Festetics Palace – Kőszeg

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Festetics Palace – Kőszeg

A Kőszegi Festetics-palota homlokzata napsütésben, barokk építészeti részletekkel.

On the site of the former Chernel or Festetics Palace, in the early 1700s, there were two smaller houses owned by the Count Nádasdy family. They were united by József Kelcz, lawyer of the Transdanubian District Court and later adviser to the royal chancellery, who had the buildings rebuilt in the late Baroque-Rococo style in […]

Zwinger – Old-Tower – Kőszeg

Kőszeg, Zwinger: Régi torony bejáratánál emberek. Kőszegi vár, régi építészet.

At 16 Chernel Street you will find the medieval Zwinger, also known as the Old Bastion. It was built in the 14th century and served as the southwestern corner bastion of the former city wall during wartime. The wall extended 10 meters from the outer wall, providing a gateway to the Sarkos Bastion, or Little […]

Szemző House – Kőszeg

Sárga épület szecessziós stílusban, felújítva. "Revival and completion" bloghoz illő kép.

The building was built in the Art Nouveau style by the lawyer Sándor Szemző in the early 1910s. Sándor Szemző, was born into an Israelite family in 1876, was a trainee lawyer in Budapest, and after his marriage moved to Kőszeg, where he opened an office and worked as a city councilor. During the First […]

Europe House – Sigray Palace – Kőszeg

Kőszeg, a KRAFT program épületének homlokzata magyar és európai zászlókkal

The former Svetics House, later Sigray House, is of medieval origin, decorated in the 17th century with Renaissance and later Baroque elements. It was once the home of the “republican count”, the director of the Society of Reformers, James Sigray. He took part in the Martinovich conspiracy and was sentenced to death and executed on […]