Photos of beautiful castles. Fairy tale castles that actually exist
The most famous castles are castles from fairy tales, legends and myths. All princesses, kings and dragons, according to legend, live in castles. AT modern world where there is no place for magic, castles become just examples of medieval architecture and a place where historical values. This list contains 10 of the most popular ones.
Surrounded by forested mountains bran castle is an calling card Romania is popularly called "Dracula's Castle", despite the fact that Vlad Tepes himself never called it his home. Life in the castle began in 1378, when the area was defended from the Ottomans, then it was turned into a customs post on the pass between Transylvania and Wallachia. Vlad the Impaler, the hero of Bram Stoker's vampire novel, never lived here permanently, he just spent 2 days in the castle's dungeon, locked up by the Ottoman invaders who invaded Transylvania.
Germany is famous for its medieval architecture, and this 80-meter-high castle stands out for its great size and beauty, despite now being in ruins. The castle is located on the northern side of Mount Königstuhl, towering over Heidelberg. Him rich story that began in the 13th century. During the Thirty Years' War, it was destroyed, the French inflicted even more damage in the 17th century, and in 1764 it was struck by lightning. The locals used the stone of the castle to build their houses. Several times it began to be restored, which led to a mixture architectural styles and added some charm to the castle.
This castle is located on a high hill overlooking the Alsatian plain in the Vosges mountains. The heyday of life in the castle fell on the period from the Middle Ages to the Thirty Years' War, when, after a 52-day siege, the castle was burned and plundered by Swedish troops. After that, the castle stood in ruins for several years and was even overgrown with forest. In 1899, the German emperor Wilhelm II ordered to restore it in its original form, the way it was before the start of the Thirty Years' War. After the First World War, the castle was taken over by the French, and now there is a museum within its walls.
Located in a picturesque place, between the coast Lake Geneva and the Alpine Range, the castle is one of the most popular attractions in Switzerland. The castle consists of 100 buildings, which were originally separate, but over time they were combined into a single architectural ensemble. Since the middle of the 12th century, the counts of the Savoy dynasty lived here. It is noteworthy that this castle was never besieged, its owners always managed to solve any problems through diplomatic negotiations.
Matsumoto Castle, built in the 16th century in the city of Matsumoto (Nagano Prefecture), is one of the most famous in Japan. It does not crown the top of a mountain and does not hang over the city from a hillside, but stands on a plain, which is why a man-made network of special walls, ditches and secret passages was used to protect it. The design of the castle, reminiscent of outstretched wings, and the pitch-black color, gave it another name - "Crow's Castle". Over the many years of its existence, the castle changed owners more than once and was even under the threat of demolition. It is now a popular attraction as it can be visited as part of a day trip from Tokyo.
Fortress Eltz, built during the Middle Ages, is located in the mountains on the Moselle River, between Koblenz and Trier, the oldest city in Germany. It is still owned by the Eltz family, who have owned it since the 12th century. Anyone can visit the Rübenach and Rodendorf houses, where the armory, kitchen, and living quarters are located. The castle also houses a rich treasury with jewelry, weapons and works of art.
This castle is located in the city of Warwick, on a cliff above the River Avon. It is included in the Catalog of Antiquities and the List of Architectural and historical monuments Great Britain. Since its construction in the 11th century, the castle has undergone several upgrades and renovations. Initially, the main building was wooden, but in the 12th century it was replaced with a stone structure. During the Hundred Years' War, the façade was redesigned, making it one of the most recognizable examples of military architecture from the 14th century. In 2001, the castle was included in the list of "Top 10 historical buildings and Monuments, published by the UK Tourism Office. Today it is one of the most popular attractions in England.
Fairytale castles have always been present in history, art, fairy tales and legends. The castle is a house that shows power, protects from enemies, and gives a feeling of complete peace and spaciousness. Most of the castles you have ever seen actually exist. Even the castle from the Walt Disney intro actually exists. Each of these majestic structures stands for many centuries and decades, so it is not surprising that they keep their secrets and their history.
1. Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany.
Time of construction:: 1869-1886
The building was built by King Ludwig and, despite the difficult pronunciation for a Russian person, its name is very romantic in meaning. Translated from German language, the castle is called "New Swan Rock". This amazing building was chosen as the prototype for the Sleeping Beauty Castle, which was built for Disneyland Paris.
Despite the fact that Neuschwanstein was not completed in 1886, the death of the king halted construction. That is why there are unfinished objects in it. The interiors of the premises are amazing, Ludwig obviously did not skimp on decoration and had a very good taste for those times. During the Second World War, the German government took advantage of the castle's impregnability and hid some of the Reichsbank gold there, which later disappeared. In addition, paintings, antiques and jewelry that belonged to Hitler were brought there.
2. Hohenwerfen Castle, Austria
Years of construction: 1075-1078
Relative to the previous castle, Hohenwerfen was built very quickly, in the shortest possible time. Prince-Archbishop Gebhard of Salzburg very well chose the place of construction, making it almost impossible to break into the castle. In 1524 the rebellious peasants captured Hohenwerfen and allowed it. However, this uprising was quickly suppressed, and subsequently, the destroyers themselves restored all the buildings.
