Belfast Castle

Originally a Norman castle from the 12th century, Belfast Castle as it is today was rebuilt in the 18th century because it had burned down ... today we see this gemoetrical structure with red window bars and the spiralling staircase overlooking its gardens and the plain.

Typical for English Gardens is their artificial geometrical shape, the well-arranged plants and the trimmed grass. If you step on it, you could anger the proprietors (as illustrated well by the Romans in "Asterix in Britain"). Jokes aside, these lords know how to live well in a calm and natural surrounding, you have to leave them this.

Behind this wall, you can see our bus from which we descended into this paradise.

The entrance to the castle is on the right behind the wall.

The spacey and luminous interior make the castle a great place for conferences, weddings, elegant festivals and so on ... I can well imagine concerts with chamber music! How would it be to play in such a place? (I am a musician myself, you know.)

The wide plain that stretches out before the castle includes some villages and forests ... in the distance you can see the city of Belfast (about which I wrote in my last post). We were on our way through Northern Ireland, far from done, so more posts will follow tomorrow!