06/02/2024
Castletown House, located in Celbridge, County Kildare, was the first Irish Palladian house built to correct Classical proportions. It was designed by architect, Alessandro Galilei and commissioned by William Conolly, a Speaker of the Irish Parliament and one of the wealthiest people in Ireland at that time. The house is famous for its staircase with brass banisters and plaster decoration, done by the Lafranchini brothers. The long gallery is considered one of the most beautiful rooms in Ireland. Its walls were painted in the Pompeian style, and the ceiling was decorated with three vast Venetian chandeliers. With no doubt, one of the most original rooms is the Print Room, created by Lady Louisa Conolly in the 1768. She collected, cut out, and arranged individual prints, frames and decorations. The Print Room also includes the set of furniture of The Louis XVII.
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