公主梦！一生中必去的6大梦幻城堡
迪士尼乐园的睡美人城堡是不是让你怦然心动？其实它的原型就是德国的新天鹅城堡。今天我们要带你了解世界上最梦幻的10个城堡，一起走入现实中的童话世界吧。
1. Neuschwanstein Castle (Germany)
新天鹅城堡（德国）
This elaborate slice of Romanesque Revival perches on a hilltop above the village of Hohenschwangau in southern Germany. It was crafted in the late 19th century to the ostentatious tastes of Ludwig II, King of Bavaria. New Swanstone Castle has become the blueprint for such wildly flamboyant structures. It was the inspiration for the “Sleeping Beauty Castle” which lights up Disneyland in California.
这座古罗马式复兴风格建筑坐落在德国南部霍恩施万高村的一个山顶上，是为了迎合巴伐利亚“疯王”路德维希二世的奢华品味于19世纪晚期兴建的。新天鹅城堡成为了奢华梦幻城堡的模板。美国加州迪士尼乐园睡美人城堡的灵感就来源于新天鹅城堡。
2. Lichtenstein Castle (Germany)
利希滕斯坦城堡（德国）
The south of Germany has a thing for castles which sigh with splendor. Not too far from Neuschwanstein. This stately pile was built in the Gothic Revival style between 1840 and 1842. It perches on an escarpment in the Swabian Jura, some 250 metres above the Echaz River – its position all but demanding that any passing princes clamber up its walls to rescue any princesses who happen to be inside.
德国南部特别钟爱这种壮丽的城堡。利希滕斯坦城堡距离新天鹅城堡不是太远。这座哥特复兴风格的宏伟城堡于1840年到1842年间兴建，坐落在斯瓦比亚汝拉山的一座悬崖上，距离山脚下的伊查兹河约250米——似乎在召唤着路过的王子爬上城墙来拯救城堡中的公主。
3. Chateau de Saumur (France)
索米尔城堡（法国）
An image of symmetrical fairytale perfection, its towers leaping into the sky, its grand entrance accessed via drawbridge, the castle at Saumur ticks all the boxes required to be a spectacular Loire chateau. Tenth century in origin, though freshened and finessed in subsequent centuries, it has played host to a few beasts during its millennium of existence – it was converted into a state prison once Napoleon Bonaparte had seized the French reins. Happily, it is now restored to full splendour, staring imperiously at its surroundings.
童话般完美的对称外观，直冲云霄的高塔，雄伟的吊桥入口，索米尔的这座城堡具备了成为一座壮丽卢瓦尔河谷城堡的全部条件。这座始建于10世纪的古堡尽管在后来的岁月中历经翻新和打理，在长达千年的历史中也曾招待过几个禽兽之人——在拿破仑•波拿巴执掌法国大权后曾将索米尔城堡改造为国家监狱。幸运的是，现在这座古堡已经回复到全盛状态，傲视着周围的一切。
4. Chateau de Chenonceau (France)
舍农索城堡（法国）
Some castles project their majesty via towers so lofty and tapering that they practically come with a resident Rapunzel. Not so Chenonceau, another fabulous fragment of the Loire region. Crafted between 1514 and 1522, it is low-slung and lovely, delivering its visual coup de grace in its elaborate gardens – and in the way it straddles the River Cher via four elegant arches. Chenonceau is as beautiful as a castle can be – and it is wholly aware of its magnificence.
有些城堡的壮丽之处在于又高又尖的塔楼，非常适合长发公主居住。但是舍农索城堡却不是这样。它是卢瓦尔地区的又一段华丽篇章。建于1514年至1522年间的舍农索城堡矮矮的很可爱，她给人带来的视觉震撼来自于那些精致秀丽的花园，还有横跨谢尔河的四个拱洞。舍农索城堡是你能想象到的最美丽的城堡，而且它深知自己的魅力所在。
5. The Alcazar of Segovia (Spain)
萨戈维亚皇宫城堡（西班牙）
Ancient in origin – there was a fortress on this swarthy hillock in the Roman era, - its sophisticated outline took form in the 16th century under King Philip II, when its broad gardens were designed by the architect Francisco de Morar. The castle supposedly resembles a ship’s bow – a description that, if anything, does its grandeur a disservice. It is also meant to be the inspiration for the “Cinderella Castle” at Disney World in Orlando.
这座城堡的起源非常古老，早在罗马时代，这个黑黝黝的山头上就已经建起一座堡垒，升级版城堡是在16世纪腓力二世统治期间建造的，当时城堡内的巨大花园是由建筑师弗朗西斯科•莫勒设计的。据说建筑师的本意是让城堡看起来像一艘船的船头，这种描述恐怕会让城堡的宏伟感觉大打折扣。美国奥兰多迪士尼世界中的“灰姑娘城堡”原本打算以它为原型。
6. Stirling Castle (UK)
斯特林城堡（英国）
Princesses in castles do not have to be happy. Stirling Castle – arguably Scotland’s most photogenic, even if Edinburgh Castle is more famous – was one of the backdrops to the life of a tragic figure. It was here that Mary Queen of Scots – destined to be beheaded at the order of her own cousin Elizabeth I – spent her childhood in the 1540s. Resplendent on a volcanic crag, it still surveys the valley of the River Forth with as keen an eye as it did during the Middle Ages, when it was besieged eight times. Its tormented former resident is said to haunt it – forever weighed down by her troubles.
城堡中的公主不一定是快乐的，有一位悲剧人物就曾经居住在斯特林城堡中——斯特林城堡大概是苏格兰最适宜拍照的城堡，虽然爱丁堡城堡更为出名。就是在这里，苏格兰玛丽女王在16世纪40年代度过了她的童年，这位女王后来被她的表姐伊丽莎白一世下令砍头。这座壮丽的城堡坐落在一个火山峭壁上，用敏锐的目光俯瞰着福斯河谷，一如在中世纪时那样。斯特林城堡在中世纪时曾被围攻八次。这座城堡饱受折磨的旧主人据说还阴魂不散，因苦大仇深而永远得不到解脱。
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