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Forgách Palace

Pongrácovsko - Forgáčovský palác
Forgách Palace
Pongrácovsko - Forgáčovský palác
Forgách Palace
Original function:
palace
public administration
casino
bank
Current function:
library
Address:
Hlavná 10, 040 01 Staré Mesto
Historical Hungarian county:
Abaúj-Torna
Country:
Slovakia
GPS coordinates:
48.718475, 21.258839
Google map:

History

The palace was built between 1845 and 1847 in Classicist style by Count Forgách Kálmán and his wife, Pongrácz Eleonóra. After the fall of the Hungarian War of Independence in 1849, the regional Imperial government occupied the building during the Habsburg absolutism. It became a casino in 1878. After the town returned to Hungary in 1938, the courtyard was covered with a glass dome between 1939 and 1940 and the Bank of Upper Hungary moved in.

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