My Trip to Slovakia / Castle Betliar

Let me introduce you to the beauty of my native Slovakia, rich in history and natural beauty.
Yesterday, while visiting my cousins in another town, we stopped at this lovely castle.
Castle Betliar was built in 18th century in baroque - renaissance style.

The castle would look fabulous in a wedding photos. I am not sure if they allow weddings on a property, but they do allow photography. That's just fine with me. Too bad I did not have a time to arrange for a bridal portrait, it would make my day. Definitely will plan for it the next time.

This is what you see when you sit on a canon.

 View from the park towards the castle. Park is very large and offers great walking opportunities, while enjoying great vistas, admiring exotic plants or very old native trees. Waterfall, fountains and small lakes are scattered around the property.

Chinese pavilion just sitting there, in the middle of the forest. I assume, it served as a place to take a break when on a stroll, or maybe hide from the rain, or maybe a bear or wild a boar.

Beautiful ironwork.

View from the park towards the surrounding mountain range.

Japanesse bridge.

Interesting detail of the face at the end of the canon. 

This interesting structure looks like some medieval prison, doesn't it? It's nothing like that, it is something much better. It is a well, named after Greek god Hermes, well of Hermes.