Zichy-kastély
In Hungary, Zichy-kastély rises as a baroque palace with a symmetrical façade, carved stonework, and powerful columns. Count Miklós Zichy commissioned it between 1746 and 1752. Henrik Jäger shaped the stonework, while Károly Bebo supplied sculptural details for the aristocratic residence. Its grand staircase and frescoed chapel led into rooms built for feasts, theatre, and music. Empress Maria Theresa also visited these richly appointed halls.
After the Zichy family era, the building served as a silk manufacture, warehouse, military depot, and emergency housing. People displaced by war found shelter there. Restoration in the twentieth century returned the main building to cultural use, bringing museums and performances into its rooms. Kassák, Vasarely, and Óbuda museums occupy the ensemble. Music and open-air events animate the former garden, where the palace’s baroque columns still frame the changing life around them.
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