{"id":132655,"date":"2022-09-08T11:06:16","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T15:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=132655"},"modified":"2022-09-08T11:07:02","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T15:07:02","slug":"ill-gotten-gains-galore-check-out-these-opulent-rothschild-castles-and-country-houses-in-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=132655","title":{"rendered":"

ILL-GOTTEN GAINS GALORE! Check out these opulent Rothschild Castles and Country Houses in Europe.<\/b><\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Spread across Europe you will find splendid\u00a0Rothschild country houses<\/strong>, most of which are open to the public. The Rothschild family is one of the most prominent families in Europe. Originally from Frankfurt, Germany, Mayer Amschel Rothschild founded a banking business that quickly expanded to London, Paris, Frankfurt, Vienna, and Naples.<\/p>\n

The Rothschild country houses that you can visit are spread over several countries, from the United Kingdom to France, Italy, and The Netherlands. These stately homes and castles are architectural master pieces and often filled with art from the Rothschild collecti<\/p>\n

Rothschild country houses in the U.K.<\/h2>\n
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Waddesdon Manor<\/h3>\n

Waddesdon Manor was built between 1874 and 1885 by Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild. The country house is built in Neo-Renaissance style and is clearly inspired by\u00a0French<\/a>\u00a0ch\u00e2teaux. The house was built to display the Baron\u2019s collection of art and to entertain the fashionable world. The house entertained notable guests such as the future King Edward VII and Queen Victoria.<\/p>\n

In 1959, Waddesdon Manor opened to the public. It shows the Rothschild Collections of paintings, sculptures, and decorative arts.<\/p>\n

Eythrope Gardens<\/h4>\n

On the Waddesdon Estate stands Eythrope. This house is a combination of Jacobean and French Renaissance style was built for Alice de Rothschild to house her collection and entertain. During a visit to Waddesdon the four-acre walled garden, glasshouses and orchard\u00a0can be visited.<\/p>\n

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Waddesdon Manor opening times:\u00a0<\/strong>the house and gardens are open through the year. It\u2019s strongly recommended to book your ticket in advice. Visit the\u00a0website<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n

Address<\/strong>: Waddesdon, Aylesbury HP18 0JH, United Kingdom<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Ascott House<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Contrary to most Rothschild residences, Ascott House has a more informal architecture style. Leopold de Rothschild, who used Ascott as his hunting lodge, asked architect George Devey to enlarge the house. Ascott is now described as \u201cEnglish cottage meets Tudor Cheshire\u201d. In the early 20th-century the house was enlarged again. The current interiors full of art and a large collection of 18th-century English furniture is thanks to the new owners (Anthony Gustav de Rothschild and his wife). .<\/p>\n

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Ascott House opening times:<\/strong>\u00a0Tickets to the house and grounds have to be booked in advance. Visit the\u00a0website<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n

Address<\/strong>: Well Ln, Wing, Leighton Buzzard LU7 0PR, United Kingdom<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Exbury House & Gardens<\/h3>\n

Exbury House is an 18th-century country house which was redesigned and refaced in 1927 by Lionel de Rothschild. The Neoclassical house is surrounded by the Exbury Gardens also laid out by Lionel de Rothschild. The 200-acre woodland garden houses a large collection of rhododendrons, azaleas, and camellias. Exbury Gardens is considered one of the finest gardens in England.<\/p>\n

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Exbury Gardens opening times:<\/strong>\u00a0The\u00a0house is not open to the public<\/em>. The gardens are open daily 19th March \u2013 30\u00a0October. Visit the\u00a0website<\/a>\u00a0for current opening hours.<\/p>\n

Address<\/strong>: 5 The Court Yd, Exbury, Southampton SO45 1AF, United Kingdom<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Spencer House<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Spencer House in London is one of the first Neoclassical buildings in London. The townhouse was built in the late 18th-century for John Spencer (who would become the first Earl Spencer). The house is still owned by the Earls Spencer (currently the 9th Earl, who is the brother of Princess Diana). However the house is leased out to Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild. He restored the state rooms and garden to its original appearance. It is one of the few aristocratic houses left in London.<\/p>\n

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Spencer House opening times:<\/strong>\u00a0the house and garden can be visited though pre-booked tour. Visit the\u00a0website<\/a>\u00a0to book your house tour.<\/p>\n