Over the centuries, princes and bishops completed and improved Hohenwerfen, but in 1931 a huge fire destroyed everything inside. Today, this gloomy castle is the object of tourist attention, and to attract money, tour organizers regularly hold bird shows on the premises of Hohenwerfen.
3. Vaduz Castle, Liechtenstein
Time of construction: XII century
It is still not known for certain who built the castle. Scientists believe that Vaduz Castle was created by order of the Werdenberg-Sargans counts, at least they were the first documented owners. This is one of the few historical buildings in which people live to this day. Vaduz is closed to the public, as the princely family lives there to this day.
Throughout all these centuries, the castle was owned by historical figures. It is not surprising that each of the owners brought something of their own to the decoration of this building, and at the beginning of the last century, Prince Johann II carried out a large-scale reconstruction and modernization of Vaduz, which lasted 15 years.
4. Rock of Cashel, Ireland
Time of construction: IV century
Associated with this castle interesting legend. According to legend, in the 5th century, St. Patrick was engaged in the expulsion of Satan from the caves in the mountains. The enemy, without hesitation, bit off a piece of rock and broke a tooth. A piece of rock fell out of Satan's mouth and fell 30 kilometers from its original location. It is on this strange 60-meter rock that the Gothic Rock of Cashel stands.
The history of the castle is as dark as it is. in the 17th century, Cromwell's troops attacked Cashel and captured it. Despite being protected from enemies, the townspeople found themselves face to face with danger. At that terrible time for them, more than 3,000 people died, of which the main number of people were burned alive. Until today, the castle reminds of the heartlessness of the medieval English, and the doomed courage of the brave Irish.
5. Bodiam Castle, England
Time of construction: 1385
One of the most unusual and photogenic castles was built during the Hundred Years War, when the British, not without reason, feared a French attack. Thanks to a huge moat filled with water, the fortress remained impregnable. Despite the external severity, the premises of Bodiam were amazing, but at the beginning of the last century it all fell into disrepair. The main property was looted and destroyed.
It's amazing how the builders created truly comfortable and cozy living conditions for people inside and such an impregnable facade - outside. Today Bodiam is one of the most visited castles thanks to picturesque view, a lake with water lilies and great angles for shooting.
6. Estense Castle, Italy
Time of construction: 1385
This castle is a real lucky one, as one of the few that has been completely restored. The history of its construction began with an uprising of an angry people against tax increases and the exhaustion of people in Ferrara. Marquis Nicollo II d "Este thought about building a residence in which nothing would threaten him. The defensive structure was fenced with a moat, and military equipment looked at the inhabitants of the city from its walls.
It was in this castle that Eleanor of Aragon with her children was saved from imminent death. Centuries later, in the 19th century, the castle was used as an office building, and two hundred years later, a complete restoration of the facade and interior spaces. For ten years now, everyone can visit Estense and imagine the life of past centuries, and the events with which it was in full swing.
7. Chęcin Castle, Poland
Time of construction: 1306
Another stunning castle that was built in the 14th century, but already in Poland. Despite all its grandeur and imposingness, this historic building was abandoned in the 18th century and no one is still working on it. At first, the castle was used as a collection of troops under Casimir III the Great, then became the home of the Queen of Hungary, Vladislav III of Varna and Queen Bona Sforza.
Until the 16th century, Chęcin Castle was used as a prison, and it had already ceased to carry the original idea of protecting the royal family from an enemy conspiracy. Twice the castle was destroyed, and then themselves locals brick by brick dismantled the walls for their own needs. Already after the Great Patriotic War, the government partially tried to restore the historical building, however, as before, the castle is in great need of an economic hand and attention.
Pupils of the preparatory group in the classroom of fine arts touch on a variety of topics. One of them is drawing a variety of buildings and structures. Since at this age much attention is paid to the development of creative imagination, preschoolers are not limited to depicting the buildings that they encounter in real life. Children are happy to create images of magical castles and palaces - the habitats of their favorite fairy-tale characters.
Features of drawing on this topic in the preparatory group
Preschoolers begin to depict buildings in the second younger group: these are primitive houses in the form of a square with a roof in the form of a line protruding from the sides. In the middle group, the kids are already drawing a triangular roof, marking for this a point in the center at a small distance from the main shape.
At this older age, the guys actively depict multi-storey buildings. To do this, they divide the rectangle into sectors using longitudinal and transverse lines, and then draw windows inside the cells. Another way - drawing starts from the first floor in the form of a rectangle with windows and doors, then the second floor is “built on top of it”, etc. Multi-storey buildings can have a roof of various shapes - flat, triangular or in the form of a trapezoid. Note that students senior group it is also offered to draw fantasy houses based on fairy tales - “Hut on chicken legs”, “Teremok”, “Zayushkina hut”, etc. They can have a very different shape, color design, however, all these objects have mandatory elements - a roof, a door, and window.
