And then there is Castell Gwynn, in Triune, TN, the home of the annual
Tennessee Renaissance Festival) <http://www.tnrenfest.com/>. It is a copy
of a Welsh castle, but built of concrete blocks rather than stone.
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John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot
drive out hate; only love can do that." -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
On October 16, 2015 3:24:32 AM John Willis <jo...@mac.com> wrote:
Javbw
On Oct 16, 2015, at 4:33 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdre...@gmail.com>
wrote:
I d call the hearst residence at least a villa, if castle doesn't find
agreement.
A villa or mansion or something more than a common house - but...
It just feels weird to tag a more modern structure never used as a castle
as a castle.
You are right - the duck test tells me it is an imposing historic building.
And yea, it looks a bit like a castle and is named "castle" - like the
disney castle - but it's style is to mimic a castle - it was never meant to
really be one. It is a rich person's house.
In the Ironman films, Tony Starks malibu house is similarly large, a
residence for a powerful person, and very imposing. If he put a couple
turrets on the top, would it be a castle? Does the style of architecture
define it as a castle (which is easily replicated) - or its purpose (when
active) as a true defensive fortified local/regional/national power center?
This is a fabulous question.
Does a building that looks like a castle but has no historical usage as a
castle - nor could ever used be a castle - be tagged as a castle?
No archer has ever been upon the battlements at Hearst castle nor
Disneyland's castles and loose an arrow at an enemy - nor discuss african
swallows and their airspeed velocity vis a vis coconuts.
To me, it is a historic mansion (villa?) called "Hearst Castle".
But this "style" vs purpose (active or historical) is a very interesting
question to me.
Javbw.
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