{"id":10474,"date":"2024-08-13T08:50:51","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T08:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetjoy.com\/?post_type=attraction&#038;p=10474"},"modified":"2026-05-17T11:44:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T11:44:32","slug":"10474","status":"publish","type":"attraction","link":"https:\/\/thetjoy.com\/fr\/attraction\/10474\/","title":{"rendered":"Windsor Castle Attractions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are a few magnificent attractions to enjoy in the Windsor Castle.<br \/>\nThe castle&#8217;s extravagant State Apartments were described as &#8220;a superb and unrivalled sequence of rooms widely regarded as the finest and most complete expression of later Georgian taste. In the apartments, painted ceilings, woodcarvings, Rococo, Gothic and Baroque furnishings, and paintings by Holbein, Van Dyck, Rubens, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Rembrandt, among others. Enjoy also arms and armor displays, China, and many more artifacts. The State Apartments are open for visits when the king is not in the castle.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Queen Mary&#8217;s Dolls House is a perfect replica in miniature of an aristocratic home. It\u2019s a masterpiece of craftsmanship, furnished in working miniatures and created by some of the early twentieth century leading artists, designers, and craftsmen. <strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Semi-State Rooms are the private apartments created for George IV and used by the king for official entertainment. The rooms feature highly decorated interiors including the magnificent Crimson Drawing Room with its damask walls and gold leafed furnishings. The Semi-State Rooms are open from autumn until spring each year.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>St George&#8217;s Chapel is a 15<sup>e<\/sup> century Gothic Chapel<strong>, <\/strong>the location of many royal weddings.<br \/>\nThe Chapel facades are decorated with heraldic emblems of the ruling houses of Lancaster and York. Behind and above the stalls are the coats of arms, banners, and decorative plumes of 700 Knights of the Order. In the Chapel, the tombs of 10 monarchs, including George V, Queen Mary, Henry VIII, and Charles I.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n                       <div class=\"owl-carousel description-pics owl-theme\" id=\"description-gallery\">\n                    <div class=\"item\">\n                    <div class=\"gal-cvr min-h\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thetjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Windsor-Castle-Major-Attractions-THUMB-06.jpg\" alt=\"Summer view of the castle gardens in Medieval Windsor Castle. Windsor Castle is a royal residence at Windsor in the English county of Berkshire near London, England, UK\" \/>\n                        <!-- Full-Screen Icon -->\n                         <!--<span class=\"fullscreen-icon\">\ud83d\udd0d<\/span> -->\n                    <\/div>\n                    <p class=\"gallery-img-caption\">Windsor Castle Gardens<\/p>\n                <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"item\">\n                    <div class=\"gal-cvr min-h\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thetjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Windsor-Castle-Major-Attractions-THUMB-07.jpg\" alt=\"Changing Guard Ceremony takes place in Windsor Castle in the English county of Berkshire near London, England, United Kingdom. British Guards in red uniforms are among the most famous in the world\" \/>\n                        <!-- Full-Screen Icon -->\n                         <!--<span class=\"fullscreen-icon\">\ud83d\udd0d<\/span> -->\n                    <\/div>\n                    <p class=\"gallery-img-caption\">La rel\u00e8ve de la garde<\/p>\n                <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"item\">\n                    <div class=\"gal-cvr min-h\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thetjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Windsor-Castle-Major-Attractions-THUMB-08.jpg\" alt=\"Queen Mary&#039;s Dolls&#039; house in Windsor Castle, Brekshire near London, England, UK\" \/>\n                        <!-- Full-Screen Icon -->\n                         <!--<span class=\"fullscreen-icon\">\ud83d\udd0d<\/span> -->\n                    <\/div>\n                    <p class=\"gallery-img-caption\">Queen Mary&#039;s Dolls&#039; House<\/p>\n                <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"item\">\n                    <div class=\"gal-cvr min-h\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thetjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Windsor-Castle-Major-Attractions-THUMB-05.jpg\" alt=\"The band stand in Alexandra Gardens in Windsor, Brekshire near London, England, United Kingdom\" \/>\n                        <!-- Full-Screen Icon -->\n                         <!--<span class=\"fullscreen-icon\">\ud83d\udd0d<\/span> -->\n                    <\/div>\n                    <p class=\"gallery-img-caption\">Alexandra Gardens<\/p>\n                <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                        \n<p>The Round Tower was built by King Henry in the 13<sup>e<\/sup> century. The tower offers great views of the castle complex and its parks, the Thames valley and river, and the London skyline.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The castle gardens are relatively small, but the Great Park extends along the south side of the castle for 10 km and has an impressive herd of red Deer. The Savill Garden is one of England&#8217;s most impressive ornamental gardens is located on the edge of Windsor Castle&#8217;s\u00a0Great Park.\u00a0In the garden, a wide variety of plants in a beautiful natural setting, a collection of 60 sculptures, and an adventure playground for kids.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>Watch the impressive Changing of the Guard ceremony which is similar to the guard changing ceremony at Buckingham Palace. The ceremony takes place in the Castle Precincts Monday through Saturday at 11am. The guards and the band march through Windsor town into the Castle where the guard change takes place.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"xs_social_share_widget xs_share_url after_content \t\tmain_content  wslu-style-1 wslu-share-box-shaped wslu-fill-colored wslu-none wslu-share-horizontal wslu-theme-font-no wslu-main_content\">\n\n\t\t\n        <ul>\n\t\t\t        <\/ul>\n    <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are a few magnificent attractions to enjoy in the Windsor Castle. The castle&#8217;s extravagant State Apartments were described as &#8220;a superb and unrivalled sequence of rooms widely regarded as the finest and most complete expression of later Georgian taste. In the apartments, painted ceilings, woodcarvings, Rococo, Gothic and Baroque furnishings, and paintings by Holbein, Van Dyck, Rubens, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Rembrandt, among others. Enjoy also arms and armor displays, China, and many more artifacts. 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