[My Postcrossing #2] Eilean Donan Castle in Scotland 蘇格蘭愛蓮·朵娜城堡

大家知道Postcrossing 嗎？Postcrossing是一個明信片交流網站，它們的口號是“寄張明信片給某國家的人吧！再從某國家的人那收到明信片吧！”你可在Postcrossing隨機抽到一個地址，將明信片寄給他，同時你也將會收到世界其中一個角落寄給你的明信片。現在Postcrossing已經有接近700,000成員了，每天寄出的明信片接近10000張！加入Postcrossing是免費的，只要付出購買明信片的費用和郵費，你就可以用明信片認識世界各地的朋友，同時收到世界不同特色的明信片。
Do You know Postcrossing? Postcrossing is an online project that allows members to send and receive postcard from all over the world. Their slogan is "send a postcard and receive a postcard back from a random person somewhere in the world!” You may randomly get an address from postcrossing and send him. a postcard. At the same time, you may receive a postcard from anywhere of the world. There is now 700,000 members of postcrossing, with 10000 postcards sending out every day. Postcrossing is free. You just need to buy a postcard and stamp, then you may meet new friends from the world by a postcard and receive different style of postcards from all over the world.

今天我收到了Postcrossing的第二張明信片，這是一位來自蘇格蘭的朋友寄給我的，是蘇格蘭極為著名的愛蓮·朵娜城堡！
Today I received the second postcard from Postcrossing, from a friend in Scotland. It is the famous Eilean Donan Castle of Scotland!

愛蓮·朵娜城堡有蘇格蘭最美城堡之稱，是蘇格蘭最具代表性的建築之一。眾多的電影都曾在這裡取景拍攝，如《杜里世家》、《福爾摩斯私生活》、《新鐵金剛之黑日危機》、《傳奇女王伊利沙伯：黃金盛世》、《挑戰者》等，就連我國歌神張學友先生都曾在這裡拍攝威士忌廣告！以下為傳送門：
Eilean Donan Castle is the “most beautiful castle in Scotland”. It is the most representative building of Scotland. Many films shot here, including “The Master of Ballantrae”, “The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes”, “007 The World Is Not Enough”, “Elizabeth: The Golden Age”, “Highlander”, etc. Jacky Cheung, famous singer of my country, also had an advertisement of Scotland whisky at Eilean Donan Castle:

愛蓮·朵娜城堡位於一個叫Eliean Donan的小島，這小島位於西海岸且三面環海，故自古以來都是兵家必爭之地，在中世紀時，日耳曼人、維京人及西班牙人都曾在登陸。13世紀愛蓮·朵娜城堡正式建成，當時主要的目的是防禦維京人的入侵，不過很快就被各個家族佔有。直到1719年，西班牙軍隊佔領小島，愛蓮·朵娜城堡於西班牙人與英國人的交戰中被摧毀。直到1919年有人買下城堡再重建，我們才能得見這個美麗的城堡。
Eilean Donan Castle is located on a small island called Eliean Donan. The island is at the west coast of Scotland with three sea lochs meet, making it a hotly contested spot in the history. In the middle age, the Germanic, the Viking and the Spanish also conquered the island. In the 13th centry, the caslte was built to defend the invade of the Vikings, but later owned by different families. In 1719, the Spanish conquered the island and the castle was destroyed by the battles between the Spanish and the British. In 1919, a family bought the castle and rebuilt it, and now we may see the beautiful castle again.

愛蓮·朵娜城堡的位置 Location of Eilean Donan (from Wikipedia)

愛蓮·朵娜城堡的歷史圖片 Historic Photo of Eilean Donan Castle (from eileandonancastle.com)

畢竟我未去過城堡，不敢向大家介紹它的美麗，只有在網上找一些這種城堡的美麗照片，讓大家從影像欣賞這個美麗城堡。
I did visit the castle before so I am afraid I can’t describe the beauty of the castle. Here are some photos of the castle from the web, letting all of you to enjoy the beauty of the castle.

(Photos from Pixabay and Wikipedia)

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