Presépio com Vista para o Canal: Beloeil

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Friday, 6 August 2010

Chateau de Beloeil III

These are the photos of my favourite rooms in Castle Beloeil...

La Chambre d' Amblise

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with this magnificent carved and gilded wooden bed, decorated in Genoa velvet.

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The Field Marshals' Apartments

The bed of Field Marshal Prince Charles-Joseph de Ligne (1735-1814), the greatest belgian writer of the 18th Century.

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The Library

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This beautiful library gathers more than 20 000 books and precious manuscripts.

La Galerie

with three large paintings about battle scenes...

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look at the details of this painting...

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Salle de conférence

Here the magnificent painting of Eugenia de Montijo by
Winterhalter, one of my favourite painters.

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Tuesday, 3 August 2010

Chateau de Beloeil II

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The Castle of Beloeil belongs to the House of Ligne, one of the most prestigious Belgian noble Houses. The actual Prince of Ligne, Michel Lamoral, is married with a Brazilian Princess, Dona Eleonora d'Orleans- Braganca. She is a cousin of the Duke of Braganca, Dom Duarte Pio, the Chief of the Royal Portuguese House.

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Prince's Michel sister, Princess Cristina, is married with the Brazilian Prince, Dom Antonio d' Orleans-Braganca, Dona Eleonora's brother.

Prince Antonio and Princess Cristina had four sons. Their eldest, Dom Pedro Luiz, died last year in a plane crash.
Prince Rafael, his brother, is considered now the fourth in the line of the Brazilian throne (if the monarchy was restored), after his uncles, Dom Luis Gastao and Dom Bertrand, and his own father, Dom Antonio.

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I like to visit castles whose families are connected to the Portuguese Royal Family and, in a certain way, with the Portuguese History.
I like this feeling...I feel closer to my own country, my roots... this liaision through the times between countries, connections plenty of History...