Vocabulary Unit 1

Bully: One who bothers and hurts smaller people.
Founder: To fill with water and sink.
Star: A famous or well-known actor, singer, etc., esp. one who plays the leading role in a production. A famous person in some art, profession, or field.
Victim: A person who suffers from destruction or an injury.
Habitat: The natural environment of a living thing.
National Park: An area of countryside for public use designated by a national government as being of notable scenic, environmental, or historical importance.
Shade: The darkness caused by the screening of rays of light from an area, or a place where this is found.
The wild: Living in a state of nature and not tamed.

Castles and Palaces

Power Point

Neuschwanstein’s Castle 

Is in Germany and Bavier’s Luis the II, the mad king, ordered to built the castle to find place to be alone and faraway of the rest of the world in 1866. After his dead it became public and open. 

It has been modified to be habitable. It has hot and cold water, electric light, heating and a telephone line. 

It is the most photographed building in Germany and it have 1.4 million visitors every year. 

Disney has used like inspiration for it logo and the Sleeping Beauty castle 

 Chenonceau’s castle 

The history of the Chenonceau ‘s Castle is defined by a an almost uninterrupted succession of women who built, embellished, protected, restored and saved it. The first castle was a medieval one dating from the 12th and 13th centuries, of which only the dungeon stills there. The castle in its current form was built between 1513 and 1517, by Thomas Bohier and because his wife, Catherine Briçonnet, wanted it. 

Bran’s Castle 

Is a medieval fort next to Brasov, in the frontier between Transylvania and Valaquia. His name his huge touristic appeal is because de Cont Dracula but it’s probably that the real historic characer in which Dracula is based on, Vlad the Impaler, haven’t lived there.

It was built by Luis I of Hungry in 1377  

Chillion’s Castle 

It’s in Sweden. 

It’s a construction made by 25 buildings and three courtyards protected by two rings off defensive walls.It was the residence of the Saboya’s Conts during the XII and XVI, and it's  one of most visited buildings in Sweden. Some people see similarities between this and the Eric’s castle from the little mermaid. 

Trakai’s Castle 

The legend says that this castle in the Lake city, historical capital of Lithuania, was build because of a whim from the Kestutis’ wife, she wanted to live near to the water. It have lots of rooms, galleries and secret passageways. In the XVI century it became a noble’s prison and in 1962 became part of the Trakai National Museum. 

 

Egeskov’s Castle 

It’s in Denmark, in the Fiona’s Island. 

It’s considered one of the best preserved renacentist castles in Europe. It’s part of a museum complex . The Count Michael an the Countess Margrethe, the propieters have an private part, but most of it, it’s open for the public. 

Pena’s Palace 

It’s colourful structure is one of the icons of Sintra, a village next to Lisboa. Its romantically image, with its peculiar mix of stiles that that is near to the extravagant is made with typical portuguese tiling. It was build by the king Fernando II in the XIX century like a present for his wife Maria II of Portugal.