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2. Balmoral Castle - Wikipedia

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   Balmoral Castle (/ b æ l ˈ m ɒr əl /) is a large estate house in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and a residence of the British royal family. It is near the village of Crathie , 9 miles (14 km) west of Ballater and 50 miles (80 km) west of Aberdeen .

3. Everything You Need to Know About Balmoral Castle - AOL

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   Design and Architecture of Balmoral Castle. The castle was designed by Scottish architects John and William Smith. The father-son team drew up the plans around 1852, and the Scottish baronial and ...

4. Inside the Royal Family's Favorite Summer Getaway, Balmoral ...

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   The Interior. In Prince Harry's memoir, Spare, he writes about the inside of Balmoral. "Balmoral. Closing my eyes, I can see the main entrance, the paneled front windows, the wide portico and ...

5. Castles in Scotland - Wikipedia

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   Balmoral Castle, re-built for Queen Victoria in the Scots Baronial style. In Scotland there was a revival of the castle in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries as part of the wider Gothic Revival movement, as new houses were built and existing buildings remodeled in the Gothic and Scots Baronial styles. [63]

6. Estate houses in Scotland - Wikipedia

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   Linlithgow Palace, the first building to bear that title in Scotland, extensively rebuilt along Renaissance principles from the fifteenth century.. The origins of private estate houses in Scotland are in the extensive building and rebuilding of royal palaces that probably began under James III (r. 1460–88), accelerated under James IV (r. 1488–1513), and reached its peak under James V (r ...

7. Balmoral Castle Will Open to the Public for the First Time - AOL

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   In 1852, Prince Albert purchased Balmoral as a gift for his wife, Queen Victoria. The original building was deemed too small, and the royals built a new castle (the one that exists today), and ...

8. Abergeldie Castle - Wikipedia

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   Abergeldie Castle is a four-floor tower house in Crathie and Braemar parish, SW Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It stands at an altitude of 840 feet (260 m), on the south bank of the River Dee , five miles (8 km) west of Ballater , and about two miles (3 km) east of the royal residence of Balmoral Castle .

9. Psst: Balmoral Castle Is Officially Open to the Public - AOL

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   Balmoral Castle is steeped in Scottish tradition, with numerous nods to its rich royal history. Prince Albert purchased the land in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and began building onto an existing ...