, we’ve seen the castle develop across the centuries. In this final episode, we trace a major change in the primary purpose of a castle – from fort to palace. Castle builders become decorators and dreamers, cementing the place of their creations in the imaginations of everyone. The castle becomes a place of luxury, fantasy and ceremonial.
It’s a tale that will to take us to the astonishing châteaux of the Loire and to a castle in Germany which has been in the hands of the same family for thirty-three generations. It will also lead us into an industrial age where the castle surprisingly gets a new lease of life. We’ll see why the castle’s appeal has always rested on its dual purpose – as a fortress and a residence.
We’ll visit Windsor on the outskirts of London which features two contrasting faces of the castle in our modern world. Windsor Castle is a tourist destination of global significance, one of the principal homes of British royalty. Its status as a symbol glorifying the English monarchy dates back hundreds of years – to the reign of Edward III in the fourteenth-century. Within sight of the real Windsor Castle, the Legoland resort trades on the excitement that the castle represents for the modern family. It has a castle-themed roller-coaster and its medieval citadel built in plastic bricks takes pride of place as a global icon alongside world cities like London, Amsterdam and Paris.
More than any other historical structure, the castle retains a grip on our imaginations – as a reminder of the brutality of medieval times and as a symbol of a Golden Age. For children of all ages, the work of the Castle Builders still fascinates.