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The Festetics Palace is a Baroque palace located in the town of Keszthely, Zala, Hungary.
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The building now houses the Helikon Palace Museum.
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The palace's construction, started by Kristóf Festetics in 1745, lasted more than a century.
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During this time, the palace, built at first on the foundations of a ruined castle, was tripled in size in two subsequent building campaigns, most recently in the 1880s, to designs by Viktor Rumpelmayer, living in Vienna.
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When Rumpelmayer died in 1885, the work was carried to completion by architects Gusztáv Haas and Miksa Paschkisch. The result is one of the three largest country houses in Hungary.
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Festetics Palace
Address: Keszthely, Kastély u. 1, 8360
Phone: +3683314194
Site:
http://www.helikonkastely.hu/Location inserted by
alberto