Address<\/strong>: 27 St James\u2019s Pl, St. James\u2019s, London SW1A 1NR, United Kingdom<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Dalmeny House<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Dalmeny House is the home of the Earl and Countess of Rosebery. The house is located to the north-west of Edinburgh on the Fifth of Forth. Dalmeny was the first country house in Scotland to be built in\u00a0Gothic Revival<\/strong>\u00a0(or Tudor Revival) style.<\/p>\n

While the exterior of Dalmeny House is in Gothic Revival style, the interiors are in Regency style. The house has a large art collection partly due to the marriage of the 5th Earl to Hannah, the daughter and heir of\u00a0Meyer de Rothschild.<\/p>\n

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Dalmeny House visitor information:<\/strong>\u00a0The house is open for guided tours on selected days. Visit the\u00a0website<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n

Address<\/strong>: South Queensferry EH30 9TQ, United Kingdom<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Gunnersbury Park<\/h3>\n

Gunnersbury Park in London consists of two Georgian manor houses that were acquired by Leopold de Rothschild in the 19th-century. He also added the woodland gardens with Asian plants and an early example of a Japanese garden in England.<\/p>\n

Gunnersbury House now houses a museum with pemanent and temporary exhibitions ranging from archaeological collections to fashion, and social history,<\/p>\n

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Gunnersbury Park opening times:\u00a0<\/strong>the museum is open Tuesday-Sunday. The park is open daily. Visit the\u00a0website<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n

Address<\/strong>: Gunnersbury Park House, Popes Lane, London, W5 4NH<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Champneys<\/h3>\n

Champneys is a French Second Empire style house in Hertfordshire. The house was built in 1874 and in 1900 the house was bought by Lady Rotschild, who already owned Tring Park Mansion nearby. Today,\u00a0Champneys is a luxury health spa resort<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Rothschild Castle in The Netherlands<\/h2>\n
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De Haar Castle<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

De Haar Castle in The Netherlands (close to Utrecht) is the perfect example of a\u00a0Medieval<\/strong>\u00a0castle with its towers and ramparts, moats, gates and drawbridges. Kasteel de Haar is the biggest and most luxurious castle in The Netherlands.<\/p>\n

Since the 15th-century the castle has belonged to the nobel Van Zuylen family. Though the current castle was rebuilt in the 16th-century after a fire burned the original castle down.<\/p>\n

In the 19th-century Etianne Gustave Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Baron van Zuylen van Nyevelt van der Haar married Baroness H\u00e9lene de Rothschild. Thanks to that marriage you can find many works from the Rothschild collection in the castle. A parkland surrounds the castle.<\/p>\n

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De Haar Castle opening times:<\/strong>\u00a0The castle is open though the year, visit the\u00a0website<\/a>\u00a0for current opening hours and closures. You can also buy your ticket online.<\/p>\n

Address<\/strong>: Kasteellaan 1, 3455 RR Haarzuilens, The Netherlands<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Rothschild Country Houses in France<\/h2>\n
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Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild is a rose-colored villa on the French Riviera between Nice and Monaco. The villa was built by Baroness B\u00e9atrice de Rothschild in 1907. B\u00e9atrice was an avid art collector and she filled the villa with antique furniture, Old Masters paintings, sculptures, objets d\u2019art, and porcelain. Surrounding the house are nine gardens designed by landscape architect\u00a0Achille Duch\u00eane, that each have their own style.<\/p>\n

Upon B\u00e9atrice\u2019s death the house was gifted to the Acad\u00e9mie des Beaux-Arts. The house and its art collection and the gardens are now open to the public.<\/p>\n

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Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild opening times:\u00a0<\/strong>the villa is open every day of the year. You can book your ticket on the\u00a0website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Address<\/strong>: 1 Av. Ephrussi de Rothschild, 06230 Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, France<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Villa Rothschild (Cannes)<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Villa Rothschild is a\u00a0neoclassical<\/strong>\u00a0villa on the C\u00f4te d\u2019Azur in France. The villa was built in 1881 by Dowager Baroness Betty de Rothschild. Surrounding the villa is a park with large trees and exotic plants. The villa now houses the Noailles Media Library but the park and gardens are open to visitors from Monday-Saturday.<\/p>\n

Address<\/strong>:\u00a01 avenue Jean de Noailles<\/a>, Villa Rothschild, 06400 Cannes<\/p>\n

