Esterháza is a palace in Fertőd, Hungary, built by Prince Nikolaus Esterházy. Sometimes called the “Hungarian Versailles“, it is Hungary’s grandest Rococo edifice. The palace has 126 rooms. Of particular note is the Banquet Room which has on its ceiling a painting of Apollo in his Chariot. The large library holds almost 22,000 volumes and is graced with the letter ‘E’, standing for the family surname. The largest room […]
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Fertőd is a town located in the Győr-Moson-Sopron county of Hungary, not far from Austria. Fertőd was formed when the towns of Eszterháza and Süttör were unified, in 1950. It is the location of one of Hungary’s best known palaces, Eszterháza, which was built in the 1760s by Prince Nikolaus Esterhazy. History Süttör was the older part of the settlement. It is first mentioned in written sources […]