Castle Princess Oldenburg - the most unusual place in the Voronezh region

Forty kilometers from Voronezh, in the village of Ramon, is a masterpiece of architecture of world significance. This is the castle of the princess of Oldenburg. The building is built in the Old English Gothic style and looks a little unusual on the picturesque open spaces of the Voronezh land.

Since the 70s, the castle is on restoration, which is still not finished. Many premises are recognized as emergency, but still this place attracts tourists. Many specially for this purpose go to Voronezh. The castle of Princess Oldenburg is unusual not only in architecture. About it goes a lot of legends and myths, it is believed that there live ghosts.

This place was donated by Emperor Alexander II to his niece Evgenia Romanova. She was Nicholas I's granddaughter for her mother, and for her father - the great-granddaughter of Napoleon Bonaparte's wife. The estate was a wedding gift to Eugenia and her husband Alexander Oldenburg. Scenic places liked the spouses very much, and they began to actively equip them.

The castle of the Princess of Oldenburg was built in just three years by architect Christopher Neisler. But the owners actively participated in the design and even the design of the premises. For example, the princess herself calculated the width of the staircase opening and burned drawings on oak tiles for the ceiling. She was a very active woman, and therefore the estate was arranged on a grand scale.

Castle Princess Oldenburg - a few buildings of red brick, standing on a hill. From the observation tower there is a picturesque view of the Voronezh River and the surrounding fields. Entrance gates are decorated with beautiful turrets, one of which is decorated with Swiss watches. The walls of meter-wide width, lancet windows and beautiful twisted fences of balconies are striking.

The interior decoration of the room was also exquisite, but now there is not much that has been preserved. Beautiful twisted oak stair rails, elegant tiled stoves, a ceiling lined with hexagonal wooden tiles ... It is also unusual that the castle was heated by an oven located in the basement, and there was also a shower room in it. For this, the princess ordered to build a water tower.

Near the castle was a beautiful park with fountains. Especially beautiful is the grotto in the backyard. Until now, a fountain in the form of a fish has been preserved, from the mouth of which water should flow, as well as a long ladder leading to the river.

Oldenburg's spouses launched an active activity in Ramoni: they broke fruit gardens, built a railway, opened a candy factory, whose products were widely known in Russia and abroad. Eugene was fond of hunting, so in the cellars of the castle contained wild animals. Menagerie was behind the river, it laid the foundation for the Voronezh Reserve.

After the revolution, the estate was plundered, it included a school, a hospital, and a library. During the war, the Germans did not bomb the castle of the princess of Oldenburg, so it survived to this day. Restoration of it is very slow, perhaps due to lack of funding. But it is believed that the estate was curse black sorcerer, in love with the princess. It is said that in the castle there can not be birds and cats, and at night unusual sounds are heard.

Despite this, you can visit the castle of the Princess of Oldenburg in summer. Working hours in the warm season - daily from 10 to 17 hours (except Monday). The first floor and the basement are open for visitors. Before the castle, the park is being actively restored, as it is planned to build a tourist complex on the estate of Olivier Dame.