An exclusive tour of Peles Castle in Romania (in ENGLISH)

welcome to the palace castle which was the summer residence of the first royal romanian couple king charles the first of han solo and zigmarangan and queen elizabeth of ved they both were from germany king was born on april 20 1839 in sigmaringen castle he was a member of the hornswollen family at the age of 27 he was chosen by the romanian government to become prince or ruler of romania he came here on may the 10th 1866 and uh the first uh a trip he's doing romania was here in sinai a land which looks like sikh marangan so this is why he decided to build palace castle right here so this started building in 1873 and was completely finished in may 1914 in september king passed away first inauguration of the castle took place in 1883 and although smaller than now was one of the most modern castles in europe back then palace castle had central heating system hotenk running water telephone telegraph saw rage yeah and after 1900 it also has two electric elevators and a central vacuum cleaner system we're gonna see the first reception dream of the castle so the room where king received his guest let's take a look in the hall of honor so now we are in the hall of honor biggest room of the castle located in the center of the castle the room is 16 meters high very impressive in this room is that the ceiling of the room can be open manually and also electrically since 1911. also the richly carved decoration in here we're going to see a spiral shakies over there which is a straight case cart by romanian artist gerges danish panels of the room were made in vienna by bernhard ludwig workshops and in golden frames of the panels there are inlaying wood wood marquetries which are representing medieval castles of the family from germany and switzerland are to be seen in the room are the two marble studies which are depicting the royal members charles the first and elizabeth and also a florentine table which is 500 years old it is to be seen a portrait which depicts his majesty king charles the first as large as life painted by an american artist george alexander peter hilly king was a great collector he had impressive collections of paintings books furniture carpets coins and also he had one of the largest weapons collections in europe we're gonna see a part of those in the great hall let's have a look inside so we gotta get inside of the great hall of weapons king's collection counted about 4 000 weapons and thus was one of the largest private weapons collections in europe now in the castle there are just a part of those during the communist time most of the weapons and original paintings of the room were transported to nationals museums in bucharest for example now in the room there are about a thousand european weapons most of them from germany but there are also to be seen in the room italian spanish and french weapons too armors in here are german with the exception of their complete armor for horse and night unique in our country that armor weigh about 120 kilos and was used only in parades or ceremonies what is very important to see here it is the door right behind me which was the king's door after 1906 so king preferred to use that tour as the main entrance in the castle also to be seen in here a fireplace which is just decorative and on the shelf of it there is displayed an executioner sword from the 16th century on the blade of the sword there is engraved the text in the old german language in translation when the sword will be above your head god will offer you eternal life even if it's hard to believe or not was a pleasure back then and an honor for being beheaded with that one also this room exhibits a copy after the king's crown the official one original is in bucharest at the national history museum and was made out of a turkish cannon steel which was captured during the independence war which is also known in the world history as the russian against ottomans between 1877 and 1878 so king captured a cannon right there and from it still he made his crown and thus the crown become the symbol of the independence from the old ottoman empire this is probably why charles the first was only a prince or ruler until 1881 when he was coronated as the first king of romania we have to continue also with oriental weapons which are very impressive most of those there are ceremonial weapons let's gonna take a look inside as i said oriental weapons mean persian japanese indian arabic and also ottoman weapons but for sure the most impressive weapons in the king's collection are those displayed in the showcase there are oriental weapons used for ceremonies only so we have to start to present those from the upper part where we're gonna see a turkish sword which is called as shamshir that one is covered with shark skin it's gilded and decorated with turquoises on the first shelf ottermen and syrian weapons on the second one is to be seen an indian double digger known as qatar was used by the maharaja for killing tigers also there is to be seen a weapon which is a half gun and the other half is a dagger and the most impressive and important weapon from the romanian history it is the red sword in the background covered in velvet silk and silver that sword belonged to gabriel bathory who was prince of transylvania the sword was a gift for king michael the first last king of romania from his father charles ii so visit the castle should continue with the king's office but we're gonna see inside all the doors look different on each part matches the rim if on this part the door is decorated in a gothic style with a lot of metal on the other