Victorianna Castle and Grounds Pt. 1

Hi there once again,

So as mentioned before, my latest exploration led me to Victorianna Castle, a truly amazing build and a must see for all, but most importantly all you fellow Lolitas out there. I found the castle looked best when viewed with the windlight setting Coastal Afternoon, however play around with your settings til you find something you like.

Upon arrival visitors will find themselves in the stunning central courtyard, which features a very impressive fountain and access to the shop (The one weakness of castles everywhere, why didn't the enemy just invade through the shop?!) as well as the cathedral and the main castle.

A voting board is also available in the courtyard so make sure to use it, and show your support, in addition is a teleport board for easy access to key parts of the build and a couples poseball tour.

So first a quick glimpse at that shop: Victorianna's Royal Dolls Boutique, features a large choice of Lolita clothing and accessories from a good range of designers, most notably *LicoLico*, :::B@R::: and SliverRose as well as a few others who I'm not familiar with yet.


The shop also features for doll role players some doll styled clothing and accessories, such a wind up keys, skins, shapes and paper doll clothes complete with fold over tabs (awww cute).

So next up is the cathedral, a simple, elegant yet well designed large area with a nice view out to sea, there's even a lovely little wedding altar, whose purpose is intended for rental for those big occasions. There's a couple of note cards dotted around giving details about this for those of you interested.

After leaving the cathedral and turning left is a short flight of stairs up to a bridge leading to the main castle and the throne room.

Now it may just be a bridge but I love the effect given by the ornate sides of it. The deep crimson red coupled with the grand scale of them, the delightful stained glass windows and the throne clearly visible at the end really does give the impression that this is truly where the mistress of the castle resides.

The throne room fills the bottom of the main castle with a banquet hall to the upper right and a grand indoor garden to the lower right.

The indoor garden (or is that arboretum maybe) also features a stunning view out to sea, and many waterfalls which really adds to its appeal, there a plenty of dance balls for couples as well as a few benches if you just want to sit and collect your thoughts and admire the view.


Then heading away from the garden is a path which will lead around the back of the throne room and past a large carp pond and waterfall, with more places to steal a quiet tender moment.

This path will then eventually lead you back to the throne room, and at the side with the stairs that will lead you to a nice little quiet table for enjoying a private meal overlooking the grounds. Just behind the Stairs is doorway to the bridge to the main castle grounds and gardens, which I shall come back to later.

Return to the stairs and continue ascending however will lead to a balcony/walkway across the throne room and access to a large silk curtained balcony and finally a sloped ramp which brings you to the large and rather impressive ballroom.

This Ballroom features a stunning chandelier, a fountain and plenty of couples dance balls and is complete with floating, glowing particle effects and a spectacular view. There's also a small balcony to watch the dance floor from. As well as a balcony edge around the outside allowing even more views from such a high vantage.

Well that nicely brings us to the end of part one, Since this is such a detailed build I've decided to cover it in much more depth then normal so I'll be covering the Gardens and Grounds next time.

Today's outfit consists of Gothic Lolita Dress(LLA 025_04) priced at L$80 and Over The Knee Socks(SDD 009) priced at L$50 by Lico Nyanda of *LicoLico* as well as Aiko-Moca Hair priced at L$100 and Loliheel Black shoes priced at L$100 by Canal Allen of *CanalGrande*. All excellently priced and nice additions to any collection and of course available from their respective designers shops.

Victorianna Castle can be found at: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Hogback/60/153/23
LicoLico Mall/LicoLico Gothic Lolita Mall: http://slurl.com/secondlife/LicoLico/192/88/21
*CanalGrande* Main Shop: http://slurl.com/secondlife/SuginamiKu/50/207/22

Farewell for now,
Katherina