As for the pupils of the preparatory group, they get acquainted with a variety of buildings that have their own purpose (residential buildings, school, Kindergarten, cinema, shopping center, etc.) and successfully draw them. In addition, at this age, children are already offered complex architectural structures - majestic palaces, soaring castles, beautiful temples, ancient fortresses. Moreover, these can be both images of real objects that preschoolers can see in photographs or even visit them with their parents (for example, Winter Palace in St. Petersburg or the Swallow's Nest castle in Yalta), as well as fictional fairy-tale images.
Landmark of St. Petersburg
Medieval castle in Yalta
Children can see magical palaces and castles in illustrations for their favorite fairy tales (for example, "The Snow Queen" by G.-H. Andersen, "The Tale of Tsar Saltan ..." by A.S. Pushkin, Arabian fairy tale"Aladdin's Magic Lamp", "G. Rodari's Ice Cream Palace").
Illustration for the fairy tale "Aladdin's Magic Lamp" Illustration for the fairy tale of the same name by G. Rodari Illustration for "The Tale of Tsar Sadtan..." Illustration for the fairy tale "The Snow Queen"
It can also be a fictional image (the palace of the goldfish, the castle of the Sun and the Moon). He is not found in fairy tales, however, the teacher selects the appropriate pictures so that the children have an idea of \u200b\u200bhow he can be portrayed.
Picture to use in class
Picture to use in class
The image of the fairy-tale palace is made up of a number of details - these are numerous towers, arches, outbuildings, beautiful intricately shaped windows with carved architraves, balconies. This building features the most unexpected and vibrant color scheme (although in some cases the color palette will be limited to certain colors, for example, the Snow Queen's castle or the Palace of the Sun).
As for the magic castle, it differs from the palace in the characteristic form of buildings - elongated, as if directed upwards, with the presence of many towers topped with domes.
Unlike the palace, the castle is more vertically oriented, has many towers with sharp spiers.
Although the castle traditionally has a more restrained color than the palace, however, in children's drawings, castles are sometimes also painted in bright colors. Note that since ancient times, castles, like fortresses, were built in hard-to-reach places, surrounding them with a moat and a reliable high wall. Preschoolers often convey these characteristic details in their drawings.
When drawing fantasy structures, the task of the teacher is to indicate to the children the key features of this or that image, while there should not be a template before the eyes of the pupils. For example, if the topic of the lesson is “The Snow Queen’s Castle”, then when creating this image, you need to use a limited number of colors - only cold tones (white, blue, cyan, gray, purple), let’s also use yellow to depict how the sun is reflected on the snow. rays. In addition, it is possible to reflect in the drawing that this castle was built by some evil mystical forces - to depict it as asymmetrical with irregular proportions. This building is surrounded by blocks of snow, huge ice floes - as if it was built by the cold itself. Since the Snow Queen is an evil character, it is good to reflect this in the drawing by making her castle sinister. To do this, you can draw windows in the form of dark holes. But at the same time, the queen has strength and power, and therefore her abode must be majestic, cumbersome (huge towers, ornate outbuildings). Some windows can be decorated with patterns similar to those that frost leaves on glass.
Accordingly, the Palace of the Sun will be made exclusively in warm colors (yellow, golden, orange).
The kingdom of the moon is drawn in silver, blue, blue, but unlike the castle of the Snow Queen, there is life here - the walls of the palace can be supplemented with sparkling stars, outlandish birds, plants (also in dark color). The underwater kingdom of the Goldfish will be decorated with corals, green algae, sea pebbles.
Used materials and base
When drawing fabulous palaces and castles, the color of the base is often important. If preschoolers use paints in a lesson, then a sheet of paper must be tinted in advance (in the preparatory group, the children themselves do this under the supervision of a teacher). The color of the tone depends on the subject of the lesson: for example, for the Snow Queen's castle you will need a cold bluish color (the base can be dark blue, in which case you can draw the palace with one white gouache). For the palace of the Sun, the base is respectively tinted in a yellowish or pink (like the dawn) color.
The palace itself can be painted with paints, colored pencils, wax crayons. An interesting result is obtained by a combination of materials, when a watercolor drawing is additionally outlined with a brighter felt-tip pen.
Drawing with watercolors and felt-tip pens
Since we are talking about fabulous images, gouache and watercolor with a brilliant effect can be used in the composition.
As for the collective compositions, the possible option is "The Palace of the Sun and the Moon". In this case, a large sheet of paper (A3) is conditionally divided into two parts. One half is tinted in a bluish tint, and the other in a warm golden or reddish tint.
Techniques and techniques that are used when drawing fairy-tale palaces in the preparatory group
Since drawing a fairy-tale palace is a rather complicated process, the outline of the building is first outlined with a simple pencil, avoiding strong pressure.
Before starting the creative process, the child must decide on the orientation of the sheet of paper: if he plans to depict a sky-high castle with sharp spiers of towers, then place the base vertically, but if the image of a majestic wide palace is created, then the paper is laid horizontally.
