PELISOR CASTLE

In Sinaia, near the Peles castle there is a smaller monument named Pelisor. This castle was built between 1899 and 1902 by a Czech architect Karel Liman and decorated by the Viennese Bernhard Ludwig for King Ferdinand and Queen Maria.

Ferdinand was the nephew of King Carol the first and the son of Leopold von Hohenzollern. He came to Romania in 1889 and married Princess Maria three years later. Princess Maria was the daughter of Alfred, the duke of Edinburgh, and Maria Alexandrovna, the daughter of Czar Alexander the second. In 1914 they became monarchs because of the death of King Carol the first. The apotheosis of their reign was in 1918, when the World War I ended and Romania reunified with Basarabia, Bucovina and Transilvania.

Queen Maria was a very talented poet, painter and designer. She was named The Artist Queen. She picked the Art-Nouveau style for the castle decoration. Queen Maria considered the art from 1900 a weapon against the sterility of historicism. She created a personal style combining the Art-Nouveau elements with Byzantine and Celtic elements. Thus, "The Golden Bedroom", "The Chapel" and "The Golden Room" were born.

The hall of honor is very simple with the walls covered with oak-timber. The glass ceiling is one of the architectural elements of the art from 1900 found here.

Biroul regelui Ferdinand impune prin solemnitate. Din garnitura mobilierului in stilul neorenasterii germane, se detaseaza biroul din lemn de nuc, placat cu trei panouri sculptate care infatiseaza castelele Peles, Pelisor si Foisor.

Capela integrata apartamentului reginei Maria se afla intr-un spatiu placat cu marmura de Ruschita, accesibil printr-o arcada cu coloane, aurita, ce poarta o inscriptie emblematica. Nota de reculegere confera vitraliile decorate cu antrelacuri ce filtreaza o lumina fascinanta.

Dormitorul de aur este mobilat cu piese realizate la 1909 in Atelierele de arte si meserii de la Sinaia, dupa planurile si desenele reginei. Sculptate in lemn de tei, aurite, ele poarta in decoratie antrelacul de inspiratie celtica si elementul zoomorf bizantin, interpretat in maniera Artei 1900.

Biroul reginei Maria, amplasat intr-un interior impodobit cu coloane brancovenesti si un camin specific interioarelor romanesti, cuprinde un mobilier conceput de regina. Scaunele si masa pentru corespondenta sunt decorate cu simbolurile Mariei, crinul si crucea gamata.

Camera de aur, incaperea pivot a palatului, este insolita ca decoratie. Peretii din stuc aurit poarta frunze de ciulini, motiv drag reginei intrucat era emblema orasului Nancy, capitala Art-Nouveau-lui, dar si al Scotiei, locul natal al Mariei. Mobilierul decorat cu elemente celtice si bizantine este pus in valoare si de luminatorul cu forma unei cruci celtice de pe plafon.

Castelul Pelisor detine o valoroasa colectie de arta decorativa apartinand Art-Nouveau-ului, printre care lucrari ale unor artisti ca E. Galle, fratii Daum, J. Hoffmann, L.C. Tiffany, Gurschner etc. O mentiune speciala merita manuscrisul - pergament realizat de Maria si daruit lui Ferdinand in 1906. Arta plastica o putem grupa sub genericul "Tinerimea artistica", miscare patronata de regina ce reunea artisti romani aflati la inceputul carierei.

Last update: 2008, August 1
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