Pejačević Castle in Virovitica
The Pejačević Castle ( Croatian : Dvorac Pejačević u Virovitici ) is located in northern Croatia in the town of Virovitica ( German Wirowititz ), the seat of the Virovitica-Podravina County . The late Baroque building bears its name thanks to the noble family Pejačević ( German Pejatschewitsch ), whose members owned several castles in Slavonia .
history
The castle was built by Antun III. Count Pejačević von Virovitica and his son Antun IV. Built from 1800 to 1804 on the site of a medieval castle . Designed and constructed by N. Roth, an architect from Vienna , the complex became the seat of the entire Virovitica rulership . Marko III. Aleksandar Pejačević, cousin of Antun's father Josip, received this from Empress Maria Theresa in 1753 . It remained in the family's possession until 1841.
After the municipality of Virovitica bought the castle in 1930, it was redesigned and opened in 1953 as a city museum with several collections on topics such as archeology , ethnography , culture and history.
Brief description
The two floors of the castle rise on a rectangular floor plan . The building has a projecting, central central structure and two symmetrically adjoining wings. The southern facade shows two superimposed galleries with arcades , the openings of the upper archway are barred.
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Coordinates: 45 ° 50 ′ 1.3 ″ N , 17 ° 23 ′ 8.3 ″ E