Gyulay Palace, Wass House
Gyulay Palace, Wass House
Historical Hungarian county:
Kolozs
GPS coordinates:
46.7690892296, 23.5891464641
History
The 15-16th century burgher house was bought by the Count Gyulay family in the 18th century. At the end of the 18th century, it was converted into a Baroque palace with two courtyards. At the beginning of the 19th century, it was renovated in the neoclassical style under the direction of Leder József.
Between 1814 and 1818, Döbrentei Gábor edited the first Hungarian-language scientific journal of Transylvania, the Transylvanian Museum, in the building. Later, Bölöni Farkas Sándor, the first Hungarian guide to North America, lived and wrote his travel diary here. Wass Ottília, the daughter of Countess Gyulai Franciska and Count Wass György, had the facade redesigned in the historicist style. In her will she bequeathed it to the Transylvanian Museum Association. In 1886, Dunky Kálmán and Ferenc opened a photographic studio on the ground floor. They also photographed the unveiling of the statue of King Matthias of Hungary.
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