http://www.irishcentral.com/topics/Taras+Palace IrishCentral Taras Palace en-us http://www.irishcentral.com/story/travel/irelands-hidden-gems/taras-palace-one-of-the-largest-dolls-houses-in-the-world-127295638.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/travel/irelands-hidden-gems/taras-palace-one-of-the-largest-dolls-houses-in-the-world-127295638.html Tue, 09 Aug 2011 04:20:08 PDT
Taras Palace at Powerscourt House in Wicklow, is one of the greatest dolls houses in the world, on par with the Fairy Castle in Chicago, and Queen Marys own dolls house at Windsor Castle in LondonTaras Palace is modeled on the famous Titania’s Palace which was sadly lost to Ireland in the 1970s and is now on display at Egeskov Castle in Denmark The original having been built in Dublin in the early 1900s for Sir Neville Wilkinson’s daughter Gwendolen, who like all other little girls believed in fairiesA wealthy man, he commissioned artists and craftsmen from all over the world to recreate this view of their privileged world in precise and meticulous miniature READ MORE ]]>