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Károlyi Castle (Fót)
Károlyi Castle is a former castle located in the city of Fót, Dunakeszi District, Pest County, Hungary with a large park and numerous outbuildings. History The castle was originally built in the 18th century as a single-story, castle-like building, for Count János Fekete de Galántha. In 1808, after the family line ended, the Károlyi family bought the former Fekete estate. At the beginning of the 19th century, a floor was added and a small chapel was built, and minor alterations were made around the 1820s and 1830s. After Count István Károlyi met Miklós Ybl, who was still little known at the time, he invited him to his estate to prepare plans for him to transform the building into a castle and build a Catholic church; he later became the manor architect of the Károlyi family. During the construction work in the 1840s, the castle was updated into its current form and style based on his plans, changing its previous Baroque classicist character to a romantic style i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fót
Fót is a town in Pest county, Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary. Location Fót is about north of the edge of Budapest. The North Hungarian Mountains, North Hungarian foothills lie to the west. The nearest settlement to the west is Dunakeszi, to the northeast are Csomád and Veresegyház, to the east is Mogyoród and Budapest is to the south. The highest point of nearby Somlyó Hill reaches above sea level. Architecture The older areas of Fót feature the notable Catholic Szeplőtelen Fogantatás (Immaculate Conception) Church, built between 1845 and 1855, and the Károlyi Palace, both designed by architect Miklós Ybl. Notable people *Gábor Agárdy (1922–2006), actor of Armenian descent *József Cselényi (1899–1949), singer-songwriter *Zsolt Erdei (born 1974), professional boxer *András Fáy (1786–1864), politician and writer *Janos Garáy (1812–1853), poet, writer and journalist *Ádám Madaras (born 1966), pentathlete *András Stohl (born 1967), actor Twin tow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baroque Architecture
Baroque architecture is a highly decorative and theatrical style which appeared in Italy in the late 16th century and gradually spread across Europe. It was originally introduced by the Catholic Church, particularly by the Jesuits, as a means to combat the Reformation and the Protestantism, Protestant church with a new architecture that inspired surprise and awe. It reached its peak in the High Baroque (1625–1675), when it was used in churches and palaces in Italy, Spain, Portugal, France, Bavaria and Austria. In the Late Baroque period (1675–1750), it reached as far as Russia, the Ottoman Baroque architecture, Ottoman Empire and the Spanish colonization of the Americas, Spanish and Portuguese colonization of the Americas, Portuguese colonies in Latin America. In about 1730, an even more elaborately decorative variant called Rococo appeared and flourished in Central Europe. Baroque architects took the basic elements of Renaissance architecture, including domes and colonnades, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castles In Budapest
A castle is a type of fortification, fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by Military order (monastic society), military orders. Scholars usually consider a ''castle'' to be the private fortified house, fortified residence of a lord or noble. This is distinct from a mansion, palace, and villa, whose main purpose was exclusively for ''pleasance'' and are not primarily fortresses but may be fortified. Use of the term has varied over time and, sometimes, has also been applied to structures such as hill forts and 19th- and 20th-century homes built to resemble castles. Over the Middle Ages, when genuine castles were built, they took on a great many forms with many different features, although some, such as curtain wall (fortification), curtain walls, arrowslits, and portcullises, were commonplace. European-style castles originated in the 9th and 10th centuries after the fall of the Carolingian Empire, which resulted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
