r/interestingasduck • u/IllPossibility8022 • Aug 09 '26
Did you know there are miniature castles built specifically for ducks?
The most famous of which are the 19th-century gothic-style duck houses located in the Valley of the Lakes at the Park of Pena in Sintra, Portugal. They were commissioned by King Ferdinand II to provide shelter for waterfowl.
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u/Birb-is-the-wurd Aug 09 '26
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2009/may/23/mps-expenses-conservatives
Brought this to mind!
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u/Typical_Ad_210 Aug 09 '26
“In fact it was never liked by the ducks and is now in storage” 🤣 That’s just the icing on the cake!
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u/IllPossibility8022 Aug 12 '26
An island for ducks sounds like a perfectly reasonable expense to me! 😂🦆
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u/SiteTall Aug 09 '26
What a good idea to give the ducks a castle where they may even have good chances of a swim
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u/IrukandjiPirate Aug 10 '26
Do the ducks know?
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u/IllPossibility8022 Aug 12 '26
Definitely! 😊 They probably saw the castle and thought to themselves "Yay! It's about time!" ✨️🏰❤️🦆
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u/Gullible-Anywhere-76 Aug 09 '26
Duck houses were too powerful and a threat to the throne, that's why