Andrássy Castle, Romantic château in Tiszadob, Hungary.
Andrássy Castle is a neo-Gothic Romantic château in Tiszadob, built 1880–1885 for Count Gyula Andrássy to designs by Artúr Meinig. Its white and pale grey walls carry steep dark grey conical and pyramidal roofs, with a tall square tower on the left and round and octagonal towers projecting from the centre and right. Rows of rectangular windows and a projecting entrance section face lawns and trees.
The residence was commissioned in 1880 by Count Gyula Andrássy, who served as Foreign Minister of Austria-Hungary and Hungarian Prime Minister. Architect Arthur Meinig designed the building according to his patron's vision.
The castle's name comes from the Andrássy family, who owned it until 1945. A 9 by 4.5 metre panel by Roma painter Péli Tamás is among its modern artworks. Since 2015 the renovated building has hosted programmes for locals and tourists, though it closed again in May 2023.
The castle stands on a rise above the Tisza floodplain, with the river bounding the park on the east and the Tokaj Nagy-Kopasz volcanic cone closing the view in the distance. The grounds were reduced after World War II and now cover about 15 cadastral acres. Visits were possible from 7 December 2015, but the site closed again in May 2023 for an indefinite period.
The stucco ceiling in the ground floor L-shaped salon reproduces the decorative design found in the Cartoon Gallery at Knole House in Kent, England. This detail shows the artistic refinement chosen for the interior decoration.
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