It is better to start the image from the central rectangle - the main entrance to the palace. On the side, we supplement the drawing with buildings, they can be two- or three-story. These elements can be partially covered by the central part of the building, so the auxiliary lines must then be erased. High watchtowers depicted along the edges of the structure will look spectacular.
The next step is drawing the roof of the main gate and other buildings, and then decorating the top of the watchtowers. The shape of these elements can be very different.
Visual aid for preschoolers
The central gates of the palace themselves also have many design options.
Visual aid for preschoolers
The next stage of work is the choice of the shape of the windows. After all, the palace has a lot of them, and they are all the same. The building will look harmonious if the shape of the windows resonates with the design of the gate (for example, all elements are rounded or, conversely, angular).
Visual aid for preschoolers
The last stage of the pencil sketch is to decorate the palace with elements such as columns, balconies, lattices, etc.
Visual aid for preschoolers
Note that if preschoolers draw a fabulous castle-fortress, then you can also designate brickwork.
The resulting sketch is painted with paints, colored pencils or crayons. Although the pupils of the preparatory group have already formed key skills in working with basic tools, the teacher still monitors the correct drawing technique in the classroom. Since a palace or castle consists of many small elements, it is necessary to draw and paint them with the tip of the brush, holding it in a vertical manner in your hand. When using colored pencils, the child must adjust the pressure to obtain a shade of the desired brightness.
In the preparatory group, the guys should mix paints well to get a variety of shades. This will be especially true for a composition such as the Snow Queen's castle, which uses different shades of blue and blue.
Used additional types of visual activity in the design of compositions
Such a fascinating drawing theme as a fairy-tale palace opens up great opportunities for adding additional elements to the composition. For example, you can create an unusual look by decorating the Snow Queen's palace with white plasticine, appliqué made of sparkles or pieces of silver foil. Fancy-shaped ice floes can also be cut out of ordinary colored paper.
Drawing with appliqué elements
The work will become even more original if you decorate the image with a cloth - stick pieces of white tulle.
Other types of fabulous structures can be decorated in a similar way: decorate the Palace of the Sun with golden foil or sequins, the underwater kingdom of the Sea King - with threads of the New Year's "rain" of green color.
Specific variants of compositions, including collective
In the second half of the school year (January), students of the preparatory group are invited to draw on the theme "Fairytale Palace" (or "Far Far Away"). Preschoolers come up with an image of the building and decorate it with various details. If desired, the image can be supplemented with magical trees, flowers, outlandish birds, guards.
In February, the guys do another fantasy work - the image of the "Fairytale Kingdom". Here the emphasis is on the ability to create an image in a certain color palette: warm tones - the palace of the Sun, cold - the palace of the Moon, the castle of the Snow Queen.
In addition to these topics, the children can also be offered such a topic as "Underwater Palace" (as an option - "Mermaid's Palace", "Fairytale Palace of the Golden Fish"). This building will already be depicted in a different way - it will have a bizarre shape, decorated with marine attributes (corals, algae, fish sculptures).
Another interesting option- palace in oriental style. This is an image from oriental tales, such as Aladdin's Magic Lamp. She could have settled there, for example, the Queen of Shamakhan from the “Tale of the Golden Cockerel” by A.S. Pushkin.
You can also invite children to draw an ice cream palace (an image from the fairy tale of the same name by J. Rodari).
As for collective compositions, if you wish, you can organize such work: the guys are divided into pairs, the teacher offers them the basis of the A3 format: one child draws the palace of the sun, and the other the palace of the moon. And between them you can make a beautiful rainbow bridge.
Another original solution for teamwork is drawing palaces where the seasons live. Preschoolers, respectively, are divided into four subgroups and create fantasy images of palaces where Winter, Spring, Summer and Autumn could live.
Options for a motivating start to the lesson: a surprise moment, a fairy tale, an informative conversation, looking at illustrations, etc.
Drawing fairy-tale palaces and castles is a very exciting activity, especially if the teacher thinks over the appropriate motivation, which will become an incentive for preschoolers to productive activities. There are a number of examples of the organization of the beginning of the lesson.
For example, the teacher tells the children that a guest from a distant eastern country, Aladdin, flew to them on a magic carpet. He needs to build beautiful palace for Princess Budur on the instructions of her father, the Sultan. Aladdin has building materials, but he needs a palace project with beautiful windows, gates, roofs, columns, etc. He has no architect in his country who could help, so the hero turns to the guys for help.
Another motivation option is for the teacher to tell preschoolers that on the way to kindergarten she went to the library and took a book. However, this book is unusual - a previous reader wet it in the rain. Some pages blurred - and the fairy-tale heroes were left without their beautiful palaces and castles. The task of the children is to restore the illustrations.
Another interesting solution - the guys are invited to reincarnate as architects (they used to be called architects) and go to the Far Far Away kingdom. A kind and wise king rules here, who has three prince sons and three princess daughters. The king gives the architects the task of inventing and depicting palaces for all his children.
