Powerscourt Gardens Revisited - Ireland

Hoi Francisca, Een mooie reis naar Ierland gemaakt zie ik. En de weergoden zijn je ook gunstig geweest. Wat een prachtig complex is Powerscourt! De tuinen zowel als het gebouw zijn adembenemend mooi. Ik kende dit kasteel niet, maar ben blij dat ik het nu gezien heb, dankzij jouw prachtige foto's. Een geweldig album! Groet, Tjebbe

said oomt 5 months 27 days ago

Wonderful album.Congratulations,Fra ncisca.I will leave more comments to many shots here,when I have enought time.Take care,my friend

said rasim1 5 months 25 days ago

oh oh, each album is better than other!! the choose is difficult! :)

said carlitowwe 5 months 17 days ago

Love the album Fransica thanks for the wonderful trip

said barbara2258 5 months 15 days ago

Your win today in the latest creative challenge (statues) caused me to see the slideshow of this album and I discovered a most wonderful location! The roses were no longer in their prime, but the statuary gives the garden an old time classy charm! Just exquisite! Greetings from Japan,Gabriela

said shukun20 5 months 4 days ago

Thanks for sharing!

said katta135 5 months 3 days ago

Congratulations! Very nice album. Annbjørg

said annbjorg 5 months 3 days ago

Great album, I must visit this garden if ever I get to Dublin. Congratulations on that potd today. Eric

said ericy202 5 months 3 days ago

Hi Francisca, This is a beautiful album. Thanks for sharing it, with us. Greetings from Tennessee. All The Best, Teresa

said teres187 5 months 3 days ago

Congrats on the POTD and this great album. I visited Powerscourt Gardens in September in cloudy weather and saw things a bit differently with my camera. It is fun to see how different the same place can be captured by another person. Cheers, Terry

said terrytigger 5 months 3 days ago

Well done Francesca, Powerscourt is simply fab. I've been there twice and it never looked like that.

said phillper0906 5 months 3 days ago

Beautiful album, thank you for sharing...regards,

said kegiles 5 months 3 days ago

Hi Francisca Congratulations on the creative challenge it's a beautiful album. Greetings from Copenhagen

said kirabo777 5 months 3 days ago

Wesmfmm, I was just at Powerscourt. I took as many shots as the weather would allow and returned home downloaded the images onto my external harddrive which then failed. I cannot find all the images I shot while there. It is a terrible thing but I am glad you captured this marvelous place so well. Thank you. I just wish I had mine to compare with yours. I am sure we'd be quite different with this fantastic subject. Maybe I'll get lucky and find the missing pictures. If so you will see them here as well. Great work my friend, I am envious. Best Wishes, Hepschlep

said hepschlep 5 months 3 days ago

I cannot say it better than "oomt". Thanks for sharing

said dickwalker 5 months 3 days ago

Hi Francisca, great album, nice colours - i like the attention to details! Congratulations on your potd (bit late, but hey, the day after is always so silent anyway) With kind regards, jacob

said jacobsdevries 5 months 2 days ago

Powerscourt Estate (Irish: Eastát Chúirt an Phaoraigh), near Enniskerry, County Wicklow, is a large country estate which is noted for its house and landscaped gardens, today occupying 47 acres. The house, originally a 13th century castle, was extensively altered during the 18th century by German architect Richard Cassels, starting in 1731[1] and finishing in 1741. A fire in 1974 left the house lying as a shell until it was renovated in 1996. The estate today is a popular tourist attraction, and includes a golf course, an Avoca Handweavers restaurant, and a Ritz-Carlton hotel.

said wesmfmm 4 months 8 days ago

King George IV was the guest of Richard Wingfield, fifth Viscount Powerscourt in August 1821. Mervyn Wingfield, seventh Viscount Powerscourt inherited the title and the Powerscourt estate, which comprised 49,000 acres (200 km²) of land in Ireland, at the age of 8 in 1844. When he reached the age of 21 he embarked on an extensive renovation of the house and created new gardens. Inspiration for the garden design followed visits by Powerscourt to ornamental gardens at the Palace of Versailles, Schönbrunn Palace near Vienna, and Schwetzingen Palace near Heidelberg. The garden development took 20 years to complete in 1880. Main attractions on the grounds include the Tower Valley (with stone tower), Japanese gardens, winged horse statues, Triton Lake, pets cemetery, Dolphin Pond, walled gardens, Bamberg Gate and the Italian Garden. The Pepperpot Tower is said to be designed after a favored 3" pepperpot of Lady Wingfield. Of particular note is the pets cemetery, whose tombstones have been described as "astonishingly personal".

said wesmfmm 4 months 8 days ago

Lovely gardens. I love to see gardens all around the world, thanks for sharing, Estela from Brazil.

said estelax100 3 months 27 days ago