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17 July 2010

The Castles of love


First of all i just wanna say, "Awesome!" love could bring passion of human very great. These are numbers of castle which are built by love's reason.

The castle was built by a man named George Boldt as an expression of his love for his wife on Valentine's Day 1905 Louise. George Boldt gave his wife of five hectares and built Boldt castle on an island. One year before the Boldt Castle will be completed, Louise, age 41, died. He was heartbreak, George Boldt to stop construction and never went back to the island.

2. Taj Mahal
Taj Mahal, Agra, India.Image via Wikipedia
Mumtaz Mahal was built by Emperor Shah Jahan to hash istrinya. His power of love so that when the passed away of his wife he felt so lonesome. Taj Mahal is actually building a tomb that will be the most magnificent monuments ever built by humans for a woman as an expression of love.   

3. The Swallow's Nest, also called  "Castle of Love" in the Crimea, Ukraine 

This castle was originally named Castle of Love "and was built in 1912. Unknown who built the castle yet. But, many stories that this castle was once a log cabin building and eventually built like this.

4. Dobroyd Castle in Todmorden, England 



The castle was built by John Fielden, the son of a wealthy lover, Ruth Stansfield, a local worker girl and asked her to be his wife. Inside the castle found many initial engraved their names, John and Ruth, JFR as a witness of their love. After the death of his wife, John married again and paralysis until he spent her life in a handicapped chair.

5. Kellie's Castle in Batu Gajah, Malaysia (sometimes also called Kellie's Folly)
Kellie's Castle is among the oldest buildings in Malaysia and the castle built by William Kellie Smith for his wife Agnes. Its construction began in 1915, combining three architectural styles - Greco-Roman, Moorish, and Indian. A Spanish flu outbreak killed most of the 70 construction workers India.So, Kellie Smith build a Hindu temple near the fort for the fun of Indians and to restart construction. 

6. Stratford Castle in Durban, South Africa
Stratford Castle in Durban, South Africa, are now placed in Camelot Residential and Golf Estate.Kata-immortal words: "But true love is a durable fire, In the mind ever burning, Never sick, never old, never die; From himself never changed. "fort was built on the spirit of beautiful words.

7. Mystery Castle in Phoenix, Arizona

Mystery Castle is a castle that was built for a princess. Story is quite sad. Boyce Gulley ran away from his home in Seattle because of pain after diagnosis with tuberculosis. He slipped away from his wife and daughter did not want them to see him. He bought a land at the foot of the mountain. He spent 16 years to build a castle by hand while waiting to die, then . He uses natural materials and the remaining artifacts after Boyce's death, his daughter, Mary Lou Gulley, finding his legacy.[]
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