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Érseki palota
Castle & palace

Érseki palota

📍 Vár utca 16, Veszprém, 8200

In Érseki palota, a Veszprém várában once stood a Baroque episcopal residence that was reshaped in the aftermath of repeated catastrophe. Before it rose, the site held a Gothic palace and later an older bishop’s residence—both destroyed during the Turkish wars, and then the entire fortress burned in 1704, forcing a new start. The palota you associate with this spot was built between 1765 and 1776, based on plans by Fellner Jakab. It formed a characteristic U shape, and the builders incorporated remnants of the earlier structures that had survived there. Even under construction, its reputation spread beyond the region—linked to the ambitious decision to build a water supply, begun by the master millwright Tumler György and continued by his son Henrik, who was completing the work by September 1767. …

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