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Attractions along the Carpathians
Upper Hungary / Slovakia

Barkóczy Palace

Barkóczy Palace
Original function:
palace
Current function:
library
Address:
Hlavná 48
Historical Hungarian county:
Abaúj-Torna
Country:
Slovakia
GPS coordinates:
48.721202, 21.257035
Google map:

History

Bishop Barkóczy Ferenc of Eger built the Baroque palace in the first half of the 18th century for his personal residence. In 1805 Emperor Francis I fled his children here before Napoleon.

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