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THE SOUTH-EAST CORNER ROOM HAS AN AMAZING LIGHT AND VIEWS TO THE MAIN COURTYARD AND THE CASTLE MOAT, WHOSE WATER REFLECTS THE SUNLIGHT IN DELICATE EFFECTS ON THE CEILING. ALL THE ARTWORKS IN THIS ROOM HAVE BEEN CREATED BY FRENCH ARTIST DAVID RENAUD AND HIS 3 ASSISTANTS DURING THEIR STAY IN 2005. RENAUD´S MAIN INTEREST IS IN GEOGRAPHY, WHICH FOR HIM IS AN INTERESTING SYMBOL OF MAN´S ASPIRATION TO KNOW REALITY.. THE LARGE ROUND INSTALLATION IN THE CENTRE, MADE WITH BELGIAN CARPET, IS A SCALE MODEL OF A MOUNTAIN AREA IN FRENCH GUYANA (SOUTH SMERICA). IT WAS BUILT IN THE ROOM AND ACTUALLY CAN NEVER BE TAKEN OUT OF IT, AS IT IS LARGER THAN THE DOOR. ON THE FOUR-POSTER BED THERE HANGS A MAP, PRINTED BY RENAUD TOO. IT PORTRAYS A SECTION OF THE DANAQUIL DESERT, IN ETHIOPIA, AN AREA ABSOLUTELY EMPTY, SO THAT THE MAP IS EMPTY TOO. IN THE CEILING OF THE SMALL ROUND SOUTH TOWER ANOTHER INSTALLATION BY THE SAME ARTIST IS CALLED „ANTIPODES“. ITS SUBJECT IS A SMALL ISLAND BY NEW ZEALAND COAST, DISCOVERED IN XVIII CENTURY BY BRITISH SAILORS AND FOUND TO BE AT THE EXACT ANTYPODE OF LONDON, THE CENTRE OF CIVILED WORLD AT THE TIME. FO FOLLOW THE „GEOGRAPHICAL“ THEME OF THE ROOM, DEVOTED TO FAR AND EXOTIC LANDS, THE BATHROOM WALL ARE COVERED WITH A PRECIOUS VARIETY OF STRIPED PINK AND BLACK MARBLE WHICH WE BROUGHT BACK FROM UDAIPUR (INDIA) MANY YEARS AGO.

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