Castle Princess Oldenburg - the most unusual place in the Voronezh region

В сорока километрах от Воронежа, в поселке Ramon, is a masterpiece of architecture of world significance. This is the castle of the princess of Oldenburg. The building is built in the Old English Gothic style and looks a bit unusual on the picturesque expanses of the Voronezh land.

С 70-х годов замок находится на реставрации, which is still not finished. Many premises are recognized as emergency, but still this place attracts tourists. Many specially for this purpose go to Voronezh. The castle of the Princess of Oldenburg is unusual not only in architecture. About it goes a lot of legends and myths, it is believed that there live ghosts.

Это место было подарено императором Александром II to his niece Evgenia Romanova. She was Nicholas I's granddaughter for her mother, and for her father - the great-granddaughter of Napoleon Bonaparte's wife. The estate was a wedding gift to Eugenia and her husband Alexander Oldenburg. The picturesque places were very liked by the spouses, and they began to actively equip them.

Castle of the Princess of Oldenburg was built onlyfor three years by the project of architect Christopher Neysler. But the hosts actively participated in the design and even design of the premises. For example, the princess herself calculated the width of the staircase opening and burned drawings on oak tiles for the ceiling. She was a very active woman, and therefore the estate was built on a grand scale.

Замок принцессы Ольденбургской - это несколько buildings of red brick, standing on a hill. From the observation tower you can see a picturesque view of the Voronezh River and surrounding fields. Entrance gates are decorated with beautiful turrets, one of which is decorated with Swiss watches. The walls of meter-wide width, lancet windows and beautiful twisted fences of balconies are striking.

Interior decoration was alsoexquisite, but now little has survived. Beautiful twisted oak railings of the stairs, graceful tiled stoves, a ceiling lined with six-sided wooden tiles ... It is also unusual that the castle was heated by one stove located in the basement, and there was also a shower in it. For this, the princess ordered the construction of a water tower.

Near the castle was a beautiful park with fountains.Especially beautiful is the grotto in the backyard. The fountain in the shape of a fish, from whose mouth water should flow out, as well as a long staircase leading to the river, have survived.

Spouses Oldenburg launched in Ramonivigorous activity: they laid out orchards, laid a railroad, opened a candy factory, whose products were widely known in Russia and abroad. Eugenia was keen on hunting, therefore wild animals were kept in the basement of the castle. Menagerie was also across the river, he marked the beginning of the Voronezh Reserve.

После революции поместье было разграблено, в нем there were a school, a hospital, and a library. During the war, the Germans did not bomb the castle of the Princess of Oldenburg, so it has survived to the present day. Its restoration is going very slowly, possibly due to a lack of funding. But it is believed that the estate was cursed by a black sorcerer in love with a princess. They say that birds and cats cannot be in the castle, and unusual sounds are heard at night.

Despite this in summer you can visit the castlePrincess of Oldenburg. Working time in the warm season - every day from 10 to 17 hours (except Monday). Now the ground floor and basement are open to the public. The park is being actively restored in front of the castle, as it is planned to make a tourist complex on the estate, designed by Olivier Dame.