side the door is decorated in german new renaissance style so we have to continue the king's office passing through the waiting room let's take a look inside king's office is built in 1883. panels ceiling and the whole furniture are made of walnut wood in this room we're going to see the king's the king's desk and right above the desk there is a portrait which depict his mother duchess josephine of baden there is also to be seen here a reading desk the place where to place the official audiences till for private or personal meetings they use the cozy corner behind me are to be seen in here german and swiss stained glass windows those are a part of the 800 collection which belong to the castle biggest collection of this type in romania and once we are turning back you'll we're going to see on both sides on the cardboard two portraits on the right a portrait which repeat his majesty king charles the first wear military uniform and on the left the second portrait depict her majesty queen elizabeth with their only child princess maria princess maria died when she was three and seven months because of scholarly fever after this they have to adopt king's nephew ferdinand he become the second king of our country he married to a princess from england mary of edinburgh who is the granddaughter of queen victoria of england and granddaughter of zara alexander ii russia they had six children first was charles who become charles ii of romania he married to helen princes of grace and had only one child michael the first who was the fourth and the last king of romania he passed away in 2017 at the age of 96 now the head of the royal family is her majesty margaret the custodian of the romanian royal crown before we leave the room we have to take a look at the fireplace of the room which is made of porcelain also known as biscuit post lane in the upper part that represents the old romanian coat of arms from the king's time without transylvania because transylvania was a part of the austron geranimpie until 1918 so till the end of the first world war down the emblem there is engraved the romanian royal motel nichile cinedell which means nothing without god visit the castle continues with another private room king's library a room full of secrets a room full of books back then the royal collection counted 40 thousand books but now in here there are just four hundred rest of those are now in bucharest at the national library and the romanian academy library too books are about history geography literature philosophy and also politics and those were written in four languages german english french and romanian king spoke those for languages till her majesty the queen she spoke german english french remaining italian greek swedish spanish and also russian like all the libraries in the castles all over the world in here there is a secret door second bookies from right to left the place where are four shelves there are in there just book covers linked together so this is the door why behind there is a spiral streak is which leads to the royal apartment on the first floor visit the castle continues with official rooms for guests first we have to take a look on the left where we're gonna see the new audience room which was the last room decorated in the castle in may 1914 and after this we have to take a look in the music room the old music room a room which was transformed and in 1910 turned to a literary saloon paintings of the room are the original done by the german symbolistic artist dora hits there is only one exception in the room a watercolor entitled the little one which was painted by her majesty queen elizabeth she was painter musician translator and writer well known under her pen name carmen silva which means for a song she published 43 books in german english french and romanian and she also knows to play piano violin also harp and harpsichord in this room we're gonna see the queen's piano made by the german workshop bechtein also an italian raphael harp and a romanian violin which is displayed on the table german stained glass windows inspired by romanian poems written by vasil alexandri he was the poet who encouraged queen elizabeth to publish panels of the room are made of two types of wood walnut and ash and what we'll see in this room is also the second type the hitting system so in the basement of the castle there are 13 tunnels the air from outside come through the tunnels and this it comes to radiators now the physics that hot air come inside and this is how they hit a castle in 1883. the system during the summertime chanteur ventilation system or we can say also it's uh pretty much similar to the air conditioner system nowadays we're gonna change the soil so we have to leave the german decoration for the italian one now we're gonna see the first reception hall florentine brim the florentine hall is a room decorating italian neo-renaissance style fireplace in here is made of italian kara marble and in the upper part there are three bronze statues which are copies after michelangelo bonaroti there are two cabinets on both sides of the fireplace which are made of ebony wood and semi-precious stones back then those cabinets were considered true elderly boxes because we are in a reception room those are in here just as decoration very impressive the ceiling it's made out of uh gilded lie mood and in the center of it there is a painting which they pick calliope the epic news speaking about an italian decoration the two chandeliers and also the mirror of the rim are decorated with the best italian glass murano glass even if in this room there are to be seen to thrones those in