This option is also suitable - a letter from the Snow Queen comes to the group. She writes that she used to be angry, arrogant and indifferent. However, the kindness of the girl Gerda melted her cold heart, and now the queen has changed - she has become kind and gentle. And she wants to turn her gloomy ice castle into a warm and joyful one. The heroine asks the guys to help her and come up with an image of a beautiful castle.
“In the end, he comes out into a wide clearing and in the middle of that wide clearing stands a house, not a house of a chamber, not a chamber, but a royal or royal palace all on fire, in silver and gold and in semi-precious stones, all burning and shining, but you can’t see the fire; the sun is exactly red, it’s hard for the eyes to look at it. All the windows in the palace are closed, and consonant music is playing in it, such as he has never heard.
He enters into a wide courtyard, through a wide open gate; the road went out of white marble, and fountains of water, high, large and small, beat on the sides.
Based on this description, the guys can depict such a fabulous building.
Drawing on the theme "The Palace of the Sun and the Moon" can be built on the basis of the Russian folk tale "The Sun, the Moon and the Raven Voronovich", in which the old man married his daughters to the Sun, the Moon and the Raven.
Illustration for Russian folk tale"Sun, Moon and Raven Voronovich"
Another one interesting tale, in which the image of a fantasy palace appears - “Ice Cream Palace” by G. Rodari. According to the plot on the square Italian city Bologna built a palace out of ice cream. “The roof of the palace was made of whipped cream, the smoke that rose from the pipes was made of figured sugar, and the pipes themselves were made of candied fruits. Everything else was ice cream: ice cream doors, ice cream walls, ice cream furniture.” Children from all over the city came here to eat. The palace began to thaw, and the city guard called for more guys. Even one poor old lady started licking the creme brulee chair. It was a real holiday in the city! And even none of the residents had a stomach ache that day.
Preschoolers will surely delight in such a fairy tale, and after reading it, you can invite them to draw its main image - an edible palace of delicious ice cream and other sweets.
Note that physical education minutes, which are held before directly productive activities, should be related to the topic of the lesson. If, for example, preschoolers will draw the Snow Queen's castle, then we can recommend the following warm-up:
Another option for a snow theme:
| We put our hands up | Children put their hands forward with palms up |
| Let's start catching snowflakes! | Children, jumping, perform grasping movements with their hands - they “catch” snowflakes. |
| One, caught, two, caught! Not tired? Don't get tired! One, caught, two, caught! And of course not tired! | children catch snowflakes |
| And a lot of snowflakes! | children perform “waves” with their hands, while the palms “look” down |
| And snowdrifts grow everywhere. | children show “growing snowdrifts” with their fingers spread wide |
| Let's pick up snow in our hands | children show how they pick up a handful of snow with both hands |
| Let's start making snowballs! | start making snowballs |
| We sculpt, we sculpt, we sculpt | children continue to "make" snowballs |
| And we throw up then! | imaginary snowball is thrown up |
| Played without care And now let's get to work! | everyone goes back to work |
If the topic of the lesson is “The Fairytale Palace of the Golden Fish”, then such a physical education minute will do:
Lesson notes
| Name of the author | Abstract title |
| Pervushina Yu. | "Magic Castle" Educational tasks: learn to depict a castle or palace, consolidate the content of familiar fairy tales, knowledge of geometric shapes. Development tasks: develop color perception, compositional skills, imagination. Educational tasks: educate interest in fairy tales. Integration of educational areas: "Artistic creativity", "Cognition", "Communication", "Socialization", "Health". Demo material: pictures and drawings of palaces and castles of various designs and colors, audio recordings: E. Grieg "In the cave of the mountain king", W. Mozart "Minuet", a waltz from the ballet "The Sleeping Beauty". Handout: sheets of white paper of different sizes (optional) according to the number of children, watercolor, palette, brushes, brush stands, napkins. Lesson progress: The teacher invites the children to go to a fairy-tale land. The entrance there will open to the one who guesses the riddles (you need to choose the correct one from three answers):
The attention of preschoolers is drawn to pictures depicting various palaces and castles (on the board). Children must determine by appearance which hero lives in each of them: good or evil. The guys also identify common features of all buildings: there is a roof, walls, windows, a fence. Variants of roofs (triangular, trapezoidal, semicircular), towers (square and rectangular) are discussed. Preschoolers draw shapes in the air with their fingers.
Next, preschoolers are invited to draw any of the described castles or come up with their own image. |
| Myasnikova I.A. | "Fairytale Palace of the Goldfish" Children are shown a portrait of A.S. Pushkin. The guys remember the tales of this great poet - the teacher shows the relevant books. Illustrations of different artists for one fairy tale are considered. The teacher tells the children a fairy tale about how illustrations for books appeared. One artist once saw a flower, red as a light. The dew on its petals looked like precious stones. The artist decided to draw it. After that, he saw the vases and also depicted her on canvas. After that he painted trees, sky, people, houses and everything in the world. Another artist, who lived in the neighborhood, was very fond of reading, while presenting the heroes of books. He wanted all people to see these characters. Such an artist is called an illustrator, he decorates books to make them even more interesting. A toy goldfish appears. She is sad because no artist has painted her beautiful underwater palace yet (motivation). Independent work. Discussion of drawings. |
| Koren V.N. | The teacher invites the children to go to fabulous journey to help Gerda save the boy Kai, whom the Snow Queen has taken to her palace. Independent activity of preschoolers. Kai is saved - a slide appears where Gerda and Kai are sitting near the window with roses. |
| Seitmerova E.M. | "Fairy Palace" Children are invited to go on a journey through different fairy tales. Appears evil witch(picture), which bewitched fairy-tale heroes. To help them, the guys must complete tasks.
