1827 - State Entrance - Windsor Castle, Berkshire, UK
N 51° 29.042 W 000° 36.183
30U E 666426 N 5706377
The State Entrance at Windsor castle, built 1827
Waymark Code: WMTBFZ
Location: South East England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 10/28/2016
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The state entrance to Windsor Castle, in the Upper Ward near the State Apartments, is crowned with a handsome clock and an inscribed date stone.
The State Entrance leads direct;ly into the State Apartments, the scene of a horrible fire in 1992.
From the Royal Collection Trust website: (
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"The State Apartments
Windsor Castle has been the home of 39 monarchs, and the appearance of the State Apartments today reflects the changing tastes of the Castle’s royal occupants, particularly Charles II (r.1660-85) and George IV (r.1820-30).
Charles II set out to rival the achievements of his cousin, Louis XIV, at Versailles in France. He modernised the Castle’s interiors, which became the grandest State Apartments in England, with painted ceilings by Antonio Verrio and carvings by Grinling Gibbons.
With his architect Sir Jeffry Wyatville, George IV gave the State Apartments a new grand entrance and staircase, and he added the colossal Waterloo Chamber, celebrating the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte in 1815, introduced in the short film below by Desmond Shawe-Taylor, Surveyor of The Queen's Pictures."
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