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H\u00f4tel Salomon de Rothschild<\/h3>\n

H\u00f4tel Salomon de Rothschild is a\u00a0Neoclassical<\/strong>\u00a0mansion in Paris. The mansion was built in 1872 and was the residence of\u00a0Ad\u00e8le von Rothschild (the wife of Salomon). When she died in 1922 she gifted the mansion to the French government fine arts administration. Her daughter H\u00e9l\u00e8ne de Rothschild (who lived at De Haar Castle in The Netherlands) had married a Roman Catholic and was disinherited by her mother.<\/p>\n

On the 6th of May 1932, French President\u00a0Paul Doumer was shot at H\u00f4tel Salomon de Rothschild, he died the day after. Today, the mansion is an exclusive event venue, but you can visit the garden.<\/p>\n

Address<\/strong>: 12 Av. de Friedland, 75008 Paris, France<\/p>\n

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Rothschild Wine Estates<\/h3>\n

There are several Rothschild wine estates in France. Ch\u00e2teau Duhart-Milon, Ch\u00e2teau Mouton, and Ch\u00e2teau Lafite are Rothschild wine estates that can be visited for wine tastings and a tour (you need to book a tour in advance).\u00a0Ch\u00e2teau Mouton<\/a>\u00a0also houses a museum of wine in art.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Rothschild Country Houses in Germany<\/h2>\n
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Rothschild Palais<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Rothschild Palais is a Neoclassical mansion in Frankfurt. The townhouse was built in 1820 after a design by Friedrich Christian Hess. Baron Mayer Carl von Rothschild bought the house in 1846 who refurbished and extended the house. Some of these rooms have been preserved, this includes the staircase with mirrors and colorful marble paneling in the Renaissance style and three prestigious salons with their original features.<\/p>\n

Today, the Rothschild Palais houses the Jewish Museum in Frankfurt, the historic rooms can be visited in a permanent exhibition. Visit the\u00a0website<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n

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Jewish Museum in the Rothschild Palais opening times:\u00a0<\/strong>the museum is open Tuesday-Sunday (closed on 05.10.2022 , 24.12.2022 , 31.12.2022)<\/p>\n

Address<\/strong>: Bertha-Pappenheim-Platz 1, 60311 Frankfurt am Main<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Villa Rothschild (K\u00f6nigstein im Taunus)<\/h3>\n

Villa Rothschild in K\u00f6nigstein im Taunus (just north of Frankfurt) was a summer residence and spa villa for the Rothschild family. The villa was built in an English country-style with a half-timbered facade, towers, and bay windows. One of the first social events was visited by Queen Victoria and the Prince of Wales. Since the mid 20th-century the villa houses a luxury hotel.<\/p>\n

Rothschild Country House in Italy<\/h2>\n
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Villa Pignatelli<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Villa Pignatelli is a 19th-century villa in the Chiaia district of Naples. The\u00a0Neoclassical<\/strong>\u00a0mansion has been owned by many noble families, and in 1841 it was bought by Carl Mayer von Rothschild. However its the last owners (the Aragona Pignatelli Cort\u00e9s\u00a0family) who transformed the house into a cultural center with a colection of marbles, bronzes, porcelains, books, and records. In 1955 the villa became property of the state and it\u2019s now a historic house museum called the\u00a0Museo<\/strong>\u00a0Pignatelli Cort\u00e8s.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Museo<\/strong>\u00a0Pignatelli Cort\u00e8s<\/strong>\u00a0opening times:<\/strong>\u00a0the museum is open Wednesday-Monday (closed on 1 January and 25 December). Visit the\u00a0website<\/a>\u00a0for current opening hours and to book your ticket.<\/p>\n

Address<\/strong>: Riviera di Chiaia, 200, 80121 Napoli NA, Italy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Rothschild Castle in Austria<\/h2>\n
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Schloss Rothschild<\/h3>\n

Rothschild Castle is a 13th-century Medieval castle in Waidhofen an der Ybbs. In 1875 the castle was bought by Albert Salomon Anselm von Rothschild who transformed it into the Neo-Gothic castle you see today. The castle now houses the\u00a05 Elements Museum<\/a>\u00a0and is used as en avent venue.<\/p>\n

Address<\/strong>: Schlo\u00dfweg 2, 3340 Bezirk Waidhofen an der Ybbs, Austria<\/p>\n

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