Carmilla's Castle (animated series)

Carmilla's Castle is a location in the Castlevania animated series. As its name implies, it is a large castle owned by the ambitious and calculative vampire queen, Carmilla. It is an enormous building located in Styria, Austria, which rivals in size and sumptuousness to Dracula's Castle itself. It functions as the headquarters and base of operations for the Council of Sisters, a committee comprised by four powerful female vampires that rule over this region.
==Architecture and geography==
Carmilla's Castle sits solitary on top of a rocky formation among the Styrian mountain range. It is surrounded by a snowy landscape that is mostly devoid of life and distant from any other human (or inhuman) settlement. The building follows an Art Nouveau architectural style, with white snowy walls, several big red domes and roofs, and tall towers adorned with golden conical spires. A phenomenon worth mentioning is that, when seen from a distance, the partially melted snow covering the red domes and roofs produces a most peculiar visual effect, as if the entire castle was covered in blood. The structure is also notable for its heavy use of flying buttresses. The castle's interior design was also inspired by Art Deco.
The dungeon of the castle even has a heating system, where hot air is circulated through a series of pipes (likely a hypocaust). Lenore noted to Hector –who was puzzled by such technology and heating in the dungeon to begin with– that vampires weren't monsters and that it was a scientific knowledge that they preserved, but which was forgotten by humans.
All these features in conjunction make the structure contrast with Dracula's Gothic styled castle.
==Appearances==
	
==Gallery==
===Screenshots===
Carmillas castle towers.jpg|Towers of Carmilla's castle in moonlight.
Castlevania Season 3 Background- Carmilla's Castle Dungeon Entrance.jpg|Carmilla's castle dungeon entrance.
Carmillas castle in daylight.jpg|Carmilla's castle in daylight.
Drawing room tower.jpg|Outside view of the tower with Carmilla's drawing room with circular windows.
===Concept and background art===
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Carmilla's castle (as) by jose vega.jpg|Carmilla's castle by Jose Vega.(castle design by Sean Vo)
Castlevania Unused Background- Carmilla's Castle.jpg
Carmilla's castle (as) by stephen stark.jpg|Carmilla's castle by Stephen Stark.
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Castlevania Season 3 Background- Carmilla's Castle Dungeon Entrance Hallway.jpg|Dungeon entrance.
Carmilla's castle2 (as) by jose vega.jpg|Carmilla's castle dungeon cells by Jose Vega.
Castlevania Season 3 Background- Carmilla Castle Western Cellblock.png|The western cellblock.
Castlevania Season 3 Background-Carmilla's Castle Hector's New Cell in the Western Cellblock 1 Concept.jpg
Carmilla's drawing room1 by sean randolph.jpg|Carmilla's drawing room by Sean Randolph.
Carmilla's drawing room2 by sean randolph.jpg|Carmilla's drawing room by Sean Randolph.
Carmilla's drawing room3 by sean randolph.jpg|Carmilla's drawing room by Sean Randolph.
Carmilla's drawing room4 by sean randolph.jpg|Carmilla's drawing room by Sean Randolph.
Castlevania Season 3 Background- Tower in Carmilla's Castle.jpg|The tower interior of Carmilla's castle from "I Have a Scheme" by Stephen Stark.
Lenores room background by jose vega.jpg|Lenore's room background from Season 4 by Jose Vega.
Carmillas castle corridor by danny araya.jpg|Lenore and Hector in Carmilla's castle corridor by Danny Araya.
Castlevania Season 4 Background- Carmilla's War Room Full View.jpg|The war room.
E14plOFX0AMD21x.jpg|The castle's balcony by Sean Randolph.
E14xwLzWUAA cKC.jpg|Hector's forge
Castlevania Season 4 Background- Carmilla's Castle Mage Room.png
Castlevania Season 4 Background- Carmilla's War Room.png
Castlevania Season 4 Background-Carmilla's Castle Hallway.png
Castlevania Season 4 Background- Styria Field.png
Carmilla's drawing room ideation by sean randolph.jpg|Carmilla's drawing room ideation by Sean Randolph.
Carmilla's drawing room chairs by sean randolph.jpg|Carmilla's drawing room chairs by Sean Randolph.
Carmillas castle 3d model.png|3D model of the castle by Jose Vega.
Carmillas castle bw background.png|Black and white background. 
Carmillas castle western cellblock visdev.png|Western cellblock visdev.
Prison bucket with moldy bread.png|Prison bucket with moldy bread from the dungeon - prop for Season 3.
Castlevania Season 4 Background- Carmilla's Castle Concept Art 1.jpg|Concept art 1
Castlevania Season 4 Background- Carmilla's Castle Concept Art 2.jpg|Concept art 2
Castlevania - The Art of the Animated Series - 07.jpg|Concept designs by Sean Vo from The Art of the Animated Series artbook.
Castlevania - The Art of the Animated Series - 08.jpg|Concept sketches by Stephen Stark (top) and Sean Vo (right and bottom) from The Art of the Animated Series artbook.
Castlevania Background- Dungeon Entrance Concept Art.jpg
Castlevania Background- Carmilla's Castle Library.jpg
Carmilla's Castle Table Model.jpg
==See also==
*Dracula's Castle
Category:Castles
Category:Castlevania (Animated Series) Locations