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Venetian Well

Venetian Well
Original function:
well
Current function:
well
Historical Hungarian county:
Szatmár
Country:
Romania
GPS coordinates:
47.683461, 22.466845
Google map:

History

In 1894, Károlyi Gyula and Károlyi Melinda went to Venice for their honeymoon after their marriage. The locals sold the old and unused fountains to the visiting aristocrats. In 1918, the fountain was given as a wedding present to their daughter Károlyi Margit and Esterházy Móric for their wedding in Majka. In 2014, when the castle was renovated, an exact replica of the well was made and installed in its original location.

Source:  csemadok.sk
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