In order for the evil sorceress to return back to her fairy tale, preschoolers will have to complete the last task - to draw fairy-tale palaces and castles. The children are invited to choose a picture with any character and |
Drawings of pupils of the preparatory group on the theme "Fairytale Palace" with comments on the performance of the work
Photo gallery "Fairytale Palace, or Far Far Away Kingdom"
Pupils of the preparatory group create bright and colorful images of magical palaces. Almost all of them have a symmetrical structure. So, shimmers with all the colors of the rainbow "Magic Kingdom", painted with gouache, we note the unusual design of the sky in the picture.
The work “Drawing of Santa Claus” is interesting - the image of the palace is made up of multi-colored geometric shapes.
A positive mood is imbued with the Rainbow Palace pattern, complemented by a smiling young king and queen. A similar composition is “The Palace of the Prince and Princess”.
The Far Away Kingdom drawing, on the contrary, is made in restrained pastel colors.
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Photo gallery "Magic Castles"
Preschoolers create wonderful images of fairytale castles. The formidable and gloomy “Castle-Fortress in the Mountains” surrounded by a moat is depicted realistically: lattice gates are drawn in detail, brickwork is indicated. In the same vein, the “Lonely Castle-Fortress” was made, obviously standing on a mountain cliff.
The “Castle of the Good Wizard” looks like an elegant dollhouse, decorated with a large clock and a vase of flowers on the window. We note the beautiful lattice windows, the beautiful pattern of the domes of the towers. Near the castle there is a beautiful park with a bright blue lake.
The color scheme of the castles deserves special attention. So, the Emerald Castle is painted in various shades of green. And in the "Pink Castle" it seems like it was created for a beautiful young princess to live there. The composition “White Fortress” is charming, and the whole green forest is spread over its walls. Note the beautiful gradient background of the picture.
The work "Colorful Castle" is imbued with a fabulous atmosphere. The building is decorated with unusual semicircular windows shimmering with all the colors of the rainbow, mischievous cockerels sit on the spiers of the turrets, and a magical rose tree grows near the castle itself.
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Photo gallery "Castle of the Snow Queen"
The fairy tale by H. H. Andersen “The Snow Queen” is one of the favorite children's works, because it contains a lot of bright moments, wisdom and truth of life. The children are happy to fantasize about the palace of an evil and arrogant sorceress with an icy heart. All works are made in cold colors - a variety of shades of blue, light blue and purple. The sky in the drawings often shimmers with bright colors, because the castle is located in the North, where a common occurrence is the extraordinary beauty of the northern lights.
The work “Palace in the Snows” is very original: the sky, depicted in purple strokes, is decorated with black and yellow stars, and large blue-green fir trees covered with snow flaunt in the foreground.
A wonderful composition is “The Kingdom of Ice”: the domes of the numerous towers of the castle, decorated with sparkles, look like heavy snow caps, and with the help of ornate white strokes the image of a swirling blizzard is conveyed. A similar work is "Snow Kingdom" with large flakes of snow in the foreground.
Almost all of the buildings shown in the photo are angular, with sharp tops of towers that look like icicles turned upside down. The drawing "Ice Palace" is indicative in this regard.
The work “Castle of Snow and Ice” is notable for the fact that a huge yellow moon with a human face looks mysteriously from the sky.
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Photo gallery "Underwater Kingdom"
Pupils of the preparatory group are not averse to dreaming up on the theme of an underwater castle, where the Sea King, a charming little mermaid or a wise Goldfish can live. Such buildings harmoniously fit into the underwater landscape, decorated with strands of split algae and colorful sea pebbles.
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In the preparatory group, preschoolers already have a fairly broad outlook, they like to transform into representatives of various professions. So, in a drawing class, they can feel like an architect designing beautiful buildings. The children especially like to depict fairy-tale palaces and castles in bizarre colors, with numerous towers and domes, arches and carved shutters. These drawings are often very expressive, similar to a real book illustration for a fairy tale.
Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany
Where: Schwangau, Bavaria, Germany.
Price: an adult ticket will cost 13 euros (855 rubles), for children and teenagers under 18 years old admission is free.
It was this place that became the prototype of the Sleeping Beauty Castle - the one that welcomes guests to Disneyland. Neuschwanstein was erected in the 19th century at the whim of King Ludwig II, having spent a record sum for those times - six million gold marks! True, the monarch himself had a chance to live in a fairy-tale castle for only about 170 days. The construction was completed after his death.
