Pictures of the Biltmore House/Estate/Castle

[GTaudiophile]

Beautiful area. Have always wanted to go there.

 

[Anubis]

yea thats a pretty interesting place, however it IMO is a pseudo castle Neuschwanstein as you mentioned is a real castle http://www.new7wonders.com/dow...ANY/Neuschwanstein.jpg

 

[Auric]

'Tis in need of de-Munsterizing if you axe me. Alzo, what up wid da crazy slanted window box thingies? Slanted windows on their own, fine, but not thingies, by god.

 

[Descartes]

Originally posted by: Anubis
yea thats a pretty interesting place, however it IMO is a pseudo castle Neuschwanstein as you mentioned is a real castle http://www.new7wonders.com/dow...ANY/Neuschwanstein.jpg

Yeah. It seems people are hung on my calling it a house/estate/castle, but the point I was trying to make is that its extravagance in size and style is reminiscent of a castle. The interior of the Biltmore is nothing like a large estate. The tapestries, architecture, furnishings, etc. remind me of a castle. The dining room has huge statues of kings (I assume) on the wall, and so does the exterior. Not something you see in a typical estate, imo.

Look at the dining room for example. it's 70' tall, has thrones in the wall and huge statues of what I assume are kings (you can barely see these statues in the top left of this picture). It's definitely more of something like Neuschwanstein than say the Hearst Castle (which is less of a castle than the Biltmore).

Anyway, I'm not an expert on what constitutes a castle, but Wikipedia suggests that it has to be a defensive structure of some kind. If that's the case, then Neuschwanstein wouldn't really constitute a castle.

I digress

 

[Regs]

Wowzer! Looks like something out of a scary movie.

 

[MyThirdEye]

Looks fun.

 

[ades]

I have been there twice. It is truly an incredible experience. I know for a fact that if I had enough money, my house would be absolutely huge and castle-like. Anyway, it isn't a place someone could live in today... but 100 years ago, damn, just imagine....

 

[echow87]

Very nice house but I bet its a tad scary during nightime and no lights are on. Imagine inside that house alone by yourself, pitch dark.

 

[chusteczka]

Nice pictures Descartes, thank you.

Here is some information on a castle that impressed me in northern Poland.
Malbork Castle
Malbork (town)
Malbork - in Polish with a few different pictures.
Marienburg from before WWII
Various google images

Here is some information on a castle that impressed me in southern Poland.
The Dunajec castle in Niedzica
Niedzica Castle
Niedzica (town)
Niedzica (before restoration)
Dunajec River Gorge
Niedzica (surprisingly good pictures)
Niedzica Castle (good description)
Niedzica (good pictures on a Polish page)
Various google images

 

[needalife]

welcome to my crib yo