The Sofiero Castle and Gardens is located just north of Helsingborg, Sweden. Sweden has been in draught for some time - but now it is raining every day. It only rained lightly while we were visiting the massive flower gardens - but the grass was wet to walk on. These photos are in no particular order.
Photo just inside the gate.
Cynara Cardunculus
Garden Dahlia
Also a Garden Dahlia
Smooth Hydrangea
In spite of the dreariness of the day - the flowers were beautiful!
The Gardeners Cottage
There was a long row of hedge with window openings like this along the side. Perfect views into a very colorful area of the garden.
The bridge we took to go from the garden area to the house/castle.
A Japanese like scene below the bridge.
This seems more like a manor house than a castle. The last king of Sweden, King Charles the XIII did not have any heirs. He adopted Jean Baptiste Bernadotte, a Frenchman who became King Charles XIV around 1810. The family aggressively married into the other royal families of Europe.
The body of water between Sweden and Denmark - You can see the shores of Denmark across the way - is called the Oresund Strait.
The rooms inside the castle are not outfitted with furniture to fit any time period, instead much of the rooms explain the history of the royal family and one member in particular. Princess Margarete from England married Prince Gustav Adlof. They were gifted this estate for their wedding gift. It was in awful condition - Margarete especially spent a lot of time restoring it - designing all of the gardens.
All four corners of this floor at least - had octagonal shaped rooms.
One of the rooms showing off Princess Margarete's favorite gardening tools.
Back to the front of the building.
Much later we looked at the brochure - to find that we had missed large sections of the garden. Maybe there will be a next time!
No comments:
Post a Comment