Neuschwanstein is one of the most popular attractions in Bavaria and perhaps the most famous and popular castle in Europe, so there are a lot of tourists here. Experienced travelers advise arriving early in the morning and giving preference to sportswear: Neuschwanstein stands on a rock, which means that the path to it will not be easy. You can get from Munich by train - the castle is located 130 kilometers from this large city.
Windsor Castle, England
Where: Windsor, Berkshire, England.
Price: for adults - 20.5 pounds (1500 rubles), for students and people over 60 years old - 18.7 pounds (1400 rubles), for teenagers under 17 and the disabled - 12 pounds (900 rubles), for children under five years old - for free.
Darling country residence Queen Elizabeth II, a magnificent castle with almost thousand years of history, a repository of paintings by Rembrandt and Rubens, a symbol of the monarchy - all this is about him, about Windsor Castle. For more than 900 years it has been the residence of the British monarchs, but despite the fact that the castle is "active", anyone can get here. True, we advise you to look at the website of Windsor Castle before visiting and find out if Elizabeth II is going to raid her residence on that day: during the visits of the Queen, the castle is closed.
If you want to see firsthand how the current reigning monarchs live, as well as learn the history of the British royal family, be sure to come to Windsor Castle: it is only 30 kilometers from London, you can get there in 20 minutes by train.
Chenonceau castle, France
Where: Chenonceau, Indre-et-Loire department, France.
Price: for adults - 13 euros (855 rubles), for students and children under 18 years old - 10 euros (650 rubles), children under seven years old can visit the castle for free.
One of the most romantic French castles is located on the Cher River, 214 kilometers from Paris and only 34 from Tours. France is well developed railway communication so it won't be hard to get there. The people called the castle of Chenonceau "ladies", and all because most of its owners were women. At different times, Diane de Poitiers, Catherine de Medici, the wife of King Henry III Louise de Vaudemont lived here. So it is not surprising that the female "influence" is noticeable in everything here: in the elegant decoration of the castle, in the beautiful gardens that lie nearby.
Bran Castle, Romania
Where: city of Bran, Romania.
Price: for adults - 7.8 euros (515 rubles), for people over 65 years old - 5.6 euros (370 rubles), students - 4.5 euros (300 rubles), schoolchildren - 1.5 euros (100 rubles).
This place attracts with its Gothic romance. According to legend, it was in this castle, built at the end of the 14th century, that Prince Vlad Tepes, the prototype of the famous Count Dracula, stayed. There is no historical evidence for this, but it is thanks to the myth that Bran Castle is the most visited place in Romania. The atmosphere in the castle is the most mystical, and it is very easy to plunge into it: you can get there by bus from Brasov or Ryshnov.
Himeji Castle, Japan
Where: Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.
Price: for adults - 1000 yen (530 rubles), for schoolchildren and students - 300 yen (160 rubles).
Himeji, which means White Heron Castle, got its name due to its snow-white color and elegant shape, which resembles a bird. The castle was built in the 14th century by the princes of Akamatsu. At that time, bloody internecine wars were fought in Japan, so initially the fortress, surrounded by a labyrinth garden, served as a defensive structure. Today, the castle attracts not only tourists, but also filmmakers - for example, it was here that the filming of the Bond movie You Only Live Twice took place.
Getting to the castle is not difficult: Himeji is only 1.5 hours drive from the Japanese city of Osaka or four from Tokyo (you will need to travel by high-speed train). Experienced travelers are advised to come during the cherry blossom season.
Hluboka Castle, Czech Republic
Where: Hluboka nad Vltavou, České Budějovice district, Czech Republic.
One of the most beautiful castles Europe, built in the middle of the XIII century, is located 140 kilometers south of Prague (you can get there by bus). Initially, the castle of Gluboka nad Vltavou was called Frauenberg, and its appearance was very different from the modern one: in the first 400 years alone, 26 owners changed here, and each owner of the castle did not deny himself the pleasure of rebuilding it to his own taste. The castle owes its current appearance to the Schwarzenberg family: enchanted by the residence of the British monarchs in the city of Windsor, Duchess Eleonora Schwarzenberg decided to create its analogue in the Czech Republic - only in a slightly more "romantic" spirit. Now anyone can appreciate the efforts of the Duchess.
Miramare Castle, Italy
Where: Trieste, Italy.
Price: for adults - 8 euros (530 rubles), reduced rate - 5 euros (330 rubles).
Miramare Castle, which means “looking at the sea”, rises majestically over the Adriatic in Grignano Bay, west of the Italian city of Trieste. It was erected by order of the Austrian Archduke Maximilian in 1860. According to legend, Maximilian was still that jealous, so the castle became a "golden cage" for his wife Charlotte of Belgium.
Now this beautiful "cage" is one of the pearls of Trieste - and annually attracts a lot of tourists. Visitors can not only enjoy the decoration of the castle, but also walk through the luxurious park that descends to the very sea. The most convenient way to get to Miramar is from the city of Trieste by public transport or by car.
