George Goes Fourth
Tag: Royal Pavilion
Royal Pavilion
I posted pictures already from our day visiting inside the Royal Pavilion but it wasn’t till some days later that I happened to have this outside view from the Old Steine.
A Modern Take
Colour Codes
Many of the rooms were decorated around the theme of a particular colour.
Opulence
The Royal Pavilion filled us with conflicting feelings: on the one hand it was gorgeous, ornate, beautiful, rococo, inspiring beauty; on the other its luxury and opulence were disgusting condemnations of the inequity in human societies.
Royal Kitchen
Chandeliers of the Royal Pavilion
We put off visiting the Royal Pavilion for a long time. Who wants to gawk at the opulence of oppressing royalty. Eventually, on a dull, grey day we submitted to boredom and went.
Pink and Green
Brighton Pleasure Palace?
Election Day, USA – Go vote, if you haven’t already!
Contrasting the democratic power of the vote (today’s election day in the US) with royal autocracy, here are a couple of snaps of Brighton’s Royal Pavilion.
