Powerscourt Gardens
The Powerscourt Gardens ( Irish Eastát Chúirt an Phaoraigh ) are located in the southeastern Irish County Wicklow at the foot of the 501 m high Sugar Loaf Mountain near the village of Enniskerry almost 20 km south of Dublin ; they are considered to be one of the most beautiful of their kind in Ireland and cover around 190,000 m².
General
The property is named after the Norman knight Eustace le Poer. King James I gave the land to Sir Richard Wingfield in 1609, whom he made Viscount Powerscourt . He commissioned the system around 1730; further ornamental gardens were added in the middle of the 19th century on behalf of the 7th Viscount. Parts of the complex that are particularly worth seeing are the Italian and Japanese gardens, the staircase between the manor house and Lake Triton, the “Pepper Pot Tower” (a small tower from 1911) and the Bamberg Gate (a gate from Bamberg Cathedral ). Also noteworthy is the small house animal cemetery , where dogs, cats, ponies, horses and cows have been buried - some for 90 years.
Mansion
The Palladian manor house in the middle of the gardens, built around an older building according to a design by Richard Cassels around 1730 , burned out completely inside in 1974. A renovation is now underway and has largely been completed. The manor house, which was reopened in 1997, is now partly a museum (impressive documents on the fire and the reconstruction are also shown), other parts are used for events and for shops. In the manor house and on the grounds there are now boutiques and a garden center, among other things. A golf course is now also housed on the site.
Powerscourt waterfall
The Powerscourt waterfall ( Eas Chúirt an Phaoraigh ) - the highest in Ireland - is located near the garden (about an hour's walk, separate entrance fee) . According to various sources, the Dargle river plunges between 90 and 130 m over a granite rock.
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Coordinates: 53 ° 11 ′ 5 ″ N , 6 ° 11 ′ 13 ″ W.