Original title: The 19-year-old Earl's Thousand Golden Castle is exposed: Wifi is poor, the toilet is far away, and it is haunted! Why is it totally different from what you think?
Author: Global Travel
I believe that every girl had a princess dream when she was young.
I imagined that I was dressed in a complicated and gorgeous skirt, lived in a castle beyond sight, kept a small white horse, and came to have afternoon tea with my sisters in the garden. I sat at a long table for three meals a day, enjoying the rich food of star chef.
Classical music, masquerade dance, live a carefree and worry free life.
However, a 19-year-old Italian girl said that living in the castle was extremely painful!
Who on earth made such a "Versailles" speech? And what about the real life in the castle?
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This house is 858 years old
Ludovica Sannazzaro, 19, is an Italian student majoring in performing arts at the California Institute of the Arts.
Influenced by the epidemic, Ludovica had to leave the campus, return home and start a boring online class life.
Ludovica was bored at home without lively classes or rich club activities. One day, she suddenly thought: "Since it is so boring, why not update my daily life on tiktok (overseas version of Tiktok) and chat with netizens!"
She did what she said and released her first film on March 8. In a flash, it attracted millions of attention and tens of millions of likes...
The reason for the explosion is very simple. In addition to being a college student, Ludovica is also the daughter of a real earl, and as the fairy tale says, she lives in a castle.
This Castello Sannazzaro castle in Piedmont can be traced back to 1163.
What is the concept of 1163? In that year, Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris in France just started construction, while our country is still in the Song Dynasty.
Until the reign of Frederick I of the Holy Roman Empire (about 1701), the castle was awarded to Ludovica's ancestors, and has been passed down to the 28th generation.
Ludovica's father, Count Giuseppe Sannazzaro, obtained the right to inherit the castle from his aunt in 1986. It was not until 2006 that he moved in with his family, and the interior was properly transformed.
The main building of the castle covers an area of about 10000 ㎡, and the external garden covers an area of about 25000 ㎡, which is the size of five football fields. There are 45 rooms with different functions and 15 extra large bedrooms in the castle.
In Ludovica's eyes, such a "home" that all netizens envy is quite ordinary:
"I know what it means to live in such a place with profound history and culture, and I have always liked it! But I can't remember what it was like to move here at the beginning, because I was only 4 years old at that time, and I only knew that it was my home..."
The gate of the castle is carved with complicated patterns, which is the badge of the Sannazzaro family.
Open the main gate, and the first floor is a solemn and magnificent hall.
The European pointed arch design, complicated and grand patterns, and the light beige pink wall surface have a mottled feeling of years.
In the middle of the hall is the sculpture of the four knights of the Sannazzaro family who paid for the construction of the castle, and the cast iron armor that symbolizes strength and courage.
Looking up, you can see everywhere the dome paintings, the charm of religion, the charm of belief, and the charm of classical European style, which are vividly displayed here.
Walking up the main staircase, there is a big lattice window decorated with red, white and gold. Red and gold are just the colors of the Sanazaro family.
The corridor is filled with velvet furniture and gold framed portraits;
There is also a retro and gorgeous ballroom in the room, as shown in British dramas;
Exquisite mural floor tiles can be seen everywhere. Baroque mirrors and chandeliers make the whole room full of dignity.
Rococo bedroom;
The retro study: dark grass green carpet, with light grass green leather seats;
The paint on the bookcase has fallen off, with a mottled sense of time; There are neat hats on the top; There is also a cross symbolizing faith.
It's like a library with all the ancient history books;
If you open a book here, it may be the content of hundreds of years ago...
There are also small churches dedicated to worship;
Even the servants' rooms are spacious and bright.
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The castle life you think
And real castle life
In addition to all kinds of Yunguang castles, Ludovica also created a series that she likes most, called Expectations VS Reality.
In short, it means the castle life you think is better than the castle life in reality. For example, before that, people's fantasies about the castle were basically as follows:
In the morning, under the gentle wake-up of the maid, I make up and change clothes;
Sit at the long table and enjoy the star food cooked by the exclusive chef;
In the afternoon, hold a small parasol and have a French afternoon tea in the garden;
I kept several ponies, put on stiff riding clothes when I was free, and went to the countryside to race with my friends;
At night, the castle is full of guests and friends, drinking wine, romantic classical music, and rotating waltz;
All right, stop, wake up!
These fantasies are mostly TV dramas or novels. Ludovica tells you that her real life is exactly the same as ours:
In people's eyes, I get up like this, A ray of sunshine slowly shines into the room in the morning, The maid gently wakes up.
The maid combed her hair carefully, Hand over the carefully selected dress.
But in fact, Like all favored families, He was totally awakened by his own Wangwang.
