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Klobusiczky Palace

Palác Klobušických
Klobusiczky Palace
Palác Klobušických
Original function:
palace
Current function:
court
Address:
Hlavná 2953/22, 080 01 Prešov
Historical Hungarian county:
Sáros
Country:
Slovakia
GPS coordinates:
48.994841, 21.242966
Google map:

History

Once it was 5 separate burgher's house. It was owned by the Drugeth family in the 16th and 17th centuries. The famous Hussar captain Bercsényi László, the son of Bercsényi Miklós and Drugeth Krisztina, was born here in 1689. He was the captain of the body guards of Prince Rákóczi Ferenc II and later he became marshal of France. With the permission of King Louis XV of France he organized the first independent Hussar regiment from Hungarian emigrants in Rodosto (Edirne, Turkey) in 1720. With the dissolution of the regiment organized by Ráttky, the regiment of Bercsényi László laid the foundation of the famous French light cavalry also used by Napoleon.

Klobusiczky Ferenc turned the building into a Baroque palace. In 1770 Joseph II met the leaders of the Polish Confederation in the palace. The facade of the building is decorated by frescos depicting episodes from the life of Virgin Mary.

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