练习双语：一生中必去的10个梦幻城堡.docx

练习双语：一生中必去的10个梦幻城堡迪士尼乐园的睡美人城堡是不是让你怦然心动？其实它的原型就是德国的新天鹅城堡。今天我们要带你了解世界上最梦幻的10个城堡，一起走入现实中的童话世界吧。Neuschwanstein Castle (Germany)新天鹅城堡(德国)The fantasy castle about which other fantasy castles have fantasies. This elaborate slice ofRomanesque Revival perches on a hilltop above the village of Hohenschwangau in southernGermany. It was crafted in the late 19th century (between 1869 and 1886, to be precise), to theostentatious tastes of Ludwig llz King of Bavaria. Sadly for the man in question, he died in thesame year that his dream residence was finished. His consolation (in the afterlife anyway) is thatSchloss Neuschwanstein (whose name translates as New Swanstone Castle) has become theblueprint for such wildly flamboyant structures. It was the inspiration for the '"Sleeping BeautyCastle,z which lights up Disneyland in California.新天鹅城堡是梦幻城堡中的梦幻城堡。这座古罗马式复兴风格建筑坐落在德国南部霍恩施万高村的一个山顶上，是为了迎合巴伐利亚”疯王路德维希二世的奢华品味于19世纪晚期(准确时间是1869到1886年)兴建的。可惜的是，城堡建好的同一年路德维希二世就去世了。能让他(在来世)感到安慰的是，新天鹅城堡后来成为了奢华梦幻城堡的模板。美国加州迪士尼乐园睡美人城堡的灵感就来源于新天鹅城堡。2.Lichtenstein Castle (Germany)利希滕斯坦城堡(德国)The south of Germany has a thing for castles which sigh with splendor. Not too far fromNeuschwanstein (110 miles to the north-west, in the neighbouring state of Baden-Wurttemburg),this stately pile was built in the Gothic Revival style between 1840 and 1842. It perches on anescarpment in the Swabian Jura, some 250 metres above the Echaz River - its position all butdemanding that any passing princes clamber up its walls to rescue any princesses who happen tobe inside. Even more romantically, the ruins of its own medieval predecessor on the bluff, BurgAlt-Lichtenstein, sit immediately next to it.德国南部特别钟爱这种壮丽的城堡。利希滕斯坦城堡距离新天鹅城堡不是太远(在新天鹅城堡西北方向110英里处，约合177公里，位于邻近的巴登-符腾堡州)。这座哥特复兴风格的宏伟城堡于1840年到1842年间兴建，坐落在斯瓦比亚汝拉山的一座悬崖上，距离山脚下的伊查兹河约250米一一似乎在召唤着路过的王子爬上城墙来拯救城堡中的公主。更浪漫的是，该城堡在中世纪的前身一一老利希滕斯坦城堡的废墟就在新堡旁边。Ljubljana Castle (Slovenia)卢布尔雅那城堡(斯洛文尼亚)Slovenia,s capital is a true box of delights - so small and picturesque that you start to wonderwhether the locals have somehow concealed the uglier portions of the city. And it is topped bythe medieval masterpiece which shapes its skyline. Initially built in the 11th and 12th centuries,and remodelled in the 15th, it has lost some of its fortress snarl - but it rewards those who makethe walk upwards to sip a coffee in one of its pretty courtyards.斯洛文尼亚的首都是个充满惊喜的城市一一这个风景如画的小城让人好奇当地人是不是把城市的丑陋一面给隐藏起来了。其中最赞的就是这座描画出天际线的中世纪杰出建筑。卢布尔雅那城堡最初兴建于11到12世纪，后于15世纪进行改造，改造后的城堡丧失了一些堡垒的威严，但方便人们登上城堡，在美丽的庭院中品味咖啡。Chateau de Chinon (France)希侬城堡(法国)The Loire Valley is, of course, a glittering cornucopia of fine castles and tail-towered flights offancy - a legacy of the 15th and 16th centuries, when French royal power was concentrated here,and the Gallic nobility dutifully constructed their mansions close to the throne. Admittedly,Chinon pre-dates this period - there has been a chateau on its crag since the 10th century. Andthe river it looks down on is the Vienne, a tributary of the Loire, rather than the Loire itself. But itholds a crucial place in French history. It was here in 1429 that Joan Of Arc met Charles VII - anencounter which gave the monarch new impetus in his ultimately successful bid to liberate hiskingdom from English rule.卢瓦尔河谷是闪闪发光的宝藏之地，那里到处是美丽的城堡和高耸入云的塔楼一一这些都是15世纪和16世纪聚居在那里的法国王室家族留下来的遗产。当时法国贵族都将自己的府邸建在国王宫殿附近。无可否认，希侬城堡建造的日期更早，早在10世纪就有了这座悬崖上的城堡。城堡俯瞰着维埃纳河，而非卢瓦尔河，维埃纳河是卢瓦尔河的支流。不过，希侬城堡在法国历史上占据着举足轻重的地位。这座城堡见证了 1429年圣女贞德和查理七世的会面，这次会面让查理七世萌发了新动力，让他最终得以成功让法国脱离英国的统治。Chateau de Saumur (France)索米尔城堡(法国)An image of symmetrical fairytale perfection, its towers leaping into the sky, its grandentrance accessed via drawbridge, the castle at Saumur ticks all the boxes required to be aspectacular Loire chateau - not least because it gazes out across the river in question (and itsconfluence with the Thouet). Tenth century in origin, though freshened and finessed insubsequent centuries, it has played host to a few beasts during its millennium of existence - itwas converted into a state prison once Napoleon Bonaparte had seized the French reins. Happily,it is now restored to full splendour; staring imperiously at its surroundings.童话般完美的对称外观，直冲云霄的高塔，雄伟的吊桥入口，索米尔的这座城堡具备了成为一座壮丽卢瓦尔河谷城堡的全部条件一一不只是因为它就在卢瓦尔河边(而且位于卢瓦尔河和图埃河之间的交汇处)。这座始建于10世纪的古堡尽管在后来的岁月中历经翻新和打理，在长达千年的历史中也曾招待过儿个禽兽之人一一在拿破仑.波拿巴执掌法国大权后曾将索米尔城堡改造为国家监狱。幸运的是，现在这座古堡已经回复到全盛状态，傲视着周围的一切。Chateau de Chenonceau (France)舍农索城堡(法国)Some castles project their majesty via towers so lofty and tapering that they practicallycome with a resident Rapunzel. Not so Chenonceau, another fabulous fragment of the Loireregion. Crafted between 1514 and 1522 (though there was a palace on the site as early as the11th century), it is low-slung and lovely, delivering its visual coup de grace in its elaborategardens - and in the way it straddles the River Cher via four elegant