The electric carousels seem to be today a colorful car, captivating by the shape and movement in the gallop, the wooden horses, all trapped on a turntable, which allows the eyes to enjoy everything that is around. If someone had not thought, but almost four centuries ago, to make such a mechanism, maybe even the amusement parks today would not be so spectacular.

The word "carousel" was originally used to describe a game of riders of Arabic and Turkish origin in the 12th century, which involved moving a ball between several riders. It was played so earnestly by the Crusaders that the Italian observers called it "carosello". The French have adopted the game for their own amusement during equestrian performances, naming it "carousel", the name we use today.

In order to be able to prepare properly, in order to develop these games, the French develop a device for practicing, in the form of a wooden horse without feet, suspended by a support, a central rotating pole. The platform was routed by a person, by a horse or a donkey, while the rider, who was installed in the log of the wooden horse, practiced the ball. The carousel used by the French horsemen always drew the attention of the passers-by, who had begun to want to participate. Thus, by the end of the 1700s, the suspended carousel version was used in fairs and festivals in many European countries for amusement purposes.

It seems, however, that the first known carousel in history, turned, in 1620, in Philippopolis (then in Turkey, today Plovdiv, in Bulgaria), is described in the English travel notes of a great wheel, on which eight small chairs were installed, everything being moved manually.

In France, during King Henri IV, such a device begins to be used predominantly for fun, always calling on costumed riders in the area between the Tuileries Gardens and the Louvre in Paris, the area that today still bears the name by the Carousel Palace. In 1662, a famous toy manufacturer creates a special carousel dedicated to King Louis XIV. In those times, only persons who were part of the high society could enjoy, at the expense of magical "travels."

The platform rotated very slowly, so everyone - especially the children - could enjoy the atmosphere and the festivities. In the nineteenth century, the carousel journey became famous in America. Some wooden components were replaced with brass, the platform was decorated with mirrors and colored lights.

Over time, this magnificent machine of the past - children carousel - has evolved. Overseas immigrant craftsmen wanted to make sure their entire work reflects their dream of what it meant for them to come to America. Such a spirit was also reflected in the construction of flying horses, unique in the world, used for the magic masters of childhood.

Among the first carousel makers is Gustav Dentzel, the son of a craftsman of German origin, Michael Dentzel. Dentzel's machine was admired all over the world, for the extremely fine and luxurious wood horses. One of Dentzel's cars is being exhibited even today at the Children's Museum in Indianapolis.

With mechanical inventions made by 1800, horses wood begin to have different movements platform, type up, down and craftsmen conclude that, on the same platform, to enhance the magical atmosphere can enter, except horses, and all sorts of other fairy-tale characters, animals - deer, rabbits, dogs, piglets - carts, cars, carefully crafted and talented. Wonderful bodies ensured the musical background, and sculptures and paintings of "winged" animals were made by authentic artists.

The largest carousel in the world - Himmelskibet - is located in Copenhagen, Denmark, in the Tivoli Gardens, in the center of the Danish capital. Established in 1843, this amusement park is the second oldest in the country, after that in Bakken, preserved in a form similar to the original one. The oldest carousel in Europe, still functional, is in Prague, in Letna Park.