Festetics mansion - Hungary
Short history of Festetics mansion
The building of the Festetics Mansion was commenced in 1745 and gained its present form between 1884 and 1887.It is the 101-room building,also a museum and a conference centre. Its most valuable room is the
Library, built from 1799 to 1801, where the furniture is original and the stock of volumes is about 86.000.
There are 16 chambers showing the aristocratic life of the 18-19th centuries. We can also visit here the most beautiful ornamental weapons of the Hungarian National Museum, as well as the famous Windischgraetz trophy collection. The Mirror Gallery is the scene of various concerts every day during the tourist season. In front of the main entrance to the mansion you can see the statue of the most famous member of the family, Festetics György (1755-1819). The park which originally measured 42 hectares, is now a nature reserve, there is a French garden and an English garden where we can find numerous tree rarities.
The picture of our castle would not be complete without mentioning the gardens arounds it.Since Louis XIV. gardens were even more important than the buildings themselves.
It is worth to see this unique historical monument and enjoy the athmosphere.
We are sure you will want to come back and spend the time by admiring the building of the Festetics castle.
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