here are just decorative the hall of thrones was in bucharest at the real palace which nowadays is known as the national art museum all the paintings are copies of the masterpieces back then copies were very expensive and very important because the castle is decorated in historical style probably one of the most impressive painting in this room it is the one in the corner entitled the virgin mary education a copy after rubens painted by shar feline he was a flemish artist who was born armless and he painted that with his feet we have to pass through the mirrors corridor or the meters hole we serve as a corridor for the other rooms and we will continue the visit with the rel dining room the place where the royal members and their guests used to serve lunch and dinner table it is extendable from 12 up to 36 sets tablecloth is original original rose and tile post lane on table bohemian crystal glasses silvery cots and they usually respect the french protocol and thus king and queen usually sit in the center of the table face to face in the background of the room there is a cardboard rhyme behind a spoon and in the center there is the place where the dumb way there the electric one bring the food from the kitchen which was located in the basement the moorish hall is the third and the last reception hall of the castle a room inspired by the spanish palace alhambra where ceiling and the walls are covered with gilded plaster in the center of the room in the background there is a fountain made of italian karana marble and the carpets of the room are original now we have to step a little bit the rules and let's take a look in a room which is not open for the public so now because we have arrived near the fountain made of carrara marble as i said let's get inside the king's billiard room the place where king usually play billiard and chess if you come closer here you're going to see that the table was especially created for the king so you can count your points here and we're gonna see also the king's chest table this room is it's richly carved in wood we use oak walnut and ash board for this room also we can take a look here the former chest room the table was moved but this was the place where they usually used to play chess and also the place where men usually smoke all the real members enjoy smoking king ferdinand the second king of our country he was a heavy smoker and now we have to continue with an oriental dream we're gonna pass through a french corridor decorated in empire style and we're gonna see over here the ottoman rim a room full covered in silk embroidered gold on the table on the right side you're going to see the king's water pipe shisha nagila nearby on the swords the red bed it's the tobacco bag and the carpet of the room is an original smyrna one so this was the last room of the official tour now we have to take a look upstairs with our bedrooms and also rooms for very special guests fine so we have to continue the visit on the first floor this way please so now we have to pass through the marble gallery we serve as a foe for the concert hall let's take a look inside concert hall is a room decorated in english style elizabethan style where the wood floor is the original one panels are made of walnut wood and in the upper part the walls are covered with the well-known cordovan leather fireplace of the room it is made of romanian stone and on top of it there is a painting which depicts her majesty queen elizabeth hearing to the forest voices in the background of the room there is the stage where you're gonna see a japanese kawaii piano a pretty new one this because this room is also used as a concert hall nowadays it is to be seen in austrian oregon made in 1904 by gerbraps this organ counts 1796 pipes and what makes it unique in europe is that it has two keyboards first in this room and the other one is at the room thus the artist can choose in each room he prefer to play or two artists can play in the same time let's take a look in the other room see the second part of the organ that's to be seen in here the second keyboard and a lot of pipes this is an electric organ still function nowadays this room is also known as the new music room or the private room for music the furniture in here it is made of tick wood and was a gift for king charles ii in 1936 from the maharaja of kapur from india there is a story about the furniture which said that three generation of artists carved for a hundred years for this furniture in the showcases there is displayed chinese and japanese porcelain too we're gonna see from the chinese chi japanese satsuma vazis from the 18th century center of the room presents a large chinese vaz known as xi'an lu this type of vas was used in chinese samples for burn instances so now we have to take a look inside of the queen's office an italian urination decoration we're going to see the queen's desk in here with his original typewriter made by the american workshop remington and there is also to be seen a cozy corner in the room where the stained glasses are inspired by fairy tales for example we can see on the right side snow white and from the office of the king there is to be seen the royal bedroom but we have to use another entrance for this one so we'll continue on the official way on the corridor we have to stop a little bit in here and we're gonna see that there is a wardrobe on the corridor which is uh a secret door that laid inside the royal bathroom real bedroom with a flemish decoration panels made of walnut wood was real bedroom for king and queen they slept together there is the bed over there in the background on the left and