Loch Coruisk in the Isle of Skye is one of the most spectacular and isolated places in the British Isles. The head of this freshwater loch is surrounded on three sides by the imposing volcanic Black Cuillin while the southern end runs into a small rivulet, which then discharges into a sea loch, Loch Scavaig. As with much of the Highlands, once it would have been thickly wooded. Deforestation has left it all the bleaker.
Sidney Richard Percy (1821-1886)
The #eclectic palace was built between 1701 and 1734 and then purchased by Henrique Burnay, 1st Count of Burnay. It has undergone numerous renovations thru history and most recently was used as a college.
#baroque #neoclassical #romanticism
#artandarchitecture #artanddesign
After being vacant for several years, the palace is undergoing another renovation and the company Museus e Monumentos de Portugal, will manage the museum's architectural heritage, and be housed in it.
Musical Interlude: Doing more Romanticism today; here's a fun one.
"Double Piano Concerto in A-Flat Major," composed by Felix Mendelssohn, performed by the Nieuw Sinfonietta Amsterdam, with Love Derwinger & Roland Pöntinen at the pianos.
