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Sgraffito House – Kőszeg

Kőszeg főterén a Szentháromság-szobor és a Jurisics tér épületei láthatóak. Kreatív városok, fenntartható régiók.

The most famous building in the city centre, built in the 16th century in Renaissance style. Originally a ground floor building, a floor was added in the 1560s. The ground floor was once used as shops, the upper floors as apartments. The building takes its name from the technique used on its façade, which originated […]

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 […]