Savoy Castle, also known as Savoy Mansion (), is an 18th-century

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located in

Ráckeve Ráckeve ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Српски Ковин, Srpski Kovin) is a town on Csepel Island in the county of , Hungary. Its residents are mainly Hungarians, Magyars, with a minority of Serbs. The Serbian Kovin Monastery, the oldest in Hungary and ...

, Hungary. This property is currently being used as a

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and

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, and its reception halls can also be rented for special events.

History

Construction of the spacious home was begun in 1702 at the commissioning of

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and finished in approximately 1722. Prince Eugene had acquired

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in 1698, and he then began the planning process of this "

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". Prince Eugene commissioned Johann Lucas von Hildebrandt, a student of the Roman

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, to design this residence. Seven letters from Hildebrandt to the prince remain in the archives of the

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, and they provide planning and construction information about the mansion. The building has side wings which were completed in 1714, and the whole construction process was finished around 1720 to 1722. At the same time, the prince constructed another palace as well in the vicinity, the

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palace on the opposite bank of the

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. The prince did not reside in this mansion after it was finished, and following his death, the estate was appropriated by the Crown. Under the reign of

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of Austria, this residence and the adjoining land in Csepel were managed by the Hungarian Chancery. In 1814, the middle part of the mansion, along with the stately Baroque cupola, was destroyed by fire; what is seen today was rebuilt after the fire. Until its reconstruction in the 1980s, the building suffered constant decline. The mansion has enjoyed renovation and revitalization, and it is now used as a hotel, which is called the Savoyai Mansion Hotel (Hungarian: ''Savoyai Kastélyszálló'').Official website of the Savoyai Mansion Hotel
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Savoyai Mansion Hotel website
{{Castles in Hungary Palaces in Hungary Mansions in Hungary Hotels in Hungary * Buildings and structures in Pest County

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