right above the bed is to be seen a portrait that depict their daughter princess mary the princess who died at the age of three and seven months because of scarlet fever from the real bedroom our visit continues to the dressing room the royal one now we're in the royal dressing room the small one for only a day the royal rules said that you have to change up your clothes many times a day we're gonna see one of the queen's jewelry boxes on the table that's made of english wedgewood porcelain the story continues with the bathroom of the king a bathroom very modern for that time split into rooms a restroom after the bath and the bathroom we're going to see in here an original nickel metal bathtub continue with the original bidet hot and cold running water in english style they had uh holding running water and also saw rage from 1883 and uh behind the door right here it is the king's flashing toilet king had an original flashing toilet from 1883. if dumpsters we saw the dining room used for lunch and dinner up here we're going to see different rooms to use for breakfast and the first one is of course the royal breakfast room we're gonna see in here an original table cloth rose and tall and mice and post lane on table and in the background of the room there is the king's office the second office of the king where he checked his mail every morning very impressive in this room it is of course the stove made of swiss porcelain kaizen zug this one is just a decorative stove inside there is a steam radiator as i already told the palace castle had central heating system from the very beginning in 1883 on the on this corridor we'll gonna see also the second secret door this is the place where the spiral secret streak is from the king's library arrives to and now we have to pass through the king's uh adjutant rim that's the place where the king's adjutant gave the report to the king every morning this is what we can see the first room of the apartment the main entrance in here and also we'll see a lot of paintings copies after albrecht we have to change the style so leaving the flemish decoration will continue to a french room rock or bedroom inspired by fontanbulo castle which is in france this room it is fully covered in gold foil we can see the cozy corner where ladies used to serve the five o'clock tea german post lane moisten and also the heater of the room another decorative one nearby is to be seen the steam radiator hidden in the white box the water drop of the room it is just uh a decorative one because that one it is in fact a secret door we're gonna see a queen sized bed this is the place where second queen of romania queen mary gave birth to her first child charles who become charles ii of romania bathroom and uh the living room for this apartment are decorated in modern style we're going to see italian ceramic everywhere made in generic workshops and also italian porcelain capodimonte the furniture in here is made of fir tree painted white so now we'll see the bathroom for this apartment and in here the marble is original and also we're gonna see an original bathtub made of nickel metal and now we have to continue the visit in the most spectacular apartment of the castle a guest apartment entitled the imperial one the imperial apartment built between 1905 and 1906 it is decorated in neo baroque style austrian the furniture in here was made in vienna and ceiling and the carpet of the room are pretty much the same decoration this is also known as tonsilton in the background of the room is to be seen the bedroom and right behind that one it is the apartment for the guest butler chandelier of the room is in russian style with the bohemian crystal and in the upper part we're gonna see the model of the crown the biscuit porcelain statue on the left side in the room depict the empress elizabeth well known as the emperor sisi and in the moment when we are turning back in this apartment we're gonna see that the door used for the entrance it's uh and what drop door we're going to continue our visit with the breakfast room we're going to see in here leader 15 furniture with the obvious on tapestries on it cordovan leather and walls and also the decoration of ceiling and carpet look pretty much the same on the corridor over here we're going to see the door of the electric elevator an electric elevator made in 1903 by the german workshop called ayager which is still function since nowadays i told you that this is one of the most modern castles in europe we have also in here a red box with the inscription of bvc this is the central vacuum cleaner system in the basement there is still the original vacuum pump made in vienna in 1901 by brevitz herzkarzak company those holes were changed by bbc workshops in 2011. vacuum cleaner it's still function my colleagues uh plug here pipes with brushes that suck the dust in the vacuum pump which is in the basement thank you so much for attention before we leave the castle we have to take a look closer to something hope you enjoy the visit here now we have to take a look closer to the key holder of the castle king said this because he had the keys holding here and he take off his hat saying welcome to the visitors who are coming and uh bye bye to the visitors all leaving the house now we are waiting for your visiting us thank you so much you

Channel: So Châteaux

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Keywords: peles, castle, documentary, history, sinaia, transylvania, museum, national museum, romania, castles, heritage, peles castle, peles national museum

Id: McoXFdVbKk4

Length: 36min 44sec (2204 seconds)

Published: Tue Jan 12 2021