In people's eyes, my friends and I play like this: In the romantic garden, The housekeeper brought us exquisite afternoon tea.
After using up dessert, Do handwork and embroider in the house.
But in fact, Coke fried chicken popcorn sofa will lie down all afternoon.
In people's eyes, I eat like this: Tableware with gilt edged, A retro long table.
The butler provides the exclusive chef, Delicious food carefully cooked.
But in fact, We sat on the sofa, Watching TV, take away pizza will always drop.
In people's eyes, food comes from this way, There are chickens, ducks and geese in the farm.
Go to the fields to harvest vegetables, Pick some wild fruits.
But in fact, Drive a car to the supermarket. Doesn't it smell good!
In people's eyes, my hobby is as follows: Piano, violin, A must for celebrities.
I'm free to do puzzles.
Embroider a flower and feed a horse.
But my real hobby is, Playing computer, Ge You lies down.
In people's eyes, we get warm in this way: Workers are cutting firewood in the logging forest.
Deliver it to the main hall and build a warm stove.
In fact, we, Put on your clothes and turn up the heat.
Is it really different from what you think...
Moreover, there are many inconveniences in living in the castle. For example, because the room is too large, the wifi signal is always poor, and the heating is never warm enough;
For example, when the delivery boy rings the bell at the door, you have to cross the mountains and the sea (not the sea), cross several bedrooms, cross the ballroom, walk down the stairs, run across the garden to reach the door with difficulty, and often miss the delivery because it is too late;
Playing in the garden with friends and going to the toilet will take a lot of effort;
It's not enough to rush into the castle. If the bathroom on the first floor is occupied, you have to increase the horsepower again and run upstairs...
Most importantly, do not put down your mobile phone anywhere... Otherwise, you have to be ready to spend the whole day searching. To this end, the household scooter can be said to be very necessary.
Ludovica has only one housekeeper and occasional hourly workers, so the family's leisure activities are often either garden maintenance or farm work;
Because the castle is too old, the outer wall is covered with vegetation and moss.
The wall is also broken here and there;
The murals in the castle are also slowly losing their vitality and need professional maintenance and repair.
The cost of repair is also very high. Sannazzaro, the father of financial investment, has almost all his savings.
If the house is too large, there will be another problem. It is scary to live in it - not to mention that this is a castle that still has a "dungeon".
As we all know, in classical Europe, noble families would build some basements or dungeons to punish servants who did wrong. Therefore, the legends here are much more special.
It is said that there are many ghosts who were beaten to death here; It is said that crying can often be heard at night here...
Bold Ludovica even made several episodes of "Castle Ghost Hunt" for netizens...
A netizen asked Ludovica, living in such an empty castle, and thinking that there might be ghosts, aren't you afraid?
Ludovica said smartly, "Even if there is a ghost, living together for hundreds of years is better than family."
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of course
Happiness naturally exists
Ludovica once said that her original intention of creating an account was to share her life with netizens and attract tourists (yes, some of their ancient castles are open and open to the public).
Another important reason is to record what she found here. After all, she said, "It's interesting to live in a place where I can find new things every day! There are even many things I don't know..."
For example, at some time, Ludovica was addicted to the Netflix drama "Miss Holmes", and turned to an old piece of paper from the book she picked up, as if it were a treasure hunt.
Her "detective heart" was immediately seduced. With the note, she searched around the house and really solved the puzzle for her.
For example, if you wander around in your study and pick up a book, it may be a book dating back to 1480.
Or a medical book written by Andre Visari (the founder of modern human anatomy, and Copernicus as two representatives of the scientific revolution), the physician of Charles V, the Roman emperor.
Here, there are endless treasures waiting to be discovered. For example, in a room that has been in disrepair for a long time, there are objects from the World War I period;
One day, for example, Ludovica found some ancient puzzles, a set of chess, dominoes, and some games of the last century that she could not even name...
During the epidemic last year, she and her father found several very valuable letters at home, including a letter from Pope Pius XII to their family in 1942, to thank the Sannazaro family for their contributions to the church:
It was only at that moment that Ludovica knew that their family's history was so cool.
In addition to the ubiquitous treasure hunting surprise, Ludovica can also dress up in the grand pompous dress here, singing and dancing without any sense of discord:
And his brother cos, beauty and beast;
Playing a song under the shade of a tree, staring on the grass;
Act recklessly;
The second girl has shed tears of envy~Do you want to experience the life of the castle? There is really a way!
Some of Ludovica's castles are open to the public and open for business (in order to earn some maintenance fees for the castles). They will hold a Christmas dinner here;
The wedding banquet will be held on the first floor;
There are even some guest rooms for rent.
When the epidemic is over, friends who want to experience it must not forget to include Castello Sannazzaro on the travel list!
