Windsor Castle is the ultimate monument to English tradition.
溫莎城堡是英式傳統的完美代表
But it's also more than that.
但不僅如此
It's a building that at different times in our history has stood as a symbol of momentous change.
在歷史上的不同時期，這座建築還多次代表著重大變化
Windsor is the oldest, and the largest inhabited castle in the world.
世界上至今尚有人居住的城堡中溫莎城堡歷史最久
It's been home to the country's monarchs for almost 1,000 years.
規模最大近千年來它一直是英國君主的官邸
And it certainly looks every inch an ancient medieval fortress.
而這座建築也周身散發著古老中世紀堡壘的氣息
But the fascinating thing with this castle is that not everything about it is as it seems.
但這座城堡最引人入勝的是，它並非像看起來那麼簡單
From the outside, the heavy stone battlements and looming towers make it a forbidding spectacle.
從外面看，厚實的石頭城牆和若隱若現的塔樓，構成冷峻的畫面。
Yet what makes it so special is how a castle was transformed into a palace.
但它的特別之處在於，從城堡變成宮殿的過程
Because Windsor is the creation of different monarchs, each with their own style and ambition.
因為溫莎城堡是數代君主共同的創造，而他們每人都有自己的風格與抱負
The elegant rooms, the works of art, the grand and the intimate, the strange and the exotic.
優雅的房間和藝術作品、宏偉的廳堂和私人小物瑰麗奇珍和異域寶藏
During its long life, Windsor has been many things -a home to medieval chivalry and romance,
在其悠久歷史中，溫莎城堡擔負過許多不同的責任，中世紀浪漫騎士精神的家園
a baroque palace to restore royal fortunes after a king lost his head,and an architectural fantasy.
在一位國王身首異處後，重現皇室輝煌的巴洛克宮殿。同時 也是一座建築奇蹟
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