The quaint palace is located on a high cliff and rises above Atlantic Ocean, so here you can not only take a walk through the fabulous interiors and walk along beautiful park, but also to admire the endless expanses. You can get to Sintra (the city closest to the palace) in half an hour by train from Lisbon, and from there we advise you to take a hiking route through the mountains (for the lazy, a bus also goes to the rock).
A fairy-tale castle hidden in the forests of the Bavarian Alps, a real masterpiece that has earned crazy popularity among tourists and brings fabulous profits to Germany. Neuschwanstein was the inspiration for the Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland Paris, Tchaikovsky's source of inspiration for the ballet Swan Lake, and Ludwig II's love for Wagner's music...
Author: P_I_F.
Neuschwanstein translates as "New Swan Stone". The entire architecture of the building is permeated with the swan motif. The swan is the heraldic symbol of the old family of the Counts of Schwangau, whose successor the father of Ludwig II, Maximilian II of Bavaria, considered himself. Ludwig was a huge admirer of Richard Wagner, identifying himself with one of the characters in his operas, the Swan Knight. Having inherited the royal throne, Ludwig II realized his old fantasy - a swan castle of incomparable beauty.
Myths and facts
Far from the noisy cities, almost at the very border with Austria, construction began in 1869 under the direction of the Munich theater artist Christian Jank. But due to Ludwig's extravagant tastes and whims, this process progressed very slowly. For example, only 14 carpenters worked on woodcarving in the king's bedroom alone for 4.5 years.
The construction of the castle was halted when Ludwig was removed from power due to intrigues in his own office. The king rarely touched state matters personally, and his antics earned him the fame of a madman. In addition, he suffered from hallucinations - for example, he dined with the spirit of Louis XIV. According to Bavarian law, the king can be removed from power if he is deemed unfit to govern. And after the report of his cabinet in 1886, he was overthrown.
Ludwig was transported to Berg Castle, where he soon drowned in Lake Starnberg. However, with regard to this mysterious death, recognized at the time as a suicide, it is suggested that the cabinet was not pleased with the simple removal of Ludwig from power. Especially considering that his attending psychiatrist also shared the fate of his patient.
These mysterious events gave birth to many legends and created an intriguing halo around Neuschwanstein Castle, making it the most famous castle in Germany.
You can climb to it from the town of Füssen either on foot or on horseback.
On the way, you have to admire the views of the Alpsee lake and the Hohenschwangau castle - the headquarters of the parents of the "fairy king".
Here she is up close.
Gradually, contours begin to appear in the fog ...
... and then the walls of the Neuschwanstein castle appear - the New Swan cliff, in our opinion.
Since all this was built not so much for show-off as for the soul, at the same time a special observation bridge was also erected in a strategic place. It is not visible here yet.
But then the wind disperses the fog and the Marienbrücke bridge is shown in the distance. This is where one of the two opens. the best views to the castle.
There are always so many people here that it is not so easy to squeeze through. Some push strollers in front of them.
Actually, I was lucky - having settled down behind one family, just equipped with a ram-carriage, I penetrated the bridge.
Even in nasty weather, the views here are quite nice.
Neuschwanstein Castle stands on the site of two fortresses. King Ludwig II ordered at this place to lower the plateau by about 8 meters by blasting the rock and thereby create a place for the construction of a "fabulous palace". On September 5, 1869, the first stone was laid for the construction of a huge castle.
Construction work in the castle (1882-1885). In 1880, more than 200 carpenters, masons and auxiliary workers were employed at the construction site.
Ludwig II went down in history as a "fairytale king" thanks to the castles he built, on which he spent all his money and time. On June 13, 1886, he drowned on Lake Starnberg under mysterious circumstances. According to one of the widespread versions, it was the political assassination of an inconvenient and uncontrollable king.
After the death of the king in 1886, all construction work was suspended. main tower the castle with a church, 90 m high, which was supposed to rise above all the buildings, was not built at all.
Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria really gives the impression of a fairy-tale castle. It was built at a time when castles had already lost their defensive functions.
Inside, Neuschwanstein is very different from the Prussian royal castles of Berlin and Potsdam. It's strictly forbidden to take pictures there. The castle is currently a museum. Visiting is possible only as part of a group.
The interior of the castle is a mixture of various architectural and artistic styles, a combination of Moorish, Gothic and Baroque elements: here are the columns and the throne room. Interior of the Great Hall in Neuschwanstein Castle:
Despite the fact that the throne room was not completed during construction, it is without a doubt the most impressive. Postcard, late 19th century:
Ludwig's bedroom at Neuschwanstein Castle. Eyewitnesses claimed that 15 craftsmen worked on the manufacture of a carved wooden bed for Ludwig for 4.5 years:
View from the balcony of the Neuschwanstein castle in Bavaria.
At the end of World War II, some of the Reichsbank gold was kept in the castle. AT last days war gold was taken away in an unknown direction.
Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria is primarily striking in its cold grandeur and pointed towers among the Alpine peaks:
Views from the balcony of the castle.
Neuschwanstein Castle in summer
…and in winter.
Every year over 1,300,000 visitors pass through the gates of Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria.
